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Nursing Aides And Attendants
Career and Education Info
Job Numbers and Growth
The count of nursing aides and attendants working in the US is about 1,447,000. 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. Nursing aides and attendants who work as their own boss represent 2% of the total.
Training and Education
Many employers require a postsecondary vocational award from job applicants. Bachelor's degrees are held by 7% of employees. People with some college experience but no degree make up 37% of nursing aides and attendants. 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 Lewiston (Idaho), Kankakee (Illinois), and Johnstown (Pennsylvania), and comparatively fewer in Las Vegas (Nevada), Raleigh (North Carolina), and El Centro (California).
The earning potential for nursing aides and attendants appears to be highest in Nassau (New York), San Francisco (California), and New York (New York), and lowest (comparatively speaking) in El Paso (Texas), McAllen (Texas), and Brownsville (Texas).
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Nursing Aides And Attendants: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area
The table below shows data for Nursing Aides And Attendants, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Nursing Aides And Attendants 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 Nursing Aides And Attendants are starred .
State Area Positions Typical Pay Popularity in Area Alabama Anniston 530 $20,640 1.3 Alabama Birmingham 6,070 $22,090 1.1 Alabama Decatur 400 $19,740 0.8 Alabama Dothan 1,000 $19,840 1.8 Alabama Florence 630 $19,110 1.4 Alabama Gadsden 680 $20,770 2.3Alabama Huntsville 1,560 $19,350 0.8 Alabama Mobile 1,690 $19,820 0.9 Alabama Montgomery 1,580 $20,140 0.9 Alabama Tuscaloosa 1,490 $20,100 1.8 Alaska Anchorage 1,070 $31,040 0.7 Alaska Fairbanks 260 $32,560 0.9 Arizona Flagstaff 270 $20,920 0.5 Arizona Kingman 520 $23,720 1.1 Arizona Phoenix 12,200 $25,120 0.6 Arizona Prescott 680 $24,520 1.2 Arizona Tucson 4,590 $23,900 1.2 Arizona Yuma 470 $24,850 0.9 Arkansas Fayetteville 1,570 $21,230 0.8 Arkansas Fort Smith 1,800 $19,380 1.6 Arkansas Hot Springs 780 $20,040 2.4Arkansas Jonesboro 710 $19,980 1.6 Arkansas Little Rock 5,320 $21,410 1.6 Arkansas Pine Bluff 650 $19,900 2.3California Bakersfield 1,570 $22,730 0.6 California Chico 1,210 $22,800 1.9 California El Centro 110 $22,930 0.2 California Fresno 2,440 $25,140 0.7 California Hanford 270 $24,550 1.1 California Madera 470 $25,630 1.5 California Merced 470 $24,080 0.9 California Modesto 1,690 $25,440 1 California Napa 620 $31,790 1.1 California Oakland 7,860 $30,730 0.7 California Oxnard 1,350 $27,570 0.5 California Redding 520 $27,120 0.9 California Riverside 8,580 $24,680 0.7 California Sacramento 6,690 $27,910 0.7 California Salinas 830 $31,070 0.6 California San Diego 8,460 $25,600 0.6 California San Francisco 5,720 $37,760 0.6 California San Jose 5,960 $33,090 0.6 California San Luis Obispo 780 $25,600 0.8 California Santa Ana 