Home health aides

Detailed Occupation

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    2024 Workforce
    556k
    Average Age
    47.2
    Average Salary
    $28,464
    Average Male Salary
    $30,819
    Average Female Salary
    $28,109

    About

    Home health aides are most often employed by the Home health care services industry. The average yearly wage for Home health aides was $28,464 in 2024.

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    Employment

    Employment and salary information for the Home health aides workforce. Home health aides workforce in 2024 was 555,813 people, of which 86.9% were women and 13.1% were men.

    Employment Over Time

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    Grouping
    72,871
    Male Workforce
    ± 6.63k
    482,942
    Female Workforce
    ± 17k

    The Home health aides workforce in 2024 was 555,813 people (86.9% women and 13.1% men). This implies an average annual growth of 19.7% between 2018 (464,348) and 2024 (555,813).

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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 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Rhode Island ($46,111), Maryland ($41,469), and Vermont ($35,966).

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    $28,464
    AVERAGE WAGE
    #484 in the ranking (2018)
    $69,878
    NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
    For all occupations across the US

    In 2024, Home health aides earned an average of $28,464, $41,413 less than the average national salary of $69,878

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    Wage Distribution

    Gender
    0.393
    WAGE GINI

    In 2024, Home health aides had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.393, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. 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 ($54,240).

    Occupations by Industries

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    Value
    556k
    2024 Workforce
    ± 18,271
    0.426%
    1 YEAR GROWTH
    ± 4.63%

    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 83.5%, followed by Individual & family services with 12.2% and Administration of human resource programs with 2.43%.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on Home health aides in the US. The workforce of Home health aides in 2024 was 555,813 people, with 86.9% woman, and 13.1% men. The average age of male Home health aides in the workforce is 43.7 and of female Home health aides is 47.8, 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 2024 was 555,813 people, with 86.9% woman, and 13.1% men.

    The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 55 to 59 years (71,138 people), 60 to 64 years (66,546  people), and 50 to 54 years (65,370 people). Among them they concentrated 36.5% of the total workforce.

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    Ethnicity

    Gender

    In 2024, 28.7% of Home health aides workers were Hispanic and 71.3% non-Hispanic.

    The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (35.4%), Dominican (28.6)%, and Puerto Rican (12)%

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    Races

    In 2024, 31.7% of the Home health aides workforce were White, of which 86.7% were women and 13.3% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (29.9%) and Two or More Races (14.8%).

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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 2024 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 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Health (11,804 people), Business (9,622 people), and Education (7,417 people).

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    Education Levels

    Metric

    The main educational levels achieved by the Home health aides workers were High School or Equivalent (210,313 people), Some college (117,585 people), and Secondary Education (77,294 people).

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