Occupational employment / Personal and home care aides

Twice a year, the Bureau of Labor Statistics compiles occupational employment and wage estimates by surveying employers nationwide. Current data was released May 1, 2009.

Estimates for "Personal and home care aides" are below, ordered by total employment.

Area Total employment Mean hourly wage Mean annual wage
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 4,130 $10.41 $21,640
McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX 18,530 $7.05 $14,660
Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, TX 18,520 $7.35 $15,290
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL-IN-WI 15,310 $9.44 $19,630
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, CA 15,090 $10.11 $21,030
Chicago-Naperville-Joliet, IL Metropolitan Division 13,310 $9.42 $19,590
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX 13,070 $7.26 $15,110
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA Metropolitan Division 12,620 $9.94 $20,670
San Antonio, TX 12,550 $7.02 $14,590
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 9,860 $11.40 $23,720
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA Metropolitan Division 9,090 $11.37 $23,660
Phoenix-Mesa-Scottsdale, AZ 9,090 $10.71 $22,270
Brownsville-Harlingen, TX 8,870 $6.94 $14,430
Dallas-Plano-Irving, TX Metropolitan Division 8,070 $7.03 $14,620
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD 6,460 $11.87 $24,700
St. Louis, MO-IL 6,070 $9.28 $19,290
Detroit-Warren-Livonia, MI 6,070 $10.36 $21,560
Denver-Aurora, CO 5,270 $10.52 $21,890
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA 5,180 $9.75 $20,290
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, WI 5,080 $9.85 $20,490
Fort Worth-Arlington, TX Metropolitan Division 5,000 $7.64 $15,900
Philadelphia, PA Metropolitan Division 4,940 $11.71 $24,370
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 4,920 $11.44 $23,790
Laredo, TX 4,520 $6.96 $14,470
El Paso, TX 4,460 $6.81 $14,160
Albuquerque, NM 4,140 $9.40 $19,550
Oklahoma City, OK 4,090 $8.29 $17,240
Warren-Troy-Farmington Hills, MI Metropolitan Division 4,040 $10.79 $22,450
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, GA 4,020 $10.08 $20,960
Kansas City, MO-KS 3,730 $9.51 $19,770
Portland-Vancouver-Beaverton, OR-WA 3,360 $10.43 $21,690
Pittsburgh, PA 3,190 $9.60 $19,970
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Miami Beach, FL 3,040 $9.26 $19,260
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT 2,970 $10.56 $21,970
Indianapolis-Carmel, IN 2,910 $10.32 $21,470
Sacramento--Arden-Arcade--Roseville, CA 2,880 $11.02 $22,930
Wichita, KS 2,850 $8.82 $18,340
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV Metropolitan Division 2,850 $10.47 $21,770
Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX 2,830 $6.90 $14,350
Columbus, OH 2,690 $10.20 $21,220
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, CA 2,680 $10.13 $21,080
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro, TN 2,680 $9.32 $19,390
Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC 2,670 $7.66 $15,920
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, CA Metropolitan Division 2,560 $11.14 $23,170
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, CA Metropolitan Division 2,470 $11.00 $22,880
Spokane, WA 2,420 $10.46 $21,750
