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Home Health Aides

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

The count of home health aides working in the US is about 787,000. Unemployment for this career is high compared to other careers.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

A government survey revealed that 24% of employees work only part of the time. Home health aides who work as their own boss represent 2% of the total.

Training and Education

Many employers require short-term on-the-job training from job applicants. Bachelor's degrees are held by 7% of employees. People with some college experience but no degree make up 37% of home health aides. The highest level of education for for 55% of workers was a high school diploma. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which, if any, could help you with this career.

Area Job Conditions

There are comparatively more jobs of this type in Goldsboro (North Carolina), Fayetteville (North Carolina), and Hickory (North Carolina), and comparatively fewer in Gulfport (Mississippi), Champaign (Illinois), and Bowling Green (Kentucky).

The earning potential for home health aides appears to be highest in Vineland (New Jersey), Hartford (Connecticut), and Anchorage (Alaska), and lowest (comparatively speaking) in Pine Bluff (Arkansas), Brownsville (Texas), and Victoria (Texas).

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Home Health Aides: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Home Health Aides, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Home Health Aides are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Home Health Aides are starred .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston130$17,8100.5
AlabamaBirmingham2,460$18,6500.7
AlabamaDecatur230$17,3400.7
AlabamaDothan200$17,8300.6
AlabamaFlorence390$18,3201.4
AlabamaGadsden340$16,9701.9
AlabamaHuntsville1,260$18,1501
AlabamaMobile1,230$18,5601.1
AlabamaMontgomery920$16,7600.9
AlabamaTuscaloosa320$17,1100.6
AlaskaAnchorage1,030$27,4701
ArizonaFlagstaff280$21,5200.9
ArizonaKingman140$20,7700.5
ArizonaPhoenix13,110$21,4101.1
ArizonaPrescott240$24,7000.7
ArizonaTucson4,030$22,2101.7
ArizonaYuma400$20,5201.1
ArkansasFayetteville510$20,2100.4
ArkansasFort Smith870$16,6701.2
ArkansasJonesboro160$18,4500.6
ArkansasLittle Rock1,600$19,1100.7
ArkansasPine Bluff230$15,1201.3
CaliforniaBakersfield950$20,2300.6
CaliforniaChico620$20,4101.5
CaliforniaFresno1,510$20,6900.7
CaliforniaHanford200$21,4601.3
CaliforniaMadera110$20,3300.6
CaliforniaMerced240$19,1900.7
CaliforniaModesto730$19,3000.7
CaliforniaNapa370$26,0501
CaliforniaOakland4,660$23,1900.7
CaliforniaOxnard1,180$22,9100.6
CaliforniaRedding640$20,6901.7
CaliforniaRiverside4,550$21,2100.5
CaliforniaSacramento3,270$22,9500.6
CaliforniaSalinas470$22,7800.5
CaliforniaSan Diego4,520$23,5400.5
CaliforniaSan Francisco2,690$23,1500.4
CaliforniaSan Jose2,670$24,0800.4
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo340$23,5900.6
CaliforniaSanta Ana5,630$23,0700.6
CaliforniaSanta Barbara640$23,8900.6
CaliforniaSanta Cruz190$23,5600.4
CaliforniaSanta Rosa1,140$23,2101
CaliforniaStockton1,140$20,6900.9
CaliforniaVallejo830$19,5101.1
CaliforniaVisalia910$25,4401.1
