Personal care aides

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2020 Workforce

1.35M

Average Age

44.2

Average Salary

$22,737

Average Male Salary

$26,932

Average Female Salary

$21,842

About

Personal care aides are most often employed by the Individual & family services industry. The average yearly wage for Personal care aides was $22,737 in 2020.

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, South Texas Development Council (South) & Coastal Bend COG (West) PUMA, TX, and Hidalgo County (North & West) PUMA, TX.

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Employment and salary information for the Personal care aides workforce. Personal care aides workforce in 2020 was 1,347,400 people, of which 82.4% were women and 17.6% were men. Personal care aides are paid most in Milwaukee County (West) PUMA, WI but are relatively concentrated in El Centro City PUMA, CA.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

236,967

Male Workforce

± 11.9k

1,110,433

Female Workforce

± 25.8k

The Personal care aides workforce in 2020 was 1,347,400 people (82.4% women and 17.6% men). This implies an average annual growth of 4.08% between 2018 (1,294,554) and 2020 (1,347,400).

Employment by Location

Level

Metric

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Personal care aides.

During 2020, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($34,410), Alaska ($32,960), and Wyoming ($31,550).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$22,737

AVERAGE WAGE

#504 in the ranking (2020)

$55,954

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2020, Personal care aides earned an average of $22,737, $33,217 less than the average national salary of $55,954

The graph shows the ranking of Personal care aides in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2020.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.395

WAGE GINI

In 2020, Personal care aides had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.395, 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.

Industry

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 Offices of chiropractors ($48,431).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

1.35M

2020 Workforce

± 28,369

1.53%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 2.94%

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 42.3%, followed by Home health care services with 35.7% and Residential care facilities, except skilled nursing facilities with 22%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Personal care aides in the US. The workforce of Personal care aides in 2020 was 1,347,400 people, with 82.4% woman, and 17.6% men. The average age of male Personal care aides in the workforce is 41.8 and of female Personal care aides is 44.8, and the most common race/ethnicity for Personal care aides is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Personal care aides in 2020 was 1,347,400 people, with 82.4% woman, and 17.6% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 55 to 59 years (150,965 people), 20 to 24 years (145,449 people), and 50 to 54 years (140,915 people). Among them they concentrated 32.5% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2020, 20.3% of Personal care aides workers were Hispanic and 79.7% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (83.1%), Puerto Rican (10.2)%, and Dominican (6.77)%

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Races

In 2020, 53.7% of the Personal care aides workforce were White, of which 83.1% were women and 16.9% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (25.1%) and Asian (8.54%).

Education & Skills

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 2020 were Public Administration and Social Service.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Personal care aides in 2020 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (28,365 people), Health (25,332 people), and Education (20,128 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Personal care aides workers were High School or Equivalent (473,423 people), Some college (383,003 people), and Secondary Education (142,576 people).

The graphic shows the Personal care aides workforce by gender and educational level.