Home Health and Personal Care Aides · SOC 31-1120
Home Health and Personal Care Aides Salary in the Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Home Health and Personal Care Aides in the Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $37,420 per year ($17.99 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $32,130 at the 10th percentile to $44,460 at the 90th. BLS estimates 1,360 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Home Health and Personal Care Aides in the Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area earn more than $37,420 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $36,610 and $39,210.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $32,130 | $36,610 | $37,420 | $39,210 | $44,460 |
| Hourly | $15.45 | $17.60 | $17.99 | $18.85 | $21.37 |
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
- Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$37,420 median for Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $36,610 to $39,210
- Illinoisstate$38,060 median for Illinois; middle half earns $36,810 to $38,700
- 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 Illinois overall and +5% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Illinois
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.
- Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan areathis page$37,420 median for Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $36,610 to $39,210
- $38,180 median for Chicago metro area; middle half earns $37,160 to $38,750
- $37,900 median for Springfield metro area; middle half earns $35,780 to $37,900
- $37,380 median for Kankakee metro area; middle half earns $34,300 to $39,580
- $37,270 median for Rockford metro area; middle half earns $35,030 to $38,440
- $37,160 median for Decatur metro area; middle half earns $35,960 to $37,160
- $36,330 median for Peoria metro area; middle half earns $35,000 to $36,870
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 Northwest Illinois 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.