7,310 $25,340 0.5 California Santa Barbara 1,300 $28,510 0.8 California Santa Cruz 690 0.8 California Santa Rosa 1,180 $30,930 0.7 California Stockton 1,710 $25,520 0.8 California Vallejo 960 $26,690 0.8 California Visalia 1,330 $20,980 1 California Yuba City 490 $26,060 1.4 Colorado Boulder 1,450 $29,750 0.9 Colorado Colorado Springs 2,030 $25,990 0.8 Colorado Denver 8,960 $27,840 0.7 Colorado Fort Collins 1,020 $25,020 0.9 Colorado Grand Junction 540 $24,840 1.1 Colorado Greeley 800 $25,630 1.2 Colorado Pueblo 760 $23,310 1.6 Connecticut Bridgeport 5,310 $30,580 1.2 Connecticut Danbury 1,660 $29,050 2.5Connecticut Hartford 8,340 $30,650 1.4 Connecticut New Haven 4,750 $28,810 1.7 Connecticut Norwich 1,780 $28,610 1.5 Connecticut Waterbury 1,260 $28,480 2Delaware Dover 740 $26,500 1.5 Delaware Wilmington 4,030 $29,170 1.2 District of Columbia Washington 11,930 $27,150 0.5 Florida Cape Coral 2,880 $25,020 1.4 Florida Deltona 2,760 $24,290 1.8 Florida Fort Lauderdale 7,000 $22,760 0.9 Florida Fort Walton Beach 590 $23,550 0.8 Florida Gainesville 1,780 $23,060 1.6 Florida Jacksonville 6,350 $24,280 1 Florida Lakeland 2,970 $22,290 1.5 Florida Miami 10,280 $23,110 1 Florida Naples 930 $27,180 0.8 Florida Ocala 1,710 $22,470 1.9 Florida Orlando 9,760 $23,230 0.9 Florida Palm Bay 2,540 $22,870 1.3 Florida Panama City 740 $21,900 1.2 Florida Pensacola 1,950 $22,710 1.3 Florida Port St Lucie 1,690 $24,190 1.4 Florida Punta Gorda 770 $23,770 2.2Florida Sarasota 4,700 $25,380 1.8 Florida Sebastian 690 $23,390 1.6 Florida Tallahassee 1,340 $20,680 0.8 Florida Tampa 14,320 $23,800 1.1 Florida West Palm Beach 7,280 $23,000 1.3 Georgia Albany 690 $17,150 1.2 Georgia Athens 650 $20,570 0.9 Georgia Atlanta 14,890 $22,860 0.6 Georgia Augusta 2,990 $20,300 1.5 Georgia Brunswick 240 $22,430 0.6 Georgia Columbus 1,120 $21,430 1.1 Georgia Dalton 340 $19,960 0.5 Georgia Gainesville 510 $22,660 0.8 Georgia Macon 1,260 $18,680 1.3 Georgia Rome 750 $21,710 2.4Georgia Savannah 1,780 $20,980 1.2 Georgia Valdosta 770 $19,330 1.5 Georgia Warner Robins 500 $19,010 1.1 Hawaii Honolulu 3,750 $29,520 0.8 Idaho Boise 2,940 $23,960 1.1 Idaho Coeur Dalene 450 $22,760 0.9 Idaho Idaho Falls 390 $25,760 0.9 Idaho Lewiston 790 $20,590 4.2Idaho Pocatello 370 $19,790 1.4 Illinois Bloomington 650 $23,120 1 Illinois Champaign 780 $23,340 0.9 Illinois Chicago 31,240 $24,650 0.8 Illinois Danville 400 $26,300 1.9 Illinois Decatur 710 $25,100 1.7 Illinois Kankakee 1,060 $23,510 3.3Illinois Peoria 2,700 $24,630 1.6 Illinois Rockford 1,760 $24,620 1.2 Illinois Springfield 1,180 $30,400 1.2 Indiana Anderson 660 $23,250 1.9 Indiana Bloomington 770 $22,570 1.2 Indiana Columbus 420 $22,100 1.1 Indiana Elkhart 800 $22,640 0.6 Indiana Evansville 2,300 $24,130 1.3 Indiana Fort Wayne 2,390 $23,390 1.1 Indiana Gary 2,780 $23,180 1 Indiana Indianapolis 7,560 $25,400 0.8 Indiana Kokomo 460 $23,290 1.5 Indiana Lafayette 960 $23,120 1.4 Indiana Michigan City 490 $24,080 1.3 Indiana Muncie 820 $23,090 2Indiana South Bend 1,550 $23,230 1.2 Indiana Terre Haute 790 $22,190 1.2 Iowa Ames 380 $25,510 1.2 Iowa Cedar Rapids 1,220 $24,910 0.9 Iowa Davenport 1,670 $23,110 0.9 Iowa Des Moines 3,610 $24,960 1.1 Iowa Dubuque 750 $23,740 1.6 Iowa Iowa City 880 $25,570 1.3 Iowa Sioux City 680 $22,400 1 Iowa Waterloo 1,220 $22,860 1.5 Kansas Lawrence 380 $24,370 1 Kansas Topeka 2,020 $24,560 1.9 Kansas Wichita 3,590 $22,720 1.2 Kentucky Bowling Green 700 $21,450 1.4 Kentucky Elizabethtown 550 $21,180 1.4 Kentucky Lexington 2,500 $24,290 1 Kentucky Louisville 7,780 $24,080 1.2 Kentucky Owensboro 870 $20,000 2Louisiana Alexandria 1,240 $19,750 2.3Louisiana Baton Rouge 3,610 $18,580 1 Louisiana Houma 1,070 $21,990 1.2 Louisiana Lafayette 1,530 $18,370 1.1 Louisiana Lake Charles 1,100 $17,860 1.4 Louisiana Monroe 1,580 $18,340 2.2Louisiana New Orleans 4,630 $22,070 0.9 Louisiana Shreveport 2,810 $18,600 1.6 Maine Bangor 910 $23,640 1.6 Maine Lewiston 640 $23,070 1.5 Maine Portland 2,660 $26,380 1.3 Maryland Baltimore 17,680 $29,160 1.3 Maryland Bethesda 5,160 $30,560 0.9 Maryland Cumberland 800 $24,720 2.6Maryland Hagerstown 1,330 $26,860 1.4 Maryland Salisbury 740 $25,930 1.6 Massachusetts Barnstable Town 1,550 $29,410 1.6 Massachusetts Boston 19,380 $29,390 1.1 Massachusetts Brockton 1,290 $28,950 1.5 Massachusetts Framingham 1,720 $30,120 1.1 Massachusetts Haverhill 1,280 $29,570 1.8 Massachusetts Lawrence 720 $29,310 1.4 Massachusetts Leominster 560 $28,240 1.3 Massachusetts Lowell 1,900 $27,870 1.6 Massachusetts New Bedford 1,540 $24,940 2.6Massachusetts Pittsfield 350 $25,870 1.2 Massachusetts Springfield 4,540 $26,410 1.5 Massachusetts Worcester 3,910 $30,310 1.6 Michigan Ann Arbor 2,010 $28,940 1.2 Michigan Battle Creek 790 $27,300 1.8 Michigan Bay City 700 $24,930 2.3Michigan Detroit 8,640 $28,080 1.2 Michigan Flint 1,850 $24,240 1.4 Michigan Grand Rapids 5,310 $25,540 1.4 Michigan Holland 940 $25,290 1 Michigan Jackson 940 $26,190 2Michigan Kalamazoo 2,030 $24,150 1.5 Michigan Lansing 1,390 $26,510 0.7 Michigan Monroe 550 $25,190 1.6 Michigan Muskegon 920 $26,460 1.7 Michigan Niles 1,060 $25,700 1.9 Michigan Saginaw 1,510 $23,780 2.1Michigan Warren 11,380 $26,290 1 Minnesota Duluth 2,710 $24,920 2.2Minnesota Minneapolis 15,030 $29,140 0.8 Minnesota Rochester 1,550 $28,880 1.8 Minnesota St Cloud 1,220 $25,210 1.3 Mississippi Gulfport 860 $24,840 0.8 Mississippi Hattiesburg 1,180 $18,940 2.3Mississippi Jackson 4,370 $19,600 1.7 Mississippi Pascagoula 530 $19,290 1.3 Missouri Columbia 910 $22,110 1.2 Missouri Jefferson City 880 $19,900 1.4 Missouri Joplin 790 $19,800 1.1 Missouri Kansas City 10,630 $24,280 1 Missouri Springfield 3,170 $20,940 1.6 Missouri St Joseph 780 $20,370 1.7 Missouri St Louis 16,620 $23,070 1.2 Montana Billings 1,070 $22,910 1.4 Montana Great Falls 470 $22,070 1.6 Montana Missoula 500 $21,800 1.1 Nebraska Lincoln 1,720 $24,070 1.1 Nebraska Omaha 4,940 $24,460 1 Nevada Carson City 310 $27,910 1.4 Nevada Las Vegas 3,470 $29,530 0.4 Nevada Reno 1,180 $26,880 0.6 New Hampshire Manchester 1,460 $29,310 1.5 New Hampshire Nashua 1,150 $26,680 0.9 New