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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 .

StateAreaPositionsTypical PayPopularity in Area
AlabamaAnniston530$20,6401.3
AlabamaBirmingham6,070$22,0901.1
AlabamaDecatur400$19,7400.8
AlabamaDothan1,000$19,8401.8
AlabamaFlorence630$19,1101.4
AlabamaGadsden680$20,770 2.3
AlabamaHuntsville1,560$19,3500.8
AlabamaMobile1,690$19,8200.9
AlabamaMontgomery1,580$20,1400.9
AlabamaTuscaloosa1,490$20,1001.8
AlaskaAnchorage1,070$31,0400.7
AlaskaFairbanks260$32,5600.9
ArizonaFlagstaff270$20,9200.5
ArizonaKingman520$23,7201.1
ArizonaPhoenix12,200$25,1200.6
ArizonaPrescott680$24,5201.2
ArizonaTucson4,590$23,9001.2
ArizonaYuma470$24,8500.9
ArkansasFayetteville1,570$21,2300.8
ArkansasFort Smith1,800$19,3801.6
ArkansasHot Springs780$20,040 2.4
ArkansasJonesboro710$19,9801.6
ArkansasLittle Rock5,320$21,4101.6
ArkansasPine Bluff650$19,900 2.3
CaliforniaBakersfield1,570$22,7300.6
CaliforniaChico1,210$22,8001.9
CaliforniaEl Centro110$22,9300.2
CaliforniaFresno2,440$25,1400.7
CaliforniaHanford270$24,5501.1
CaliforniaMadera470$25,6301.5
CaliforniaMerced470$24,0800.9
CaliforniaModesto1,690$25,4401
CaliforniaNapa620$31,7901.1
CaliforniaOakland7,860$30,7300.7
CaliforniaOxnard1,350$27,5700.5
CaliforniaRedding520$27,1200.9
CaliforniaRiverside8,580$24,6800.7
CaliforniaSacramento6,690$27,9100.7
CaliforniaSalinas830$31,0700.6
CaliforniaSan Diego8,460$25,6000.6
CaliforniaSan Francisco5,720$37,7600.6
CaliforniaSan Jose5,960$33,0900.6
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo780$25,6000.8
CaliforniaSanta Ana7,310$25,3400.5
CaliforniaSanta Barbara1,300$28,5100.8
CaliforniaSanta Cruz690 0.8
CaliforniaSanta Rosa1,180$30,9300.7
CaliforniaStockton1,710$25,5200.8
CaliforniaVallejo960$26,6900.8
CaliforniaVisalia1,330$20,9801
CaliforniaYuba City490$26,0601.4
ColoradoBoulder1,450$29,7500.9
ColoradoColorado Springs2,030$25,9900.8
ColoradoDenver8,960$27,8400.7
ColoradoFort Collins1,020$25,0200.9
ColoradoGrand Junction540$24,8401.1
ColoradoGreeley800$25,6301.2
ColoradoPueblo760$23,3101.6
ConnecticutBridgeport5,310$30,5801.2
ConnecticutDanbury1,660$29,050 2.5
ConnecticutHartford8,340$30,6501.4
ConnecticutNew Haven4,750$28,8101.7
ConnecticutNorwich1,780$28,6101.5
ConnecticutWaterbury1,260$28,480 2
DelawareDover740$26,5001.5
DelawareWilmington4,030$29,1701.2
District of ColumbiaWashington11,930$27,1500.5
FloridaCape Coral2,880$25,0201.4
FloridaDeltona2,760$24,2901.8
FloridaFort Lauderdale7,000$22,7600.9
FloridaFort Walton Beach590$23,5500.8
FloridaGainesville1,780$23,0601.6
FloridaJacksonville6,350$24,2801
FloridaLakeland2,970$22,2901.5
FloridaMiami10,280$23,1101
FloridaNaples930$27,1800.8
FloridaOcala1,710$22,4701.9
FloridaOrlando9,760$23,2300.9
FloridaPalm Bay2,540$22,8701.3
FloridaPanama City740$21,9001.2
FloridaPensacola1,950$22,7101.3
FloridaPort St Lucie1,690$24,1901.4
FloridaPunta Gorda770$23,770 2.2
FloridaSarasota4,700$25,3801.8
FloridaSebastian690$23,3901.6
FloridaTallahassee1,340$20,6800.8
FloridaTampa14,320$23,8001.1
FloridaWest Palm Beach7,280$23,0001.3
GeorgiaAlbany690$17,1501.2
GeorgiaAthens650$20,5700.9
GeorgiaAtlanta14,890$22,8600.6
GeorgiaAugusta2,990$20,3001.5
