Personal care aides
Detailed Occupation
Add ComparisonPersonal care aides are most often employed by the Individual & family services industry. The average yearly wage for Personal care aides was $24,629 in 2021.
The locations that employ the most Personal care aides are Glendale City PUMA, CA, El Centro City PUMA, CA, and Springfield City PUMA, MA. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Personal care aides are El Centro City PUMA, CA, Hidalgo County (North & West) PUMA, TX, and Springfield City PUMA, MA.
Employment and salary information for the Personal care aides workforce. Personal care aides workforce in 2021 was 1,373,562 people, of which 82.1% were women and 17.9% were men. Personal care aides are paid most in Milwaukee County (West) PUMA, WI but are relatively concentrated in El Centro City PUMA, CA.
The Personal care aides workforce in 2021 was 1,373,562 people (82.1% women and 17.9% men). This implies an average annual growth of 6.1% between 2018 (1,294,554) and 2021 (1,373,562).
This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Personal care aides.
During 2021, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($34,727), District of Columbia ($33,300), and New Jersey ($30,004).
In 2021, Personal care aides earned an average of $24,629, $34,967 less than the average national salary of $59,596
The graph shows the ranking of Personal care aides in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2021.
In 2021, Personal care aides had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.397, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Personal care aides (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).
The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Personal care aides compared to the entire workforce in the country.
Information on the industries that employ Personal care aides and on wages for those in the field. Individual & family services is the industry that employs the most Personal care aides, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Personal care aides, by average wage, is Scientific research & development services ($137,061).
This graphic shows the share of Personal care aides employed by various industries. Individual & family services employs the largest share of Personal care aides at 43.7%, followed by Home health care services with 34.8% and Residential care facilities, except skilled nursing facilities with 21.5%.
Demographic information on Personal care aides in the US. The workforce of Personal care aides in 2021 was 1,373,562 people, with 82.1% woman, and 17.9% men. The average age of male Personal care aides in the workforce is 42.1 and of female Personal care aides is 45, and the most common race/ethnicity for Personal care aides is White.
The workforce of Personal care aides in 2021 was 1,373,562 people, with 82.1% woman, and 17.9% men.
The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 55 to 59 years (153,886 people), 20 to 24 years (144,762 people), and 50 to 54 years (143,303 people). Among them they concentrated 32.2% of the total workforce.
In 2021, 20.8% of Personal care aides workers were Hispanic and 79.2% non-Hispanic.
The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (83.2%), Puerto Rican (9.97)%, and Dominican (6.83)%
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In 2021, 51% of the Personal care aides workforce were White, of which 82.9% were women and 17.1% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (25%) and Asian (8.54%).
Data on higher education choices for Personal care aides from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Personal care aides is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2021 were Public Administration and Social Service.
The main educational levels achieved by the Personal care aides workers were High School or Equivalent (481,601 people), Some college (382,486 people), and Secondary Education (143,795 people).
The graphic shows the Personal care aides workforce by gender and educational level.