Hampshire Portsmouth 390 $26,320 0.8 New Hampshire Rochester 520 $27,300 1 New Jersey Atlantic City 2,230 $26,680 1.5 New Jersey Camden 7,910 $25,950 1.5 New Jersey Edison 13,210 $26,720 1.2 New Jersey Newark 10,880 $25,810 1.1 New Jersey Ocean City 890 $26,090 2.5New Jersey Trenton 2,530 $27,510 1.2 New Jersey Vineland 1,350 $25,180 2.6New Mexico Albuquerque 3,570 $24,280 0.9 New Mexico Farmington 440 $23,400 0.9 New Mexico Las Cruces 840 $20,160 1.5 New Mexico Santa Fe 490 $23,240 0.8 New York Albany 4,650 $25,410 1 New York Binghamton 1,560 $24,940 1.5 New York Buffalo 6,700 $25,330 1.2 New York Elmira 620 $25,990 2New York Glens Falls 630 $24,200 1.3 New York Ithaca 320 $24,600 0.9 New York Kingston 580 $25,340 1.1 New York Nassau 14,360 $34,590 1.1 New York New York 58,280 $32,380 1.1 New York Poughkeepsie 2,590 $28,460 1.1 New York Rochester 5,700 $25,000 1.1 New York Syracuse 3,630 $24,310 1.2 New York Utica 3,050 $22,770 2.5North Carolina Asheville 1,000 $24,670 0.6 North Carolina Charlotte 3,980 $23,170 0.4 North Carolina Durham 1,910 $25,700 0.7 North Carolina Fayetteville 750 $27,220 0.6 North Carolina Greensboro 1,680 $23,320 0.4 North Carolina Greenville 680 $21,730 1 North Carolina Hickory 930 $22,350 0.6 North Carolina Raleigh 1,740 $25,650 0.3 North Carolina Wilmington 870 $23,320 0.6 North Carolina Winston Salem 1,690 $23,890 0.8 North Dakota Bismarck 1,060 $24,110 2.1North Dakota Fargo 1,460 $23,830 1.3 North Dakota Grand Forks 980 $24,250 2.3Ohio Akron 3,760 $23,510 1.1 Ohio Canton 2,810 $22,230 1.6 Ohio Cincinnati 12,410 $24,570 1.2 Ohio Cleveland 13,760 $24,190 1.3 Ohio Columbus 8,580 $24,910 0.9 Ohio Dayton 6,070 $24,360 1.5 Ohio Lima 1,040 $21,790 2.2Ohio Mansfield 690 $21,200 1.5 Ohio Sandusky 420 $27,150 1.4 Ohio Springfield 1,100 $22,020 2.6Ohio Toledo 4,900 $24,550 1.6 Ohio Youngstown 3,670 $22,880 1.6 Oklahoma Lawton 470 $19,600 1.5 Oklahoma Oklahoma City 5,400 $20,450 0.9 Oklahoma Tulsa 4,850 $21,330 1.1 Oregon Bend 300 $27,070 0.5 Oregon Corvallis 240 $24,140 0.9 Oregon Eugene 1,210 $25,200 0.8 Oregon Medford 670 $25,980 0.8 Oregon Portland 6,200 $28,190 0.6 Oregon Salem 1,240 $26,600 0.8 Pennsylvania Allentown 5,210 $25,180 1.5 Pennsylvania Altoona 840 $25,270 1.6 Pennsylvania Erie 1,630 $23,940 1.3 Pennsylvania Harrisburg 2,830 $27,270 0.9 Pennsylvania Johnstown 1,570 $25,520 3.1Pennsylvania Lancaster 3,130 $26,680 1.3 Pennsylvania Lebanon 1,120 $25,800 2.7Pennsylvania Philadelphia 22,850 $26,350 1.2 Pennsylvania Pittsburgh 15,570 $24,890 1.3 Pennsylvania Reading 2,260 $25,990 1.4 Pennsylvania Scranton 4,580 $24,590 1.8 Pennsylvania State College 580 $22,990 1.1 Pennsylvania Williamsport 700 $22,720 1.5 Pennsylvania York 1,730 $25,710 1 Rhode Island Providence 9,270 $27,880 1.6 South Carolina Anderson 700 $19,770 1.3 South Carolina Charleston 2,060 $22,910 0.7 South Carolina Columbia 4,350 $20,330 1.2 South Carolina Florence 1,890 $19,030 2.4South Carolina Greenville 2,620 $22,280 0.9 South Carolina Myrtle Beach 510 $20,600 0.4 South Carolina Spartanburg 1,540 $22,830 