GeorgiaBrunswick240$22,4300.6
GeorgiaColumbus1,120$21,4301.1
GeorgiaDalton340$19,9600.5
GeorgiaGainesville510$22,6600.8
GeorgiaMacon1,260$18,6801.3
GeorgiaRome750$21,710 2.4
GeorgiaSavannah1,780$20,9801.2
GeorgiaValdosta770$19,3301.5
GeorgiaWarner Robins500$19,0101.1
HawaiiHonolulu3,750$29,5200.8
IdahoBoise2,940$23,9601.1
IdahoCoeur Dalene450$22,7600.9
IdahoIdaho Falls390$25,7600.9
IdahoLewiston790$20,590 4.2
IdahoPocatello370$19,7901.4
IllinoisBloomington650$23,1201
IllinoisChampaign780$23,3400.9
IllinoisChicago31,240$24,6500.8
IllinoisDanville400$26,3001.9
IllinoisDecatur710$25,1001.7
IllinoisKankakee1,060$23,510 3.3
IllinoisPeoria2,700$24,6301.6
IllinoisRockford1,760$24,6201.2
IllinoisSpringfield1,180$30,4001.2
IndianaAnderson660$23,2501.9
IndianaBloomington770$22,5701.2
IndianaColumbus420$22,1001.1
IndianaElkhart800$22,6400.6
IndianaEvansville2,300$24,1301.3
IndianaFort Wayne2,390$23,3901.1
IndianaGary2,780$23,1801
IndianaIndianapolis7,560$25,4000.8
IndianaKokomo460$23,2901.5
IndianaLafayette960$23,1201.4
IndianaMichigan City490$24,0801.3
IndianaMuncie820$23,090 2
IndianaSouth Bend1,550$23,2301.2
IndianaTerre Haute790$22,1901.2
IowaAmes380$25,5101.2
IowaCedar Rapids1,220$24,9100.9
IowaDavenport1,670$23,1100.9
IowaDes Moines3,610$24,9601.1
IowaDubuque750$23,7401.6
IowaIowa City880$25,5701.3
IowaSioux City680$22,4001
IowaWaterloo1,220$22,8601.5
KansasLawrence380$24,3701
KansasTopeka2,020$24,5601.9
KansasWichita3,590$22,7201.2
KentuckyBowling Green700$21,4501.4
KentuckyElizabethtown550$21,1801.4
KentuckyLexington2,500$24,2901
KentuckyLouisville7,780$24,0801.2
KentuckyOwensboro870$20,000 2
LouisianaAlexandria1,240$19,750 2.3
LouisianaBaton Rouge3,610$18,5801
LouisianaHouma1,070$21,9901.2
LouisianaLafayette1,530$18,3701.1
LouisianaLake Charles1,100$17,8601.4
LouisianaMonroe1,580$18,340 2.2
LouisianaNew Orleans4,630$22,0700.9
LouisianaShreveport2,810$18,6001.6
MaineBangor910$23,6401.6
MaineLewiston640$23,0701.5
MainePortland2,660$26,3801.3
MarylandBaltimore17,680$29,1601.3
MarylandBethesda5,160$30,5600.9
MarylandCumberland800$24,720 2.6
MarylandHagerstown1,330$26,8601.4
MarylandSalisbury740$25,9301.6
MassachusettsBarnstable Town1,550$29,4101.6
MassachusettsBoston19,380$29,3901.1
MassachusettsBrockton1,290$28,9501.5
MassachusettsFramingham1,720$30,1201.1
MassachusettsHaverhill1,280$29,5701.8
MassachusettsLawrence720$29,3101.4
MassachusettsLeominster560$28,2401.3
MassachusettsLowell1,900$27,8701.6
MassachusettsNew Bedford1,540$24,940 2.6
MassachusettsPittsfield350$25,8701.2
MassachusettsSpringfield4,540$26,4101.5
MassachusettsWorcester3,910$30,3101.6
MichiganAnn Arbor2,010$28,9401.2
MichiganBattle Creek790$27,3001.8
MichiganBay City700$24,930 2.3
MichiganDetroit8,640$28,0801.2
MichiganFlint1,850$24,2401.4
MichiganGrand Rapids5,310$25,5401.4
MichiganHolland940$25,2901
MichiganJackson940$26,190 2
MichiganKalamazoo2,030$24,1501.5
MichiganLansing1,390$26,5100.7
MichiganMonroe550$25,1901.6
MichiganMuskegon920$26,4601.7
MichiganNiles1,060$25,7001.9
MichiganSaginaw1,510$23,780 2.1
MichiganWarren11,380$26,2901
MinnesotaDuluth2,710$24,920 2.2
MinnesotaMinneapolis15,030$29,1400.8
MinnesotaRochester1,550$28,8801.8
