The highest-paying states for home health and personal care aides (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of home health and personal care aides in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $37,960, Washington is the highest paying state for home health and personal care aides. It is followed by Alaska (average annual salary $35,860). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of home health and personal care aides in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | $37,960 |
$30,730 | 97,730 |
| 2 | Alaska | $35,860 |
$29,960 | 6,310 |
| 3 | North Dakota | $35,500 |
$29,860 | 6,630 |
| 4 | Oregon | $35,060 |
$30,690 | 32,170 |
| 5 | District of Columbia | $34,100 |
$32,240 | 11,030 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | $34,100 |
$32,920 | 106,190 |
| 7 | Rhode Island | $33,840 |
$28,470 | 7,570 |
| 8 | Connecticut | $33,680 |
$28,900 | 41,230 |
| 9 | New York | $33,670 |
$30,580 | 504,160 |
| 10 | Colorado | $33,250 |
$29,480 | 35,910 |
| 11 | Maine | $33,090 |
$29,550 | 16,050 |
| 12 | New Jersey | $32,080 |
$27,330 | 89,210 |
| 13 | Hawaii | $32,080 |
$25,480 | 6,770 |
| 14 | Illinois | $31,750 |
$28,500 | 101,430 |
| 15 | Maryland | $31,750 |
$26,920 | 24,960 |
| 16 | Minnesota | $31,600 |
$27,790 | 106,640 |
| 17 | New Hampshire | $31,540 |
$27,510 | 7,850 |
| 18 | Utah | $31,150 |
$26,090 | 13,210 |
| 19 | California | $31,090 |
$29,130 | 773,350 |
| 20 | Iowa | $31,040 |
$24,600 | 23,010 |
| 21 | South Dakota | $30,750 |
$27,630 | 3,830 |
| 22 | Wyoming | $30,190 |
$25,320 | 3,140 |
| 23 | Arizona | $30,070 |
$27,550 | 63,390 |
| 24 | Vermont | $29,600 |
$26,100 | 6,930 |
| 25 | Nebraska | $29,210 |
$21,800 | 9,730 |
| 26 | Wisconsin | $29,180 |
$22,150 | 76,260 |
| 27 | Montana | $29,140 |
$23,660 | 8,300 |
| 28 | Michigan | $28,570 |
$21,900 | 82,230 |
| 29 | Indiana | $28,210 |
$23,640 | 39,600 |
| 30 | Delaware | $28,190 |
$22,300 | 9,030 |
| 31 | Kentucky | $28,160 |
$21,370 | 23,170 |
| 32 | Pennsylvania | $27,770 |
$23,040 | 193,930 |
| 33 | Florida | $27,720 |
$22,140 | 69,050 |
| 34 | Idaho | $27,540 |
$21,900 | 18,320 |
| 35 | Ohio | $27,440 |
$22,860 | 91,180 |
| 36 | Virgin Islands | $27,340 |
$22,620 | 110 |
| 37 | Tennessee | $26,470 |
$22,170 | 27,660 |
| 38 | Missouri | $26,320 |
$23,300 | 79,840 |
| 39 | Arkansas | $26,130 |
$23,820 | 18,390 |
| 40 | Nevada | $26,010 |
$22,870 | 14,290 |
| 41 | Georgia | $25,330 |
$21,360 | 34,650 |
| 42 | North Carolina | $25,080 |
$20,710 | 58,800 |
| 43 | South Carolina | $25,030 |
$19,780 | 29,210 |
| 44 | Kansas | $25,000 |
$20,840 | 25,940 |
| 45 | Virginia | $25,000 |
$22,880 | 58,670 |
| 46 | Guam | $24,310 |
$19,240 | 190 |
| 47 | New Mexico | $24,170 |
$23,920 | 35,740 |
| 48 | West Virginia | $23,620 |
$20,950 | 17,190 |
| 49 | Oklahoma | $23,280 |
$19,050 | 16,710 |
| 50 | Alabama | $22,530 |
$18,200 | 20,210 |
| 51 | Texas | $21,880 |
$17,780 | 306,320 |
| 52 | Mississippi | $21,870 |
$18,720 | 16,230 |
| 53 | Louisiana | $19,670 |
$16,690 | 34,870 |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | $19,630 |
$17,680 | 7,620 |