Home health aides

Detailed Occupation

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2023 Workforce
553k
Average Age
46.9
Average Salary
$27,482
Average Male Salary
$30,484
Average Female Salary
$27,054

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Home health aides are most often employed by the Home health care services industry. The average yearly wage for Home health aides was $27,482 in 2023.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Home health aides workforce. Home health aides workforce in 2023 was 553,456 people, of which 87.5% were women and 12.5% were men. Home health aides are paid most in Mercer County (West Central)--Trenton City PUMA, NJ but are relatively concentrated in NYC-Bronx Community District 5--Morris Heights & Mount Hope PUMA, NY.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
69,171
Male Workforce
± 6.46k
484,285
Female Workforce
± 17.1k

The Home health aides workforce in 2023 was 553,456 people (87.5% women and 12.5% men). This implies an average annual growth of 19.2% between 2018 (464,348) and 2023 (553,456).

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Employment by Location

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

During 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Maryland ($39,903), New Jersey ($35,182), and Washington ($34,352).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$27,482
AVERAGE WAGE
#501 in the ranking (2023)
$67,727
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Home health aides earned an average of $27,482, $40,245 less than the average national salary of $67,727

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.389
WAGE GINI

In 2023, Home health aides had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.389, which is lower than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Home health aides (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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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 ($59,710).

Occupations by Industries

Metric
Value
553k
2023 Workforce
± 18,232
1.85%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 4.6%

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 83.2%, followed by Individual & family services with 12.5% and Administration of human resource programs with 2.36%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Home health aides in the US. The workforce of Home health aides in 2023 was 553,456 people, with 87.5% woman, and 12.5% men. The average age of male Home health aides in the workforce is 43.5 and of female Home health aides is 47.3, and the most common race/ethnicity for Home health aides is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Home health aides in 2023 was 553,456 people, with 87.5% woman, and 12.5% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 55 to 59 years (70,369 people), 50 to 54 years (65,554  people), and 60 to 64 years (64,854 people). Among them they concentrated 36.3% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2023, 27.7% of Home health aides workers were Hispanic and 72.3% non-Hispanic.

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Races

In 2023, 34.2% of the Home health aides workforce were White, of which 87.2% were women and 12.8% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (31.2%) and Two or More Races (12.5%).

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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 2023 were MILITARY SCIENCE, LEADERSHIP AND OPERATIONAL ART.

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 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Health (10,982 people), Business (9,162 people), and Education (7,297 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Home health aides workers were High School or Equivalent (209,769 people), Some college (121,638 people), and Secondary Education (78,388 people).

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