MinnesotaSt Cloud1,220$25,2101.3
MississippiGulfport860$24,8400.8
MississippiHattiesburg1,180$18,940 2.3
MississippiJackson4,370$19,6001.7
MississippiPascagoula530$19,2901.3
MissouriColumbia910$22,1101.2
MissouriJefferson City880$19,9001.4
MissouriJoplin790$19,8001.1
MissouriKansas City10,630$24,2801
MissouriSpringfield3,170$20,9401.6
MissouriSt Joseph780$20,3701.7
MissouriSt Louis16,620$23,0701.2
MontanaBillings1,070$22,9101.4
MontanaGreat Falls470$22,0701.6
MontanaMissoula500$21,8001.1
NebraskaLincoln1,720$24,0701.1
NebraskaOmaha4,940$24,4601
NevadaCarson City310$27,9101.4
NevadaLas Vegas3,470$29,5300.4
NevadaReno1,180$26,8800.6
New HampshireManchester1,460$29,3101.5
New HampshireNashua1,150$26,6800.9
New HampshirePortsmouth390$26,3200.8
New HampshireRochester520$27,3001
New JerseyAtlantic City2,230$26,6801.5
New JerseyCamden7,910$25,9501.5
New JerseyEdison13,210$26,7201.2
New JerseyNewark10,880$25,8101.1
New JerseyOcean City890$26,090 2.5
New JerseyTrenton2,530$27,5101.2
New JerseyVineland1,350$25,180 2.6
New MexicoAlbuquerque3,570$24,2800.9
New MexicoFarmington440$23,4000.9
New MexicoLas Cruces840$20,1601.5
New MexicoSanta Fe490$23,2400.8
New YorkAlbany4,650$25,4101
New YorkBinghamton1,560$24,9401.5
New YorkBuffalo6,700$25,3301.2
New YorkElmira620$25,990 2
New YorkGlens Falls630$24,2001.3
New YorkIthaca320$24,6000.9
New YorkKingston580$25,3401.1
New YorkNassau14,360$34,5901.1
New YorkNew York58,280$32,3801.1
New YorkPoughkeepsie2,590$28,4601.1
New YorkRochester5,700$25,0001.1
New YorkSyracuse3,630$24,3101.2
New YorkUtica3,050$22,770 2.5
North CarolinaAsheville1,000$24,6700.6
North CarolinaCharlotte3,980$23,1700.4
North CarolinaDurham1,910$25,7000.7
North CarolinaFayetteville750$27,2200.6
North CarolinaGreensboro1,680$23,3200.4
North CarolinaGreenville680$21,7301
North CarolinaHickory930$22,3500.6
North CarolinaRaleigh1,740$25,6500.3
North CarolinaWilmington870$23,3200.6
North CarolinaWinston Salem1,690$23,8900.8
North DakotaBismarck1,060$24,110 2.1
North DakotaFargo1,460$23,8301.3
North DakotaGrand Forks980$24,250 2.3
OhioAkron3,760$23,5101.1
OhioCanton2,810$22,2301.6
OhioCincinnati12,410$24,5701.2
OhioCleveland13,760$24,1901.3
OhioColumbus8,580$24,9100.9
OhioDayton6,070$24,3601.5
OhioLima1,040$21,790 2.2
OhioMansfield690$21,2001.5
OhioSandusky420$27,1501.4
OhioSpringfield1,100$22,020 2.6
OhioToledo4,900$24,5501.6
OhioYoungstown3,670$22,8801.6
OklahomaLawton470$19,6001.5
OklahomaOklahoma City5,400$20,4500.9
OklahomaTulsa4,850$21,3301.1
OregonBend300$27,0700.5
OregonCorvallis240$24,1400.9
OregonEugene1,210$25,2000.8
OregonMedford670$25,9800.8
OregonPortland6,200$28,1900.6
OregonSalem1,240$26,6000.8
PennsylvaniaAllentown5,210$25,1801.5
PennsylvaniaAltoona840$25,2701.6
PennsylvaniaErie1,630$23,9401.3
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg2,830$27,2700.9
PennsylvaniaJohnstown1,570$25,520 3.1
PennsylvaniaLancaster3,130$26,6801.3
PennsylvaniaLebanon1,120$25,800 2.7
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia22,850$26,3501.2
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh15,570$24,8901.3
PennsylvaniaReading2,260$25,9901.4
PennsylvaniaScranton4,580$24,5901.8
PennsylvaniaState College580$22,9901.1
