Home Health and Personal Care Aides · SOC 31-1120

Home Health and Personal Care Aides Salary in the Gulfport Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro area

Figures describe the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Gulfport city limits.

Median annual wage$26,020
Median hourly wage$12.51

Home Health and Personal Care Aides in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS metro area earned a median of $26,020 per year ($12.51 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $22,050 at the 10th percentile to $30,120 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,530 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Home Health and Personal Care Aides in the Gulfport metro area earn more than $26,020 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $23,120 and $27,920.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$22,050$23,120$26,020$27,920$30,120
Hourly$10.60$11.12$12.51$13.43$14.48

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.

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How this area compares

  • Gulfport metro areathis metro area
    $26,020 median for Gulfport metro area; middle half earns $23,120 to $27,920
  • Mississippistate (MS)
    $23,860 median for Mississippi; middle half earns $23,070 to $27,300
  • $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 +9% vs Mississippi overall and −27% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

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Where this metro sits nationally

$21,400$31,973$42,547$53,120Lafayette, LA — $21,400Monroe, LA — $21,720Aguadilla, PR — $21,840Arecibo, PR — $21,840Guayama, PR — $21,840Mayaguez, PR — $21,840Ponce, PR — $21,840San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $21,840Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $21,890Hammond, LA — $21,980Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $22,220Alexandria, LA — $22,590Killeen-Temple, TX — $22,940Wichita Falls, TX — $22,950Lake Charles, LA — $23,000Baton Rouge, LA — $23,040Jackson, MS — $23,130El Paso, TX — $23,200Lubbock, TX — $23,310Corpus Christi, TX — $23,440Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $23,440Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $23,500Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $23,510Laredo, TX — $23,510Longview, TX — $23,610New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $23,650Abilene, TX — $23,690Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $23,770Waco, TX — $23,910McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $23,960Tyler, TX — $23,980Amarillo, TX — $24,400College Station-Bryan, TX — $24,610Texarkana, TX-AR — $24,630Victoria, TX — $24,890Hattiesburg, MS — $25,410Auburn-Opelika, AL — $25,570Hot Springs, AR — $25,740San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $25,960Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $26,020Lawton, OK — $26,530Montgomery, AL — $26,660Albany, GA — $26,670Midland, TX — $26,850Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $26,900Beckley, WV — $26,910Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $26,920Sherman-Denison, TX — $26,980Dothan, AL — $27,160Farmington, NM — $27,290Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $27,320Altoona, PA — $27,390Decatur, AL — $27,430Jonesboro, AR — $27,430San Angelo, TX — $27,430Gadsden, AL — $27,450Roanoke, VA — $27,540Enid, OK — $27,670Odessa, TX — $27,670Anniston-Oxford, AL — $27,680Lynchburg, VA — $27,810Las Cruces, NM — $27,840Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $27,840Erie, PA — $27,860Athens-Clarke County, GA — $27,900Morgantown, WV — $27,930Sumter, SC — $28,030Oklahoma City, OK — $28,050Valdosta, GA — $28,100Tulsa, OK — $28,140Macon-Bibb County, GA — $28,150Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $28,330Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $28,370Rome, GA — $28,370Fort Smith, AR-OK — $28,410Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $28,420Mobile, AL — $28,510Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $28,520Williamsport, PA — $28,540Tuscaloosa, AL — $28,550Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $28,550Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $28,570Hinesville, GA — $28,650Charleston, WV — $28,680Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $28,730Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $28,740Columbus, GA-AL — $28,810Harrisonburg, VA — $28,820Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $28,850Rocky Mount, NC — $28,910Johnstown, PA — $28,930Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $29,050Dalton, GA — $29,130Fayetteville, NC — $29,150Lancaster, PA — $29,150Wheeling, WV-OH — $29,190Winchester, VA-WV — $29,240Pittsburgh, PA — $29,250Johnson City, TN — $29,360Richmond, VA — $29,360Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $29,430Greensboro-High Point, NC — $29,440Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $29,460Huntsville, AL — $29,520Birmingham, AL — $29,550Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $29,700Charlottesville, VA — $29,700Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $29,730Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $29,760Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $29,800Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $29,800Reading, PA — $29,830Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $29,920Florence, SC — $29,950State College, PA — $29,950Twin Falls, ID — $29,960Morristown, TN — $30,040Lebanon, PA — $30,090Savannah, GA — $30,130Warner Robins, GA — $30,140Albuquerque, NM — $30,170Spartanburg, SC — $30,190Columbia, SC — $30,210Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $30,380Mansfield, OH — $30,400Winston-Salem, NC — $30,400Burlington, NC — $30,420Manhattan, KS — $30,420Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $30,490Niles, MI — $30,540Clarksville, TN-KY — $30,580Wichita, KS — $30,600Greenville, NC — $30,620Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $30,630Lawrence, KS — $30,700Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $30,900Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $30,900Casper, WY — $31,110Jackson, TN — $31,120Chambersburg, PA — $31,150Bloomington, IL — $31,200Gainesville, GA — $31,200St. Joseph, MO-KS — $31,250Youngstown-Warren, OH — $31,330Jacksonville, NC — $31,400Topeka, KS — $31,470Santa Fe, NM — $31,540Wilmington, NC — $31,540Ocala, FL — $31,550Cleveland, TN — $31,620Bloomington, IN — $31,750Jefferson City, MO — $31,830Canton-Massillon, OH — $31,850Lima, OH — $31,980Dover, DE — $32,130Springfield, MO — $32,190Homosassa Springs, FL — $32,240Raleigh-Cary, NC — $32,570Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $32,620Chattanooga, TN-GA — $32,670Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $32,670York-Hanover, PA — $32,690Knoxville, TN — $32,710Tallahassee, FL — $32,710Kansas City, MO-KS — $32,780Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $32,890Sebring, FL — $32,940Columbus, IN — $33,080Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $33,180Asheville, NC — $33,280Paducah, KY-IL — $33,290Gainesville, FL — $33,320Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $33,570Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $33,630Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $33,640Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $33,680Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $33,900Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $33,940Idaho Falls, ID — $34,050Saginaw, MI — $34,060Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $34,070Bay City, MI — $34,100Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $34,100Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $34,110Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $34,110Port St. Lucie, FL — $34,140Jackson, MI — $34,180Fond du Lac, WI — $34,190Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $34,210Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $34,230Gettysburg, PA — $34,240Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $34,240Monroe, MI — $34,290Akron, OH — $34,310Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $34,320Chico, CA — $34,320El Centro, CA — $34,320Fresno, CA — $34,320Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $34,320Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $34,320Merced, CA — $34,320Modesto, CA — $34,320Napa, CA — $34,320Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $34,320Redding, CA — $34,320Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $34,320Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $34,320Salinas, CA — $34,320San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $34,320Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $34,320Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $34,320Stockton-Lodi, CA — $34,320Vallejo, CA — $34,320Visalia, CA — $34,320Yuba City, CA — $34,320Eau Claire, WI — $34,340Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $34,370Jacksonville, FL — $34,380Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $34,380Pocatello, ID — $34,390Tucson, AZ — $34,420Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $34,440St. Louis, MO-IL — $34,490Punta Gorda, FL — $34,500Cleveland, OH — $34,520Great Falls, MT — $34,540Terre Haute, IN — $34,540Toledo, OH — $34,550Yuma, AZ — $34,560Flint, MI — $34,740South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $34,790Joplin, MO-KS — $34,800Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $34,860Springfield, OH — $34,860Columbus, OH — $34,880Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $34,910Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $34,950Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $34,980St. George, UT — $34,980Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $35,010Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $35,060Fort Wayne, IN — $35,090Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $35,120Bowling Green, KY — $35,160Naples-Marco Island, FL — $35,160Logan, UT-ID — $35,170Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $35,170Lexington-Fayette, KY — $35,190Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $35,210Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $35,270San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $35,300Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $35,310Muncie, IN — $35,350Cedar Rapids, IA — $35,370North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $35,400Champaign-Urbana, IL — $35,430Reno, NV — $35,460Sandusky, OH — $35,480Lincoln, NE — $35,500Grand Junction, CO — $35,510Ogden, UT — $35,530Rochester, NY — $35,600Evansville, IN — $35,610Iowa City, IA — $35,630Kokomo, IN — $35,650Ames, IA — $35,660Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $35,700Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $35,710Green Bay, WI — $35,730Cheyenne, WY — $35,740Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $35,740Pueblo, CO — $35,740Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $35,740Carson City, NV — $35,760Elizabethtown, KY — $35,810Boise City, ID — $35,850Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $35,850Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $35,860Wausau, WI — $35,910San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $35,950Owensboro, KY — $36,100Battle Creek, MI — $36,130Peoria, IL — $36,330Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $36,350Janesville-Beloit, WI — $36,370Duluth, MN-WI — $36,390Lewiston, ID-WA — $36,400Omaha, NE-IA — $36,450Traverse City, MI — $36,480Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $36,510Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $36,570Helena, MT — $36,570Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $36,580Billings, MT — $36,640Ann Arbor, MI — $36,710Grand Island, NE — $36,730Rapid City, SD — $36,760Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $36,850Columbia, MO — $36,860Minot, ND — $36,860Elmira, NY — $36,900Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $36,930Midland, MI — $36,950Kenosha, WI — $36,980Appleton, WI — $37,010Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $37,020St. Cloud, MN — $37,100Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $37,130La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $37,140Coeur d'Alene, ID — $37,160Decatur, IL — $37,160Madison, WI — $37,220Flagstaff, AZ — $37,250Rockford, IL — $37,270Kankakee, IL — $37,380Utica-Rome, NY — $37,420Syracuse, NY — $37,440Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $37,440Colorado Springs, CO — $37,530Mankato, MN — $37,560Salisbury, MD — $37,570Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $37,590Vineland, NJ — $37,610Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $37,640San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $37,640Sheboygan, WI — $37,660Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $37,690Kingston, NY — $37,750Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $37,760Urban Honolulu, HI — $37,770Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $37,840Bangor, ME — $37,900Springfield, IL — $37,900Fargo, ND-MN — $37,910Missoula, MT — $38,050Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $38,060Dubuque, IA — $38,090Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $38,110Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $38,180Binghamton, NY — $38,210Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $38,240Goldsboro, NC — $38,300Greeley, CO — $38,410Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $38,530Portland-South Portland, ME — $38,580Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $38,650Glens Falls, NY — $38,650Bismarck, ND — $38,850Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $38,860Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $38,900Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $39,040Anchorage, AK — $39,140Manchester-Nashua, NH — $39,190Ithaca, NY — $39,220Rochester, MN — $39,270Bozeman, MT — $39,280Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $39,570Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $39,620New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $39,680New Haven, CT — $39,720Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $39,780Lexington Park, MD — $40,070Pittsfield, MA — $40,160Eugene-Springfield, OR — $40,690Corvallis, OR — $40,800Springfield, MA — $40,860Worcester, MA — $40,870Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $40,890Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $40,910Grand Forks, ND-MN — $41,080Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $41,700Albany, OR — $42,120Barnstable Town, MA — $42,520Fairbanks-College, AK — $42,550Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $42,690Bend, OR — $43,140Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $43,960Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $44,060Bellingham, WA — $44,080Boulder, CO — $44,150Yakima, WA — $44,490Medford, OR — $44,950Salem, OR — $45,200Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $45,570Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $46,980Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $47,410Walla Walla, WA — $47,700Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $47,730Kennewick-Richland, WA — $47,810Longview-Kelso, WA — $47,840Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $48,210Grants Pass, OR — $53,120

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Gulfport metro area has the 353rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 392 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Mississippi

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.

  • Gulfport metro areathis page
    $26,020 median for Gulfport metro area; middle half earns $23,120 to $27,920
  • $25,410 median for Hattiesburg metro area; middle half earns $22,900 to $26,790
  • $23,130 median for Jackson metro area; middle half earns $23,130 to $26,460

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.