Home health care services

Industry Group

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    Workforce Population
    1.37M
    2024
    Average Employee Age
    46.3
    2024
    Estimated Job Growth
    18.6%
    10-Year Projection
    Average Salary
    $41,586
    2024
    Average Male Salary
    $55,202
    2024
    Average Female Salary
    $39,215
    2024

    About

    The top three occupations in the Home health care services Industry Group are home health aides, personal care aides, and registered nurses. On average, full-time employees in the Home health care services Industry Group work 43.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $54,051. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.8 hours and earn an average annual salary of $20,860.

    The workforce of Home health care services Industry Group in 2024 was 1,374,779 people, with 85.2% woman, and 14.8% men.

    In 2024, 45% of the workforce in the Home health care services Industry Group was White (618,547 people), of which 85.4% were women and 14.6% men.

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    Employment & Salaries

    A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Home health care services Industry Group.

    The workforce in Home health care services Industry Group was 1,374,779 people and is concentrated in New York (196,988 workers). The average annual salary was $41,586, being $28,291 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

    Monthly Employment

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    Y-Axis
    6.71%
    Year-over-year growth
    Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

    As of February 2023, there are 999k people employed in the Home Health Care Services industry. This represents a 6.71% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

    This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Home Health Care Services over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

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    Employment by Location

    The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were New York (197k), Texas (169k), and California (102k).

    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Home health care services Industry Group.

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    In 2024, Home health care services Industry Group had an average annual wage of $41,586, $28,291 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

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    Wage Distribution

    0.457
    WAGE GINI

    Home health care services has a wage GINI of 0.457, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Home health care services (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

    The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Home health care services Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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    Occupations

    A review of jobs and wages in the Home health care services Industry Group.

    Home health aides are the most common position with 436,722 workers, but the Home health care services Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Personal care aides and Registered nurses.

    The highest average salary in Home health care services goes to Physicians.

    Occupations Distribution

    The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Home health care services Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were home health aides (436,722 people), personal care aides (319,493 people), and registered nurses (140,301 people)

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    Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

    $55,202
    AVERAGE MALE SALARY
    ±$3,765
    $39,215
    AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
    ±$958

    On average, Male workers in the Home health care services Industry Group make 1.41 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Home health care services Industry Group.

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    Business

    Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Home health care services Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

    The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Home health care services Industry Group.

    The Home health care services Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

    California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Home health care services Industry Group.

    Industrial Flow

    The closest comparable data for Home health care services is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

    Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Home health care services Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Home health care services Industry Group is Educational services, health care, and social assistance.

    In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

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    Intermediate Inputs

    The closest comparable data for Home health care services is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.
    HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
    1. Professional and business services
    2. Manufacturing
    3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

    The Home health care services Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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    Use of Output by Other Industries

    The closest comparable data for Home health care services is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.
    LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
    1. Educational services, health care, and social assistance
    2. Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation, and food services
    3. Other services, except government

    The Educational services, health care, and social assistance Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Home health care services Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Home health care services Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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    Establishments

    States with more establishments in 2022
    1. California
      5,118
    2. Texas
      4,385
    3. Florida
      3,342

    The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Home health care services industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on the Home health care services Industry Group in the US.

    Of the total workforce, 85.2% corresponds to women and 14.8% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $55,202 and $39,215.

    66.3% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

    Gender and Age

    1,170,828
    Women
    85.2%
    203,951
    Men
    14.8%

    The workforce of Home health care services industry in 2024 was 1,374,779 people, with 85.2% woman, and 14.8% men.

    The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Home health care services industry.

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    Races

    In 2024, 45% of the workforce in the Home health care services industry was White (618,547 people), of which 85.4% were women and 14.6% men.

    Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

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    Educational Levels

    The main educational levels achieved by the Home health care services workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (390,818 people), some college (303,359 people), and bachelors degree (217,574 people).

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    Projections

    Growth projections of the Home Health Care Services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 18.6% in the next ten years. The Home Health Care Services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 18.6%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (46.4%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (46.4%).

    Job Growth

    18.6%
    Estimated Job Growth
    10-year Projection
    18.6%
    National Growth
    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Home Health Care Services. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 18.6%, the average rate of national job growth.

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    Output Growth

    46.4%
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    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Home Health Care Services industry.

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