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport700$22,7201.5
PennsylvaniaYork1,730$25,7101
Rhode IslandProvidence9,270$27,8801.6
South CarolinaAnderson700$19,7701.3
South CarolinaCharleston2,060$22,9100.7
South CarolinaColumbia4,350$20,3301.2
South CarolinaFlorence1,890$19,030 2.4
South CarolinaGreenville2,620$22,2800.9
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach510$20,6000.4
South CarolinaSpartanburg1,540$22,8301.3
South CarolinaSumter340$19,8401.1
South DakotaRapid City630$23,1501.1
South DakotaSioux Falls1,870$23,6101.4
TennesseeChattanooga2,120$21,7400.9
TennesseeClarksville810$21,8401.2
TennesseeCleveland480$22,1301.6
TennesseeJackson800$21,9101.5
TennesseeJohnson City1,590$21,620 2.3
TennesseeKingsport1,370$20,2501.3
TennesseeKnoxville3,230$21,8101
TennesseeMemphis5,850$22,5500.9
TennesseeMorristown470$19,4001.1
TennesseeNashville6,960$23,7300.9
TexasAbilene1,370$18,470 2.4
TexasAmarillo1,400$20,3001.5
TexasAustin4,830$22,2100.6
TexasBeaumont1,600$19,2301
TexasBrownsville1,480$18,2201.2
TexasCollege Station640$20,4900.9
TexasCorpus Christi1,280$20,5800.7
TexasDallas17,890$22,9400.8
TexasEl Paso2,480$18,3700.9
TexasFort Worth7,200$22,7900.8
TexasHouston19,270$21,8200.7
TexasKilleen1,600$22,1201.4
TexasLaredo600$19,1300.8
TexasLongview1,230$19,9001.4
TexasLubbock1,990$20,0101.7
TexasMcallen2,810$17,5801.3
TexasMidland370$20,0500.6
TexasOdessa310$20,5300.6
TexasSan Angelo560$20,2001.6
TexasSan Antonio8,830$20,9601
TexasSherman670$20,3202
TexasTexarkana720$20,1701.5
TexasTyler1,300$21,0801.5
TexasVictoria800$18,3701.9
TexasWaco1,200$21,3601.3
TexasWichita Falls1,070$19,460 2.1
UtahLogan560$21,7301.4
UtahOgden1,360$21,8200.7
UtahProvo1,440$21,3100.9
UtahSalt Lake City4,440$23,0700.7
UtahSt George470$21,7401.1
VermontBurlington940$27,9100.9
VirginiaBlacksburg570$22,2501
VirginiaCharlottesville1,290$25,2101.5
VirginiaDanville430$23,4701.5
VirginiaHarrisonburg790$24,3901.6
VirginiaLynchburg1,100$21,7401.2
VirginiaRichmond5,830$23,2001
VirginiaRoanoke2,300$22,5101.5
VirginiaVirginia Beach7,470$21,4601
VirginiaWinchester520$24,4401.1
WashingtonBellingham630$22,9300.9
WashingtonBremerton970$28,2301.3
WashingtonKennewick680$23,3300.8
WashingtonLongview450$23,5801.6
WashingtonMount Vernon320$27,6300.8
WashingtonOlympia550$23,4900.6
WashingtonSeattle9,390$28,9400.6
WashingtonSpokane2,010$24,5501
WashingtonTacoma2,020$28,4200.7
WashingtonWenatchee360$24,2901
WashingtonYakima1,000$22,8201.3
West VirginiaCharleston1,210$20,3800.9
West VirginiaHuntington1,570$20,7601.5
West VirginiaMorgantown1,000$20,780 2.4
West VirginiaParkersburg1,050$19,0301.6
West VirginiaWeirton880$20,340 2.4
West VirginiaWheeling1,140$20,7902
WisconsinAppleton1,140$25,6601
WisconsinEau Claire1,330$25,7701.9
WisconsinFond690$24,5801.8
WisconsinGreen Bay1,650$24,6101
WisconsinJanesville870$24,5401.5
WisconsinLa Crosse1,180$25,6801.9
WisconsinMadison3,550$26,9701.1
WisconsinMilwaukee9,370$25,6801.1
WisconsinOshkosh970$25,7701.2
WisconsinRacine1,260$27,7701.8
WisconsinSheboygan700$26,4701.4
WisconsinWausau820$24,3801.3
WyomingCasper610$25,4601.9
WyomingCheyenne500$26,9901.3
 

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