Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides

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2017 Workforce

2.07M

Average Age

40.3

Average Salary

$24,589

Average Male Salary

$31,731

Average Female Salary

$23,525

About

Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides are most often employed by the Nursing Care Facilities industry. The average yearly wage for Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides was $24,589 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides by wage are Janitors & building cleaners, Veterinary assistants & laboratory animal caretakers, and Preschool & kindergarten teachers.

Nursing, psychiatric, & 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 Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides are Jamaica, Hollis & St. Albans PUMA, NY, East Flatbush, Farragut & Rugby PUMA, NY, and Canarsie & Flatlands PUMA, NY. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides are East Flatbush, Farragut & Rugby PUMA, NY, Brownsville & Ocean Hill PUMA, NY, and Morris Heights, Fordham South & Mount Hope PUMA, NY.

Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides and on wages and locations for those in the field. Nursing Care Facilities is the industry that employs the most Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides, by average wage, is Legal services. Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides are paid most in Irving (North), Coppell & Carrollton (Southwest) Cities PUMA, TX but are relatively concentrated in East Flatbush, Farragut & Rugby PUMA, NY.

Yearly Wage

$24,589

AVERAGE SALARY

± $437

In 2017, Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides earned an average of $24,589, $31,365 less than than the average national salary of $55,954.

Janitors & building cleaners make somewhat more than Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides while Veterinary assistants & laboratory animal caretakers make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.366

WAGE GINI

In 2015, Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.366, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Nursing, psychiatric, & 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 Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides

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

Most Common

The most common industries employing Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides, by number of employees, are Nursing Care Facilities, Home health care services, Hospitals, Residential care facilities, except skilled nursing facilities, Other health care services, Individual & family services, Outpatient care centers, Offices of physicians, Administration of human resource programs, Employment services, and Private households.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides, by average wage, are Legal services, Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing, and Business support services.

Industries by Share

2.07M

2017 Workforce

± 35,101

−2.7%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 2.44%

The number of people employed as Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides has been declining at a rate of −2.7%, from 2,131,605 people in 2016 to 2,074,084 people in 2017.

This graphic shows the share of Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides employed by various industries. Nursing Care Facilities employs the largest share of Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides at 30%, followed by Home health care services with 23.1% and Hospitals with 22.9%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides in the US. The average age of male Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides in the workforce is 38.6 and of female Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides is 40.6, and the most common race/ethnicity for Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides is White (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

269k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 12,719

1.81M

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 32,778

87% of Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides are Female, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides

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

43.2% of Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 33.6% of Nursing, psychiatric, & 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 Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides.

Age by Sex

38.6

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 0.676

40.6

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.259

The median age of Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides is 40.3, and Male employees are generally 2.01 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

Data on higher education choices for Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides is Health but a relatively high number of Nursing, psychiatric, & home health aides hold a major in Health.