ColoradoBoulder430$25,6300.4
ColoradoColorado Springs990$23,9100.6
ColoradoDenver4,430$24,4200.5
ColoradoFort Collins220$21,0500.3
ColoradoGrand Junction530$18,3601.6
ColoradoGreeley290$22,1100.7
ColoradoPueblo480$20,0601.6
ConnecticutBridgeport1,740$28,5300.6
ConnecticutHartford4,770$30,7101.3
ConnecticutNew Haven2,080$25,6801.2
ConnecticutNorwich930$28,7401.2
ConnecticutWaterbury750$26,2201.9
DelawareWilmington1,690$25,6100.8
District of ColumbiaWashington5,610$23,5200.4
FloridaCape Coral530$23,9700.4
FloridaDeltona1,080$22,2501.1
FloridaFort Lauderdale4,080$20,0900.9
FloridaGainesville300$18,4800.4
FloridaJacksonville1,330$20,4000.3
FloridaLakeland570$19,3600.5
FloridaMiami4,260$19,8700.7
FloridaNaples470$23,7600.6
FloridaOcala430$19,3000.8
FloridaOrlando2,050$23,8400.3
FloridaPalm Bay780$23,4200.6
FloridaPanama City370$19,6300.9
FloridaPensacola1,160$18,9401.3
FloridaPort St Lucie370$20,5100.5
FloridaPunta Gorda190$19,6400.9
FloridaSarasota1,430$24,3900.9
FloridaSebastian330$21,2301.2
FloridaTallahassee570$19,6100.6
FloridaTampa5,900$22,8800.7
FloridaWest Palm Beach2,460$21,0700.7
GeorgiaAlbany370$17,2101.1
GeorgiaAthens330$18,9900.7
GeorgiaAtlanta5,970$19,1600.4
GeorgiaAugusta1,000$17,5200.8
GeorgiaMacon570$17,2201
HawaiiHonolulu1,370$27,0000.5
IdahoBoise870$19,5600.5
IdahoIdaho Falls190$20,7900.7
IdahoLewiston100$19,7900.8
IdahoPocatello270$21,1001.7
IllinoisBloomington410$20,6701
IllinoisChampaign80$22,2200.1
IllinoisChicago17,890$22,6100.7
IllinoisDecatur140$20,0600.5
IllinoisPeoria450$21,0800.4
IllinoisRockford530$20,4400.6
IndianaColumbus410$19,5801.7
IndianaElkhart180$23,5000.2
IndianaEvansville490$20,6900.5
IndianaFort Wayne1,690$19,7101.3
IndianaGary1,440$22,3400.8
IndianaIndianapolis3,020$22,2800.5
IndianaKokomo60$22,1200.3
IndianaLafayette130$20,8500.3
IndianaMichigan City80$23,2100.3
IndianaMuncie440$19,9301.7
IndianaSouth Bend900$21,5201.1
IndianaTerre Haute140$22,4800.3
IowaAmes60$24,2800.3
IowaCedar Rapids640$22,9700.8
IowaDavenport930$21,1700.8
IowaDes Moines1,420$23,7000.7
IowaDubuque300$20,4001
IowaIowa City550$20,6601.3
IowaSioux City360$20,0600.9
IowaWaterloo830$21,2201.6
KansasLawrence250$22,0601
KansasTopeka600$20,3400.9
KansasWichita2,080$19,7501.1
KentuckyBowling Green40$22,0500.1
KentuckyElizabethtown70$23,5800.3
KentuckyLexington430$20,7700.3
KentuckyLouisville920$23,6700.2
LouisianaAlexandria650$17,6901.9
LouisianaBaton Rouge1,510$18,0700.6
LouisianaHouma180$18,2800.3
LouisianaLafayette1,390$18,0001.6
LouisianaLake Charles650$16,3101.3
LouisianaMonroe850$18,8201.8
LouisianaNew Orleans2,590$18,7200.8
LouisianaShreveport1,260$17,4001.2
MaineBangor280$20,9600.8
MaineLewiston670$22,660 2.4
MainePortland1,840$22,2301.4
MarylandBaltimore4,700$24,4700.6
MarylandBethesda2,830$22,3600.8
MarylandCumberland300$18,6501.6
MarylandHagerstown640$19,7301.1
MarylandSalisbury380$27,4901.3
MassachusettsBarnstable Town1,390$26,090 2.3
MassachusettsBoston6,940$26,7200.6
MassachusettsBrockton280$26,9500.5
MassachusettsFramingham1,220$26,4201.2
MassachusettsHaverhill480$25,6801.1
MassachusettsLawrence310$24,3600.9
MassachusettsLeominster350$23,3501.2
MassachusettsLowell320$25,8600.4
MassachusettsNew Bedford210$25,9200.6
MassachusettsPittsfield530$22,920 3
MassachusettsSpringfield1,830$24,4401
