Markets Occupations Home Health and Personal Care Aides

Home Health and Personal Care Aides — Employment

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

Latest reading May 2025

4.31M +7.97%up YoY
Atlanta
29,400 May 2025

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

Home Health and Personal Care Aides — Employment, 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

Latest4,305,810 personsMay 2025
Prior Year3,988,1402024
Year Change+7.97%upYoY
3-Yr Change+22.9%upsince 2022
Healthcare Support7,901,670May 2025
All Occupations155,495,730May 2025
Atlanta Reading29,400May 2025
Observations52021 – 2025
SOC Code31-1120
Occupation FamilyHealthcare Support31-0000

Other Measures for Home Health and Personal Care Aides National

Job Economy Report the market around this measure · National

All Occupations — Employment

155.5M
+0.85%up YoY

benchmark · National

Related Occupations same family · National

OccupationEmploymentYoY
Medical Assistants 31-9092 817,870 +3.08%up

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  • Demand employment and its change from a year earlier
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Performance Overview change over each horizon the series supports

Employment · 1 Year

+7.97%up

May 2025

  • Healthcare Support +6.09%up
  • All occupations +0.85%up

Employment · 3 Year

+22.9%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 persons
Metric ID bls.oews.employment.soc_31_1120
Observations 5
Last Fetched moments ago
SOC Code 31-1120

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

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