Home health care services

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

1.38M

2023

Average Employee Age

46.1

2023

Estimated Job Growth

20%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$40,620

2023

Average Male Salary

$54,941

2023

Average Female Salary

$38,201

2023

About

The top three occupations in the Home health care services Industry Group are home health aides, personal care aides, and registered nurses. On average, full-time employees in the Home health care services Industry Group work 43.5 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $52,712. Part-time employees in the same industry work 21.9 hours and earn an average annual salary of $20,261.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Home health care services Industry Group are NYC-Bronx Community District 5--Morris Heights & Mount Hope PUMA, NY, NYC-Brooklyn Community District 13--Coney Island & Brighton Beach PUMA, NY, and South Texas Development Council (South)--Coastal Bend COG (West), Dimmit & La Salle PUMA, TX.

The workforce of Home health care services Industry Group in 2023 was 1,376,850 people, with 85.6% woman, and 14.4% men.

In 2023, 47.6% of the workforce in the Home health care services Industry Group was White (654,978 people), of which 85.6% were women and 14.4% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Home health care services Industry Group.

The workforce in Home health care services Industry Group was 1,376,850 people and is concentrated in New York (193,507 workers). The average annual salary was $40,620, being $27,107 less than the national average salary, which was $67,727.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

6.71%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 999k people employed in the Home Health Care Services industry. This represents a 6.71% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Home Health Care Services over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2023 were New York (194k), Texas (169k), and California (102k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Home health care services Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2023, Home health care services Industry Group had an average annual wage of $40,620, $27,107 less than the average national salary of $67,727.

The graph shows the position of Home health care services Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.457

WAGE GINI

Home health care services has a wage GINI of 0.457, which is less than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Home health care services (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Home health care services Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Home health care services Industry Group.

Home health aides are the most common position with 431,929 workers, but the Home health care services Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Personal care aides and Registered nurses.

The highest average salary in Home health care services goes to Physicians.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Home health care services Industry Group according to occupations. In 2023, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were home health aides (431,929 people), personal care aides (309,267 people), and registered nurses (144,527 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$54,941

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$3,853

$38,201

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$924

On average, Male workers in the Home health care services Industry Group make 1.44 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Home health care services Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Home health care services Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Home health care services Industry Group.

The Home health care services Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

California and Texas stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Home health care services Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Home health care services is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Home health care services Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Home health care services Industry Group is Educational services, health care, and social assistance.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Home health care services is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Professional and business services
Manufacturing
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

The Home health care services Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Home health care services is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Educational services, health care, and social assistance Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Home health care services Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Home health care services Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

California
5,118
Texas
4,385
Florida
3,342

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Home health care services industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Home health care services Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 85.6% corresponds to women and 14.4% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $54,941 and $38,201.

66.4% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

1,177,908

Women

85.6%

198,942

Men

14.4%

The workforce of Home health care services industry in 2023 was 1,376,850 people, with 85.6% woman, and 14.4% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Home health care services industry.

Races

In 2023, 47.6% of the workforce in the Home health care services industry was White (654,978 people), of which 85.6% were women and 14.4% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Home health care services workers in 2023 were high school or equivalent (386,148 people), some college (311,526 people), and bachelors degree (216,594 people).

The chart shows the Home health care services workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Home Health Care Services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 20% in the next ten years. The Home Health Care Services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 20%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (43.2%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (43.2%).

Job Growth

20%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

20%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Home Health Care Services. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 20%, the average rate of national job growth.