MassachusettsTaunton210$25,6700.8
MassachusettsWorcester1,670$26,4601.1
MichiganAnn Arbor1,080$24,6101.1
MichiganBattle Creek390$19,7001.4
MichiganBay City620$22,050 3.3
MichiganDetroit6,970$20,0301.5
MichiganFlint1,380$18,9001.6
MichiganGrand Rapids2,340$21,6501
MichiganHolland360$20,1700.6
MichiganJackson140$19,6700.5
MichiganKalamazoo1,370$20,2601.6
MichiganLansing1,730$19,5301.4
MichiganMuskegon760$19,360 2.2
MichiganNiles70$22,0100.2
MichiganSaginaw470$19,3701.1
MichiganWarren8,430$21,5101.1
MinnesotaDuluth2,690$21,920 3.5
MinnesotaMinneapolis17,280$24,6601.5
MinnesotaRochester1,710$24,090 3.1
MinnesotaSt Cloud1,320$20,730 2.1
MississippiGulfport100$19,5100.2
MississippiHattiesburg140$21,1700.4
MississippiJackson550$19,4700.3
MississippiPascagoula70$20,3200.3
MissouriColumbia450$23,2700.9
MissouriJefferson City150$21,1000.4
MissouriJoplin470$18,6301
MissouriKansas City4,070$21,2900.6
MissouriSpringfield980$17,8700.8
MissouriSt Joseph320$17,5801.1
MissouriSt Louis5,890$20,4500.7
MontanaBillings660$21,1001.4
MontanaGreat Falls310$18,0501.7
MontanaMissoula150$20,2800.5
NebraskaLincoln980$24,1701
NebraskaOmaha2,570$26,3800.9
NevadaCarson City120$20,6500.8
NevadaLas Vegas2,960$22,2500.5
NevadaReno900$20,8300.7
New HampshireManchester370$22,7100.6
New HampshireNashua310$22,6500.4
New HampshirePortsmouth50$27,0300.2
New JerseyCamden1,950$24,4700.6
New JerseyEdison2,840$23,6000.4
New JerseyNewark6,200$22,9300.9
New JerseyOcean City350$22,9101.5
New JerseyTrenton910$24,6000.7
New JerseyVineland360$35,5301.1
New MexicoAlbuquerque3,580$20,3601.4
New MexicoFarmington170$23,2400.6
New MexicoLas Cruces90$20,3400.3
New MexicoSanta Fe640$23,1901.8
New YorkAlbany4,570$24,6501.6
New YorkBinghamton1,220$26,6201.9
New YorkBuffalo6,420$23,0801.8
New YorkElmira150$25,8700.8
New YorkGlens Falls760$26,830 2.5
New YorkIthaca500$23,690 2.1
New YorkNassau14,230$23,7701.7
New YorkNew York86,460$21,690 2.6
New YorkPoughkeepsie3,550$27,330 2.4
New YorkRochester6,360$24,3802
New YorkSyracuse2,380$24,8801.2
New YorkUtica1,610$28,570 2.1
North CarolinaAsheville3,590$21,990 3.2
North CarolinaBurlington1,140$19,730 3.4
North CarolinaCharlotte9,800$21,3701.7
North CarolinaDurham3,450$22,5902
North CarolinaFayetteville4,060$18,780 5.5
North CarolinaGoldsboro1,600$17,640 7.8
North CarolinaGreensboro6,040$20,410 2.5
North CarolinaGreenville2,050$18,360 4.9
North CarolinaHickory5,070$21,750 5
North CarolinaJacksonville680$18,090 3
North CarolinaRaleigh7,210$21,890 2.2
North CarolinaRocky Mount1,460$18,840 4.4
North CarolinaWilmington2,390$20,120 2.7
North CarolinaWinston Salem4,150$20,760 3.1
North DakotaBismarck310$22,1701
North DakotaFargo520$21,6200.7
North DakotaGrand Forks550$20,340 2
OhioAkron3,180$21,2101.5
OhioCanton2,330$18,400 2.2
OhioCincinnati6,060$22,1500.9
OhioCleveland12,030$20,4101.7
OhioColumbus11,280$21,1001.9
OhioDayton3,140$21,2901.3
OhioLima540$20,7301.8
OhioMansfield660$19,380 2.2
OhioSandusky460$21,030 2.4
OhioSpringfield730$19,920 2.8
OhioToledo3,430$20,0501.7
OhioYoungstown2,740$18,8601.9
OklahomaLawton200$18,9201
OklahomaOklahoma City1,240$22,5100.3
OklahomaTulsa3,030$18,6301.1
OregonBend450$21,9901.1
OregonCorvallis220$20,7301.3
OregonEugene1,450$20,4201.6
OregonMedford580$20,7101.2