Cincinnati-Middletown, OH-KY-IN 2,370 $9.75 $20,280
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, CA Metropolitan Division 2,360 $11.77 $24,470
Tucson, AZ 2,340 $10.29 $21,400
Memphis, TN-MS-AR 2,280 $8.83 $18,370
Baton Rouge, LA 2,200 $8.15 $16,940
Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, OH 2,170 $9.84 $20,460
Honolulu, HI 2,160 $9.13 $18,990
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 2,130 $11.73 $24,390
Lubbock, TX 2,130 $7.37 $15,340
Springfield, MA-CT 2,130 $11.69 $24,320
Anchorage, AK 2,120 $12.03 $25,020
Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, MI Metropolitan Division 2,030 $9.51 $19,780
Las Vegas-Paradise, NV 1,960 $11.04 $22,960
Richmond, VA 1,940 $8.18 $17,020
Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, ME 1,930 $9.45 $19,650
Madison, WI 1,910 $10.46 $21,760
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 1,840 $9.49 $19,740
Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, FL Metropolitan Division 1,740 $9.33 $19,410
Little Rock-North Little Rock, AR 1,690 $8.19 $17,020
Jacksonville, FL 1,650 $9.44 $19,630
Gary, IN Metropolitan Division 1,620 $9.36 $19,470
Edison, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,620 $12.07 $25,100
New Haven, CT 1,590 $9.79 $20,370
Corpus Christi, TX 1,580 $7.13 $14,830
Baltimore-Towson, MD 1,550 $10.73 $22,310
Newark-Union, NJ-PA Metropolitan Division 1,540 $12.51 $26,010
Birmingham-Hoover, AL 1,520 $7.86 $16,360
Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY 1,520 $9.67 $20,120
Providence-Fall River-Warwick, RI-MA 1,510 $10.42 $21,680
Las Cruces, NM 1,440 $8.92 $18,550
Raleigh-Cary, NC 1,420 $9.58 $19,930
Longview, TX 1,390 $7.37 $15,330
Greenville, SC 1,330 $8.91 $18,540
Farmington, NM 1,300 $10.47 $21,780
Bethesda-Gaithersburg-Frederick, MD Metropolitan Division 1,280 $10.27 $21,360
Rochester, NY 1,260 $9.58 $19,920
Charlotte-Gastonia-Concord, NC-SC 1,250 $8.89 $18,490
St. Cloud, MN 1,240 $12.41 $25,820
Duluth, MN-WI 1,220 $10.52 $21,880
Topeka, KS 1,210 $9.02 $18,770
Louisville-Jefferson County, KY-IN 1,200 $8.75 $18,200
Greensboro-High Point, NC 1,190 $8.64 $17,960
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA 1,180 $10.50 $21,830
Monroe, LA 1,170 $7.25 $15,080
Camden, NJ Metropolitan Division 1,170 $13.01 $27,060
Killeen-Temple-Fort Hood, TX 1,150 $6.92 $14,400
New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, LA 1,140 $8.02 $16,680
Utica-Rome, NY 1,130 $9.86 $20,500
Grand Rapids-Wyoming, MI 1,120 $9.78 $20,350
Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA 1,120 $9.93 $20,650
Dayton, OH 1,110 $9.95 $20,700
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA 1,100 $10.95 $22,770
Fresno, CA 1,080 $9.35 $19,450
Stockton, CA 1,070 $9.62 $20,000
Green Bay, WI 1,060 $10.20 $21,220
Alexandria, LA 1,060 $8.88 $18,470
Kingsport-Bristol-Bristol, TN-VA 1,040 $8.50 $17,690
Rochester, MN 1,000 $10.89 $22,650
Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT 1,000 $10.33 $21,480
Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 990 $9.09 $18,910
Colorado Springs, CO 980 $9.71 $20,190
Syracuse, NY 970 $9.63 $20,040
Tulsa, OK 970 $8.34 $17,350
Shreveport-Bossier City, LA 970 $8.19 $17,030
Reno-Sparks, NV 960 $10.24 $21,290
Evansville, IN-KY 950 $10.00 $20,790
Winston-Salem, NC 950 $9.22 $19,170
Akron, OH 930 $8.34 $17,340
Charleston-North Charleston, SC 930 $9.49 $19,740
