Home Health and Personal Care Aides · SOC 31-1120
Home Health and Personal Care Aides Salary in the Alabama
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Alabama
Figures describe the state of Alabama as a whole.
Home Health and Personal Care Aides in the Alabama earned a median of $27,840 per year ($13.39 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $22,470 at the 10th percentile to $35,900 at the 90th. BLS estimates 20,930 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Home Health and Personal Care Aides in the Alabama earn more than $27,840 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $26,190 and $30,170.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $22,470 | $26,190 | $27,840 | $30,170 | $35,900 |
| Hourly | $10.81 | $12.59 | $13.39 | $14.51 | $17.26 |
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares
- Alabama$27,840 median for Alabama; middle half earns $26,190 to $30,170
- United Statesnational$35,800 median for United States; middle half earns $31,920 to $39,470
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −22% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Metro areas in Alabama
Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for home health and personal care aides, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
- Alabamathis page$27,840 median for Alabama; middle half earns $26,190 to $30,170
- $29,550 median for Birmingham metro area; middle half earns $27,160 to $30,700
- $29,520 median for Huntsville metro area; middle half earns $26,470 to $32,130
- $28,570 median for Daphne metro area; middle half earns $26,930 to $30,190
- $28,550 median for Tuscaloosa metro area; middle half earns $26,720 to $32,910
- $28,510 median for Mobile metro area; middle half earns $27,270 to $29,370
- $27,680 median for Anniston metro area; middle half earns $27,680 to $30,410
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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About this estimate
These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.
About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.