1.3 South Carolina Sumter 340 $19,840 1.1 South Dakota Rapid City 630 $23,150 1.1 South Dakota Sioux Falls 1,870 $23,610 1.4 Tennessee Chattanooga 2,120 $21,740 0.9 Tennessee Clarksville 810 $21,840 1.2 Tennessee Cleveland 480 $22,130 1.6 Tennessee Jackson 800 $21,910 1.5 Tennessee Johnson City 1,590 $21,620 2.3Tennessee Kingsport 1,370 $20,250 1.3 Tennessee Knoxville 3,230 $21,810 1 Tennessee Memphis 5,850 $22,550 0.9 Tennessee Morristown 470 $19,400 1.1 Tennessee Nashville 6,960 $23,730 0.9 Texas Abilene 1,370 $18,470 2.4Texas Amarillo 1,400 $20,300 1.5 Texas Austin 4,830 $22,210 0.6 Texas Beaumont 1,600 $19,230 1 Texas Brownsville 1,480 $18,220 1.2 Texas College Station 640 $20,490 0.9 Texas Corpus Christi 1,280 $20,580 0.7 Texas Dallas 17,890 $22,940 0.8 Texas El Paso 2,480 $18,370 0.9 Texas Fort Worth 7,200 $22,790 0.8 Texas Houston 19,270 $21,820 0.7 Texas Killeen 1,600 $22,120 1.4 Texas Laredo 600 $19,130 0.8 Texas Longview 1,230 $19,900 1.4 Texas Lubbock 1,990 $20,010 1.7 Texas Mcallen 2,810 $17,580 1.3 Texas Midland 370 $20,050 0.6 Texas Odessa 310 $20,530 0.6 Texas San Angelo 560 $20,200 1.6 Texas San Antonio 8,830 $20,960 1 Texas Sherman 670 $20,320 2 Texas Texarkana 720 $20,170 1.5 Texas Tyler 1,300 $21,080 1.5 Texas Victoria 800 $18,370 1.9 Texas Waco 1,200 $21,360 1.3 Texas Wichita Falls 1,070 $19,460 2.1Utah Logan 560 $21,730 1.4 Utah Ogden 1,360 $21,820 0.7 Utah Provo 1,440 $21,310 0.9 Utah Salt Lake City 4,440 $23,070 0.7 Utah St George 470 $21,740 1.1 Vermont Burlington 940 $27,910 0.9 Virginia Blacksburg 570 $22,250 1 Virginia Charlottesville 1,290 $25,210 1.5 Virginia Danville 430 $23,470 1.5 Virginia Harrisonburg 790 $24,390 1.6 Virginia Lynchburg 1,100 $21,740 1.2 Virginia Richmond 5,830 $23,200 1 Virginia Roanoke 2,300 $22,510 1.5 Virginia Virginia Beach 7,470 $21,460 1 Virginia Winchester 520 $24,440 1.1 Washington Bellingham 630 $22,930 0.9 Washington Bremerton 970 $28,230 1.3 Washington Kennewick 680 $23,330 0.8 Washington Longview 450 $23,580 1.6 Washington Mount Vernon 320 $27,630 0.8 Washington Olympia 550 $23,490 0.6 Washington Seattle 9,390 $28,940 0.6 Washington Spokane 2,010 $24,550 1 Washington Tacoma 2,020 $28,420 0.7 Washington Wenatchee 360 $24,290 1 Washington Yakima 1,000 $22,820 1.3 West Virginia Charleston 1,210 $20,380 0.9 West Virginia Huntington 1,570 $20,760 1.5 West Virginia Morgantown 1,000 $20,780 2.4West Virginia Parkersburg 1,050 $19,030 1.6 West Virginia Weirton 880 $20,340 2.4West Virginia Wheeling 1,140 $20,790 2 Wisconsin Appleton 1,140 $25,660 1 Wisconsin Eau Claire 1,330 $25,770 1.9 Wisconsin Fond 690 $24,580 1.8 Wisconsin Green Bay 1,650 $24,610 1 Wisconsin Janesville 870 $24,540 1.5 Wisconsin La Crosse 1,180 $25,680 1.9 Wisconsin Madison 3,550 $26,970 1.1 Wisconsin Milwaukee 9,370 $25,680 1.1 Wisconsin Oshkosh 970 $25,770 1.2 Wisconsin Racine 1,260 $27,770 1.8 Wisconsin Sheboygan 700 $26,470 1.4 Wisconsin Wausau 820 $24,380 1.3 Wyoming Casper 610 $25,460 1.9 Wyoming Cheyenne 500 $26,990 1.3
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