Lafayette, LA 920 $8.01 $16,660
Charleston, WV 910 $8.26 $17,170
Pueblo, CO 880 $9.82 $20,420
Bakersfield, CA 870 $9.67 $20,110
Ann Arbor, MI 870 $11.33 $23,570
Joplin, MO 860 $8.54 $17,770
Janesville, WI 850 $9.06 $18,850
Youngstown-Warren-Boardman, OH-PA 850 $9.19 $19,120
Columbia, SC 840 $8.71 $18,120
Lancaster, PA 830 $11.93 $24,810
Fort Smith, AR-OK 830 $8.68 $18,040
Salt Lake City, UT 780 $10.61 $22,070
Lawrence, KS 780 $8.49 $17,670
Barnstable Town, MA 770 $11.79 $24,510
Worcester, MA-CT 770 $11.74 $24,430
Toledo, OH 760 $10.22 $21,250
Fort Wayne, IN 760 $9.69 $20,150
Knoxville, TN 750 $9.59 $19,940
Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL 740 $11.43 $23,770
York-Hanover, PA 720 $10.37 $21,570
Boulder, CO 700 $9.88 $20,550
Lansing-East Lansing, MI 690 $10.03 $20,860
Salem, OR 680 $10.30 $21,430
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 680 $8.05 $16,740
Springfield, MO 680 $8.21 $17,090
Bellingham, WA 670 $10.96 $22,800
Chico, CA 650 $9.49 $19,740
Wheeling, WV-OH 640 $8.14 $16,930
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC 640 $8.53 $17,740
Bangor, ME 630 $11.45 $23,820
Roanoke, VA 630 $8.28 $17,230
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA 620 $12.92 $26,870
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA 620 $11.62 $24,180
Rockford, IL 620 $8.77 $18,250
Kingston, NY 620 $10.50 $21,830
Nashua, NH-MA NECTA Division 600 $10.96 $22,790
Rocky Mount, NC 600 $8.67 $18,040
Burlington-South Burlington, VT 590 $9.79 $20,370
Missoula, MT 590 $9.76 $20,300
Greenville, NC 580 $8.76 $18,220
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 580 $12.63 $26,280
Orlando-Kissimmee, FL 570 $9.24 $19,230
Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR-MO 560 $8.67 $18,040
Abilene, TX 550 $7.28 $15,140
Boise City-Nampa, ID 540 $9.70 $20,180
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria, CA 530 $11.52 $23,960
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 520 $10.50 $21,850
Wichita Falls, TX 520 $7.28 $15,140
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL 520 $8.73 $18,160
Fayetteville, NC 470 $9.82 $20,420
Jackson, MI 470 $8.86 $18,440
Bradenton-Sarasota-Venice, FL 470 $10.88 $22,640
Framingham, MA NECTA Division 470 $12.13 $25,240
Reading, PA 460 $9.67 $20,120
Provo-Orem, UT 460 $8.61 $17,910
Vallejo-Fairfield, CA 460 $10.96 $22,790
Manchester, NH 460 $10.98 $22,830
Lexington-Fayette, KY 450 $8.86 $18,430
Grand Forks, ND-MN 450 $10.61 $22,060
Altoona, PA 450 $8.38 $17,430
Muncie, IN 450 $8.95 $18,620
Elkhart-Goshen, IN 440 $9.72 $20,210
Wausau, WI 440 $10.19 $21,190
Eau Claire, WI 440 $9.14 $19,010
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH 430 $7.52 $15,650
Danbury, CT 430 $10.42 $21,670
Fort Collins-Loveland, CO 430 $9.78 $20,340
La Crosse, WI-MN 420 $10.14 $21,090
Terre Haute, IN 420 $8.82 $18,350
Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC 420 $9.29 $19,320
Peoria, IL 420 $9.48 $19,730
Prescott, AZ 420 $8.83 $18,360
Gainesville, FL 410 $9.57 $19,900
Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA 410 $8.13 $16,910
Omaha-Council Bluffs, NE-IA 410 $8.79 $18,280
Jackson, MS 400 $10.12 $21,050
Lewiston-Auburn, ME 400 $10.48 $21,800
Salinas, CA 390 $11.81 $24,560
Modesto, CA 390 $9.53 $19,830
Lake County-Kenosha County, IL-WI Metropolitan Division 380 $10.44 $21,720