OregonPortland5,250$21,4900.8
OregonSalem990$19,9201.1
PennsylvaniaAllentown2,920$22,0001.4
PennsylvaniaAltoona520$20,2101.5
PennsylvaniaErie2,000$20,480 2.6
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1,930$21,6401
PennsylvaniaJohnstown620$19,1701.9
PennsylvaniaLancaster1,720$20,7901.2
PennsylvaniaLebanon300$20,5901.2
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia18,380$23,4601.5
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh12,880$21,2301.7
PennsylvaniaReading1,250$22,3201.2
PennsylvaniaScranton2,720$20,6601.7
PennsylvaniaState College780$19,950 2.4
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport800$19,420 2.8
PennsylvaniaYork940$22,3200.8
Rhode IslandProvidence5,780$26,4701.6
South CarolinaAnderson210$19,0200.6
South CarolinaCharleston1,540$21,0100.8
South CarolinaColumbia2,670$19,1601.2
South CarolinaFlorence970$19,7802
South CarolinaGreenville1,240$19,6600.6
South CarolinaSpartanburg580$18,1800.8
South CarolinaSumter330$16,4501.7
South DakotaRapid City70$20,2400.2
South DakotaSioux Falls230$25,9300.3
TennesseeChattanooga1,320$22,0000.9
TennesseeCleveland90$18,8600.5
TennesseeJackson560$18,9101.7
TennesseeJohnson City390$17,1600.9
TennesseeKingsport370$19,3100.5
TennesseeKnoxville1,640$20,9500.8
TennesseeMemphis2,100$19,3700.5
TennesseeNashville3,930$19,3300.8
TexasAbilene710$15,7202
TexasAmarillo680$15,7301.1
TexasAustin3,180$19,4800.6
TexasBeaumont1,740$16,3201.8
TexasBrownsville3,760$14,530 5
TexasCorpus Christi3,440$18,210 3.1
TexasDallas7,530$22,1800.5
TexasEl Paso1,370$18,2200.8
TexasFort Worth1,910$22,8900.3
TexasHouston10,890$19,2200.6
TexasLongview470$20,0900.8
TexasLubbock770$19,3201
TexasMcallen2,360$18,4801.7
TexasMidland350$18,1400.9
TexasSan Angelo160$17,8000.7
TexasSan Antonio5,370$17,4901
TexasSherman170$25,6500.8
TexasTexarkana640$15,530 2.1
TexasTyler1,820$19,920 3.4
TexasVictoria590$14,590 2.3
TexasWaco1,260$20,800 2.2
TexasWichita Falls500$17,2501.5
UtahLogan230$20,4300.9
UtahOgden1,370$20,9101.1
UtahProvo930$20,6200.9
UtahSalt Lake City2,650$21,5400.7
UtahSt George480$21,6601.8
VermontBurlington430$21,5100.6
VirginiaBlacksburg100$19,5300.3
VirginiaCharlottesville240$20,7400.4
VirginiaDanville260$18,7001.4
VirginiaHarrisonburg270$21,1300.9
VirginiaLynchburg550$19,2400.9
VirginiaRichmond3,870$19,3501
VirginiaRoanoke630$20,2200.6
VirginiaVirginia Beach2,900$19,2300.6
VirginiaWinchester120$23,8500.4
WashingtonBellingham520$22,1701.1
WashingtonBremerton410$21,8300.8
WashingtonLongview140$21,3400.8
WashingtonSeattle5,140$24,5500.5
WashingtonSpokane1,530$20,9101.2
WashingtonWenatchee290$22,2001.3
West VirginiaCharleston1,300$16,5001.5
West VirginiaHuntington980$17,4301.4
West VirginiaMorgantown250$16,3301
West VirginiaParkersburg450$17,1901.1
West VirginiaWeirton420$18,8701.8
West VirginiaWheeling660$17,8801.8
WisconsinAppleton390$20,6000.6
WisconsinEau Claire840$21,0801.9
WisconsinFond330$22,2501.4
WisconsinGreen Bay860$22,2900.8
WisconsinJanesville160$20,9100.4
WisconsinLa Crosse370$22,7900.9
WisconsinMadison1,940$24,0900.9
WisconsinMilwaukee6,280$21,6901.1
WisconsinOshkosh860$24,4301.7
WisconsinRacine550$20,2001.2
WisconsinSheboygan440$19,9101.4
WisconsinWausau310$21,4100.8
 

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