In-home care, at a glance
In-Home Caregiver Pay(Home Health & Personal Care Aides)
Full time: 40 hours a week × 52 weeks
Median hourly wage for home health and personal care aides in the US, BLS OEWS May 2025.
the US, 2025: $17.21 per hour, +2.6% year over year.
- Working full time at the median wage, an aide in the US earned $35,800 in 2025.
- Annual figures are the BLS annual median, which assumes 2,080 paid hours a year.
- About 4.3 million home health and personal care aides worked in the US in May 2025.
- Actual
- Projected
| Year | Annual | Hourly | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $30,180 | $14.51 | BLS estimate |
| 2023 | $33,530 | $16.12 | BLS estimate |
| 2024 | $34,900 | $16.78 | BLS estimate |
| 2025 | $35,800 | $17.21 | BLS estimate |
| 2026 | $37,897 | $18.22 | Projection |
| 2027 | $40,117 | $19.29 | Projection |
| 2028 | $42,467 | $20.42 | Projection |