Bismarck, ND 380 $8.90 $18,510
Waterbury, CT 380 $9.80 $20,390
Iowa City, IA 370 $9.83 $20,440
Wilmington, NC 370 $8.50 $17,690
Lafayette, IN 370 $9.21 $19,150
Flint, MI 360 $9.95 $20,700
Sioux Falls, SD 360 $9.72 $20,210
Jackson, TN 350 $7.71 $16,040
Eugene-Springfield, OR 350 $10.18 $21,180
Wilmington, DE-MD-NJ Metropolitan Division 350 $10.32 $21,470
Columbia, MO 340 $11.45 $23,820
Athens-Clarke County, GA 340 $8.66 $18,000
Morgantown, WV 340 $8.12 $16,890
Appleton, WI 330 $10.04 $20,890
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA 330 $10.50 $21,830
Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, NJ 330 $17.65 $36,710
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, FL Metropolitan Division 320 $9.39 $19,540
Durham, NC 320 $10.08 $20,970
Columbus, GA-AL 320 $8.10 $16,840
Fond du Lac, WI 300 $9.73 $20,240
Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, MA-NH NECTA Division 300 $11.29 $23,480
Goldsboro, NC 290 $10.40 $21,640
Jonesboro, AR 290 $8.10 $16,860
Lakeland, FL 290 $10.39 $21,610
Lake Charles, LA 280 $6.67 $13,870
Grand Junction, CO 280 $8.91 $18,540
Sheboygan, WI 280 $9.01 $18,750
Charlottesville, VA 280 $8.50 $17,680
St. Joseph, MO-KS 270 $9.37 $19,490
Pine Bluff, AR 270 $7.03 $14,620
Great Falls, MT 270 $10.08 $20,960
Corvallis, OR 260 $9.52 $19,800
Jefferson City, MO 260 $8.94 $18,590
Lincoln, NE 250 $8.50 $17,680
Macon, GA 250 $8.82 $18,350
Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, MA 250 $10.89 $22,660
Anderson, IN 240 $9.37 $19,490
Decatur, IL 240 $8.62 $17,930
Cedar Rapids, IA 230 $9.18 $19,100
Trenton-Ewing, NJ 230 $10.12 $21,060
Bloomington-Normal, IL 230 $8.26 $17,170
Santa Fe, NM 230 $8.61 $17,910
Jacksonville, NC 230 $9.16 $19,060
Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, MA-NH NECTA Division 230 $11.60 $24,130
Burlington, NC 230 $9.05 $18,830
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 220 $9.98 $20,750
Ames, IA 220 $10.11 $21,030
Medford, OR 220 $10.39 $21,600
Canton-Massillon, OH 220 $9.55 $19,860
South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI 220 $8.44 $17,560
Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI 210 $9.59 $19,950
Gainesville, GA 210 $8.67 $18,040
Mobile, AL 200 $8.29 $17,240
Saginaw-Saginaw Township North, MI 200 $8.76 $18,230
Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, MA NECTA Division 190 $12.88 $26,800
Lynchburg, VA 190 $7.74 $16,100
San German-Cabo Rojo, PR 190 $7.04 $14,640
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA 190 $10.78 $22,420
Pittsfield, MA 180 $10.97 $22,810
Salisbury, MD 170 $9.39 $19,520
Redding, CA 170 $10.67 $22,200
Tuscaloosa, AL 170 $8.62 $17,920
Napa, CA 170 $12.46 $25,920
Elizabethtown, KY 160 $8.25 $17,150
State College, PA 160 $9.21 $19,160
Kokomo, IN 160 $8.51 $17,690
Niles-Benton Harbor, MI 160 $10.67 $22,200
Decatur, AL 160 $8.49 $17,650
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV 150 $9.17 $19,070
Portsmouth, NH-ME 150 $8.57 $17,820
Ponce, PR 140 $6.81 $14,160
Rapid City, SD 140 $9.22 $19,170
Tallahassee, FL 130 $11.05 $22,990
Florence, SC 120 $8.50 $17,670
Cumberland, MD-WV 120 $7.39 $15,370
Gadsden, AL 120 $7.62 $15,840
Monroe, MI 120 $9.55 $19,850
New Bedford, MA 110 $12.72 $26,460
Aguadilla-Isabela-San Sebastian, PR 110 $6.87 $14,290
Norwich-New London, CT-RI 100 $12.84 $26,710
Mansfield, OH 100 $9.97 $20,740
