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Home health aides

Detailed Occupation

2024 Workforce

556k

Average Age

47.2

Average Salary

$28,464

Average Male Salary

$30,819

Average Female Salary

$28,109

About

Home health aides are most often employed by the Home health care services industry. The average yearly wage for Home health aides was $28,464 in 2024.

The locations that employ the most Home health aides are NYC-Brooklyn Community District 11--Bensonhurst & Bath Beach PUMA, NY, NYC-Bronx Community District 5--Morris Heights & Mount Hope PUMA, NY, and NYC-Queens Community District 12--Jamaica, St. Albans, & Hollis PUMA, NY. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Home health aides are NYC-Bronx Community District 5--Morris Heights & Mount Hope PUMA, NY, NYC-Bronx Community District 7--Fordham, Bedford Park, & Norwood PUMA, NY, and NYC-Brooklyn Community District 13--Coney Island & Brighton Beach PUMA, NY.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Home health aides workforce. Home health aides workforce in 2024 was 555,813 people, of which 86.9% were women and 13.1% were men.

Home health aides are paid most in Mohave County South--Lake Havasu City PUMA, AZ but are relatively concentrated in NYC-Bronx Community District 5--Morris Heights & Mount Hope PUMA, NY.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

72,871

Male Workforce

± 6.63k

482,942

Female Workforce

± 17k

The Home health aides workforce in 2024 was 555,813 people (86.9% women and 13.1% men). This implies an average annual growth of 19.7% between 2018 (464,348) and 2024 (555,813).

Employment by Location

Level

Metric

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Home health aides.

During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Rhode Island ($46,111), Maryland ($41,469), and Vermont ($35,966).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$28,464

AVERAGE WAGE

#484 in the ranking (2018)

$69,878

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2024, Home health aides earned an average of $28,464, $41,413 less than the average national salary of $69,878

The graph shows the ranking of Home health aides in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2018.

In 2024, Home health aides had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.393, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Home health aides (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Home health aides compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Home health aides and on wages for those in the field. Home health care services is the industry that employs the most Home health aides, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Home health aides, by average wage, is Lessors of real estate, and offices of real estate agents and brokers ($54,240).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

556k

2024 Workforce

± 18,271

0.426%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 4.63%

This graphic shows the share of Home health aides employed by various industries. Home health care services employs the largest share of Home health aides at 83.5%, followed by Individual & family services with 12.2% and Administration of human resource programs with 2.43%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Home health aides in the US. The workforce of Home health aides in 2024 was 555,813 people, with 86.9% woman, and 13.1% men. The average age of male Home health aides in the workforce is 43.7 and of female Home health aides is 47.8, and the most common race/ethnicity for Home health aides is White.

Gender and Age

Metric

The workforce of Home health aides in 2024 was 555,813 people, with 86.9% woman, and 13.1% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 55 to 59 years (71,138 people), 60 to 64 years (66,546 people), and 50 to 54 years (65,370 people). Among them they concentrated 36.5% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2024, 28.7% of Home health aides workers were Hispanic and 71.3% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (35.4%), Dominican (28.6)%, and Puerto Rican (12)%

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Races

In 2024, 31.7% of the Home health aides workforce were White, of which 86.7% were women and 13.3% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (29.9%) and Two or More Races (14.8%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Home health aides from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Home health aides is Health but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were MILITARY SCIENCE, LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONAL ART.

Among the necessary skills for Home health aides, N/A stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Home health aides need more than the average amount of N/A.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Home health aides in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Health (11,804 people), Business (9,622 people), and Education (7,417 people).

You can review this information for different academic grades by modifying the option selected in the selector above.

Education Levels

Metric

The main educational levels achieved by the Home health aides workers were High School or Equivalent (210,313 people), Some college (117,585 people), and Secondary Education (77,294 people).

The graphic shows the Home health aides workforce by gender and educational level.

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