Home health aides

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2020 Workforce

499k

Average Age

Average Salary

$24,113

Average Male Salary

$27,902

Average Female Salary

$23,650

About

Home health aides are most often employed by the Home health care services industry. The average yearly wage for Home health aides was $24,113 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Home health aides by wage are Recreation workers, Cleaners of vehicles & equipment, and Personal care & service workers, all other .

Home health aides are part of the Healthcare Support Occupations, along with Home health aides, Personal care aides, Nursing assistants, Orderlies and psychiatric aides, Occupational therapy assistants & aides, and 9 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Home health aides are Bensonhurst & Bath Beach PUMA, NY, Concourse, Highbridge & Mount Eden PUMA, NY, and Morris Heights, Fordham South & Mount Hope PUMA, NY. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Home health aides are Morris Heights, Fordham South & Mount Hope PUMA, NY, Concourse, Highbridge & Mount Eden PUMA, NY, and Hunts Point, Longwood & Melrose PUMA, NY.

Healthcare Support Occupations Service Occupations

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Home health aides and on wages and locations 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 Offices of dentists. Home health aides are paid most in Trenton City PUMA, NJ but are relatively concentrated in Morris Heights, Fordham South & Mount Hope PUMA, NY.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$24,113

AVERAGE SALARY

± $1,021

In 2020, Home health aides earned an average of $24,113, $31,841 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Recreation workers make somewhat more than Home health aides while Personal care & service workers, all other make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Home health aides as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.369

WAGE GINI

In 2019, Home health aides had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.369, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Home health aides (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Home health aides.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Home health aides

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Home health aides.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Home health aides, by number of employees, are Home health care services, Nursing Care Facilities, General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, Individual & family services, Residential care facilities, except skilled nursing facilities, Other health care services, Administration of human resource programs, Outpatient care centers, Private households, Offices of physicians, and Employment services.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Home health aides, by average wage, are Offices of dentists, Insurance carriers, and Offices of physicians.

Industries by Share

499k

2020 Workforce

± 17,318

4.35%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 4.75%

The number of people employed as Home health aides has been growing at a rate of 4.35%, from 478,391 people in 2019 to 499,223 people in 2020.

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 59.7%, followed by Nursing Care Facilities with 11.9% and General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals with 8.17%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Home health aides in the US. The average age of male Home health aides in the workforce is 41.5 and of female Home health aides is 44.4, and the most common race/ethnicity for Home health aides is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

54.4k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 5,723

445k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 16,351

89.1% of Home health aides are Female, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Home health aides.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Home health aides

White (Non-Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

34.6% of Home health aides are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 32.8% of Home health aides, Black (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Home health aides.

Age by Sex

41.5

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 1.6

44.4

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.533

The median age of Home health aides is 44, and Male employees are generally 2.89 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

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 a relatively high number of Home health aides hold a major in Library Science.