Home health aides

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2019 Workforce

555k

Average Age

45.8

Average Salary

$22,102

Average Male Salary

$25,094

Average Female Salary

$21,741

About

Home health aides are most often employed by the Home health care services industry. The average yearly wage for Home health aides was $22,102 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Home health aides by wage are Graders & sorters, agricultural products, Teaching assistants, and Medical transcriptionists.

Home health aides are part of the Healthcare Support Occupations, along with Home health aides, Personal care aides, Nursing assistants, Orderlies and psychiatric aides, Occupational therapy assistants & aides, and 9 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Home health aides are Hunts Point, Longwood & Melrose PUMA, NY, Concourse, Highbridge & Mount Eden PUMA, NY, and Bensonhurst & Bath Beach PUMA, NY. The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Home health aides are Hunts Point, Longwood & Melrose PUMA, NY, Concourse, Highbridge & Mount Eden PUMA, NY, and Brighton Beach & Coney Island PUMA, NY.

Healthcare Support Occupations Service Occupations

Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Home health aides and on wages and locations 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 Insurance carriers. Home health aides are paid most in Jefferson & Lewis Counties PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Hunts Point, Longwood & Melrose PUMA, NY.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$22,102

AVERAGE SALARY

± $784

In 2019, Home health aides earned an average of $22,102, $33,422 less than than the average national salary of $55,524.

Graders & sorters, agricultural products make somewhat more than Home health aides while Medical transcriptionists make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Home health aides as measured by average annual salary in the US.

Wage Distribution

0.366

WAGE GINI

In 2019, Home health aides had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.366, which is lower than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Home health aides (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Home health aides.

Spatial Concentration

PUMAs with a Relatively High Concentration of Home health aides

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Home health aides.

Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Home health aides, by number of employees, are Home health care services, Individual & family services, Administration of human resource programs, Other health care services, Residential care facilities, except skilled nursing facilities, Nursing Care Facilities, Private households, General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, Employment services, Outpatient care centers, and Civic, social, advocacy organizations, & grantmaking & giving services.

Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Home health aides, by average wage, are Insurance carriers, Offices of physicians, and General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals.

Industries by Share

555k

2019 Workforce

± 18,253

17.6%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 4.13%

The number of people employed as Home health aides has been growing at a rate of 17.6%, from 471,597 people in 2018 to 554,768 people in 2019.

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 77.5%, followed by Individual & family services with 12% and Administration of human resource programs with 2.17%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Home health aides in the US. The average age of male Home health aides in the workforce is 41.9 and of female Home health aides is 46.3, and the most common race/ethnicity for Home health aides is Black (Non-Hispanic).

Composition by Sex

59.7k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 5,999

495k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 17,246

89.2% of Home health aides are Female, making them the more common sex in the occupation. This chart shows the sex breakdown of Home health aides.

Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Home health aides

Black (Non-Hispanic)
White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)

32.5% of Home health aides are Black (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 29.3% of Home health aides, White (Non-Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Home health aides.

Age by Sex

41.9

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 1.52

46.3

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 0.493

The median age of Home health aides is 45.8, and Male employees are generally 4.34 years younger than than their Female counterparts.

Education

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 Business but a relatively high number of Home health aides hold a major in Philosophy and Religious Studies.