Personal care aides

Detailed Occupation

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2023 Workforce
1.42M
Average Age
45.2
Average Salary
$28,775
Average Male Salary
$33,159
Average Female Salary
$27,791

About

Personal care aides are most often employed by the Individual & family services industry. The average yearly wage for Personal care aides was $28,775 in 2023.

Employment

Employment and salary information for the Personal care aides workforce. Personal care aides workforce in 2023 was 1,423,940 people, of which 81.7% were women and 18.3% were men. Personal care aides are paid most in Atlanta Regional Commission (Central)--DeKalb County (Central) PUMA, GA but are relatively concentrated in Imperial County--El Centro City PUMA, CA.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
261,044
Male Workforce
± 12.5k
1,162,896
Female Workforce
± 26.4k

The Personal care aides workforce in 2023 was 1,423,940 people (81.7% women and 18.3% men). This implies an average annual growth of 9.53% between 2018 (1,300,058) and 2023 (1,423,940).

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Employment by Location

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During 2023, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Delaware ($43,667), District of Columbia ($41,227), and Maryland ($36,146).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$28,775
AVERAGE WAGE
#491 in the ranking (2023)
$67,727
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2023, Personal care aides earned an average of $28,775, $38,952 less than the average national salary of $67,727

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.402
WAGE GINI

In 2023, Personal care aides had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.402, which is lower than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Personal care aides (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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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 Other professional, scientific & technical services ($115,349).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
1.42M
2023 Workforce
± 29,161
2.13%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 2.85%

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 42.2%, followed by Home health care services with 29% and Residential care facilities, except skilled nursing facilities with 17.7%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Personal care aides in the US. The workforce of Personal care aides in 2023 was 1,423,940 people, with 81.7% woman, and 18.3% men. The average age of male Personal care aides in the workforce is 42.9 and of female Personal care aides is 45.7, 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 2023 was 1,423,940 people, with 81.7% woman, and 18.3% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 55 to 59 years (159,390 people), 50 to 54 years (147,050  people), and 60 to 64 years (142,430 people). Among them they concentrated 31.5% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

Gender

In 2023, 22.1% of Personal care aides workers were Hispanic and 77.9% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (63.3%), Puerto Rican (9.63)%, and Dominican (5.35)%

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Races

In 2023, 44.8% of the Personal care aides workforce were White, of which 82.3% were women and 17.7% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (25.3%) and Two or More Races (11.1%).

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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 2023 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 2023 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (33,608 people), Health (28,849 people), and Education (21,161 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 (508,143 people), Some college (378,603 people), and Bachelors Degree (150,941 people).

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