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Home Health and Personal Care Aides — Annual Median Wage

Occupation metric · SOC 31-1120 · Healthcare Support · BLS OEWS · Annual · National

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Latest reading May 2025

$35,800 +2.58%up YoY
Atlanta
$29,920 May 2025
Atlanta vs U.S.
−16.4%

Annual Median Wage · BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · National · May 2021 – May 2025

Home Health and Personal Care Aides — Annual Median Wage, National. 5 observations from May 2021 to May 2025.
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What's happening with Home Health and Personal Care Aides

Employment for Home Health and Personal Care Aides in the U.S. is 4,305,810 (May 2025), up 7.97% from a year earlier. Median annual pay is $35,800.

Source: BLS OEWS · May 2025

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Key Stats

Latest$35,800 per yearMay 2025
Prior Year$34,9002024
Year Change+2.58%upYoY
3-Yr Change+18.6%upsince 2022
Healthcare Support$38,340May 2025
All Occupations$50,980May 2025
Atlanta Reading$29,920May 2025
Atlanta vs U.S.−16.4%May 2025
Observations52021 – 2025
SOC Code31-1120
Occupation FamilyHealthcare Support31-0000

Other Measures for Home Health and Personal Care Aides National

Employment 4,305,810 +7.97%up YoYMay 2025
Mean Annual Pay $36,120 +3.23%up YoYMay 2025
P10 Pay $27,040 +5.63%up YoYMay 2025
P25 Pay $31,920 +5.10%up YoYMay 2025
P75 Pay $39,470 +3.92%up YoYMay 2025
P90 Pay $45,040 +1.92%up YoYMay 2025

Job Economy Report the market around this measure · National

All Occupations — Median Annual Pay

$50,980
+2.99%up YoY

benchmark · National

Related Occupations same family · National

OccupationMedian Annual PayYoY
Medical Assistants 31-9092 $45,690 +3.37%up

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  • Compensation the published pay distribution, 10th to 90th percentile
  • Demand employment and its change from a year earlier
  • Employment concentration jobs per 1,000 and the location quotient
  • Atlanta vs. national the same measures side by side where Atlanta publishes them
  • Hiring conditions market-wide openings, hires, quits and layoffs

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Performance Overview change over each horizon the series supports

Median Annual Pay · 1 Year

+2.58%up

May 2025

  • Healthcare Support +3.12%up
  • All occupations +2.99%up

Median Annual Pay · 3 Year

+18.6%up

since 2022

Data & Methodology

Source BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)
Dataset bls.oews
Reference Period May 2025
Frequency Annual
Seasonal Adjustment Not stated
Geography National
Unit per year
Metric ID bls.oews.annual_median_wage.soc_31_1120
Observations 5
Last Fetched moments ago
SOC Code 31-1120
Role Page Home Health and Personal Care Aides

National is the default geography. Atlanta Beta covers msa:12060 only.

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