Winchester, VA-WV 90 $7.36 $15,320
Albany, GA 90 $6.95 $14,450
Victoria, TX 90 $7.76 $16,130
Danville, IL 80 $8.73 $18,150
Lima, OH 80 $9.23 $19,200
Atlantic City, NJ 70 $9.61 $19,980
Mayaguez, PR 70 $6.72 $13,980
Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL 70 $9.77 $20,310
Glens Falls, NY 60 $14.27 $29,690
Columbus, IN 60 $9.62 $20,000
Ocala, FL 60 $9.31 $19,350
Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, MA-NH NECTA Division 60 $13.01 $27,070
Danville, VA 60 $9.23 $19,200
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 60 Not available Not available
Pascagoula, MS 50 $7.84 $16,300
Dalton, GA 40 $8.98 $18,680
Holland-Grand Haven, MI 40 $9.92 $20,630
Rochester-Dover, NH-ME 40 $9.72 $20,210
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI Not available $11.40 $23,710
Taunton-Norton-Raynham, MA NECTA Division Not available $11.51 $23,940
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA NECTA Division Not available $11.61 $24,150
Yakima, WA Not available $10.78 $22,420
Owensboro, KY Not available $9.68 $20,140
Bay City, MI Not available $9.80 $20,390
Greeley, CO Not available $10.82 $22,510
Kalamazoo-Portage, MI Not available $10.30 $21,420
Michigan City-La Porte, IN Not available $9.81 $20,400
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI Not available $10.23 $21,270
Racine, WI Not available $10.82 $22,510
Idaho Falls, ID Not available $8.64 $17,970
Yuma, AZ Not available $9.69 $20,160
Chattanooga, TN-GA Not available $7.15 $14,880
Cleveland, TN Not available $9.07 $18,860
Fargo, ND-MN Not available $8.03 $16,700
Bloomington, IN Not available $9.17 $19,080
Flagstaff, AZ Not available $9.62 $20,020
Amarillo, TX Not available $7.02 $14,600
Austin-Round Rock, TX Not available $7.51 $15,620
Tacoma, WA Metropolitan Division Not available $11.76 $24,460
Olympia, WA Not available $11.32 $23,540
Bremerton-Silverdale, WA Not available $10.88 $22,620
Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, MA-NH Not available $11.77 $24,490
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-PA Not available $10.56 $21,960
San Angelo, TX Not available $7.00 $14,560
Texarkana-Texarkana, TX-AR Not available $7.42 $15,430
Ogden-Clearfield, UT Not available $8.79 $18,280
Williamsport, PA Not available $9.57 $19,910
Erie, PA Not available $9.05 $18,830
Fairbanks, AK Not available $12.89 $26,820
Bend, OR Not available $10.32 $21,470
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH Not available $8.65 $17,990
Billings, MT Not available $10.43 $21,690
Asheville, NC Not available $8.62 $17,940
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown, NY Not available $10.79 $22,440
New York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ Metropolitan Division Not available $10.51 $21,870
Nassau-Suffolk, NY Metropolitan Division Not available $10.13 $21,080
Fort Walton Beach-Crestview-Destin, FL Not available $8.97 $18,650
San Juan-Caguas-Guaynabo, PR Not available $6.90 $14,350
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY Not available $10.85 $22,570
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC Not available $9.42 $19,590
Savannah, GA Not available $9.44 $19,640
Dubuque, IA Not available $10.38 $21,590
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD Not available $9.81 $20,400
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