Home Health and Personal Care Aides · SOC 31-1120
Home Health and Personal Care Aides Salary in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Home Health and Personal Care Aides in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $28,920 per year ($13.91 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $24,960 at the 10th percentile to $39,620 at the 90th. BLS estimates 5,900 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Home Health and Personal Care Aides in the Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area earn more than $28,920 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $27,480 and $36,320.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $24,960 | $27,480 | $28,920 | $36,320 | $39,620 |
| Hourly | $12.00 | $13.21 | $13.91 | $17.46 | $19.05 |
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
- Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$28,920 median for Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $27,480 to $36,320
- Pennsylvaniastate$29,420 median for Pennsylvania; middle half earns $28,390 to $34,430
- 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 −2% vs Pennsylvania overall and −19% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Pennsylvania
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.
- Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan areathis page$28,920 median for Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $27,480 to $36,320
- $34,240 median for Gettysburg metro area; middle half earns $28,970 to $37,350
- $32,690 median for York metro area; middle half earns $28,350 to $38,230
- $31,150 median for Chambersburg metro area; middle half earns $27,590 to $36,290
- $30,380 median for Allentown metro area; middle half earns $28,570 to $36,410
- $30,090 median for Lebanon metro area; middle half earns $28,610 to $35,140
- $29,950 median for State College metro area; middle half earns $27,260 to $36,450
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for home health and personal care aidess · Highest-paying occupations in Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area
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.