Pay distribution $30,670 10th $34,270 25th $43,060 75th $46,080 90th
Half of Home Health and Personal Care Aides in the Washington metro area earn more than $38,530 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $34,270 and $43,060.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $30,670 $34,270 $38,530 $43,060 $46,080 Hourly $14.74 $16.47 $18.52 $20.70 $22.15
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 Washington metro areathis metro area
$38,530 median for Washington metro area; middle half earns $34,270 to $43,060
$42,700 median for District of Columbia; middle half earns $40,050 to $43,270
$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 −10% vs District of Columbia overall and +8% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $21,400 $31,973 $42,547 $53,120 Lafayette, LA — $21,400 Monroe, LA — $21,720 Aguadilla, PR — $21,840 Arecibo, PR — $21,840 Guayama, PR — $21,840 Mayaguez, PR — $21,840 Ponce, PR — $21,840 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $21,840 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $21,890 Hammond, LA — $21,980 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $22,220 Alexandria, LA — $22,590 Killeen-Temple, TX — $22,940 Wichita Falls, TX — $22,950 Lake Charles, LA — $23,000 Baton Rouge, LA — $23,040 Jackson, MS — $23,130 El Paso, TX — $23,200 Lubbock, TX — $23,310 Corpus Christi, TX — $23,440 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $23,440 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $23,500 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $23,510 Laredo, TX — $23,510 Longview, TX — $23,610 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $23,650 Abilene, TX — $23,690 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $23,770 Waco, TX — $23,910 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $23,960 Tyler, TX — $23,980 Amarillo, TX — $24,400 College Station-Bryan, TX — $24,610 Texarkana, TX-AR — $24,630 Victoria, TX — $24,890 Hattiesburg, MS — $25,410 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $25,570 Hot Springs, AR — $25,740 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $25,960 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $26,020 Lawton, OK — $26,530 Montgomery, AL — $26,660 Albany, GA — $26,670 Midland, TX — $26,850 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $26,900 Beckley, WV — $26,910 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $26,920 Sherman-Denison, TX — $26,980 Dothan, AL — $27,160 Farmington, NM — $27,290 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $27,320 Altoona, PA — $27,390 Decatur, AL — $27,430 Jonesboro, AR — $27,430 San Angelo, TX — $27,430 Gadsden, AL — $27,450 Roanoke, VA — $27,540 Enid, OK — $27,670 Odessa, TX — $27,670 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $27,680 Lynchburg, VA — $27,810 Las Cruces, NM — $27,840 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $27,840 Erie, PA — $27,860 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $27,900 Morgantown, WV — $27,930 Sumter, SC — $28,030 Oklahoma City, OK — $28,050 Valdosta, GA — $28,100 Tulsa, OK — $28,140 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $28,150 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $28,330 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $28,370 Rome, GA — $28,370 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $28,410 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $28,420 Mobile, AL — $28,510 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $28,520 Williamsport, PA — $28,540 Tuscaloosa, AL — $28,550 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $28,550 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $28,570 Hinesville, GA — $28,650 Charleston, WV — $28,680 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $28,730 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $28,740 Columbus, GA-AL — $28,810 Harrisonburg, VA — $28,820 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $28,850 Rocky Mount, NC — $28,910 Johnstown, PA — $28,930 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $29,050 Dalton, GA — $29,130 Fayetteville, NC — $29,150 Lancaster, PA — $29,150 Wheeling, WV-OH — $29,190 Winchester, VA-WV — $29,240 Pittsburgh, PA — $29,250 Johnson City, TN — $29,360 Richmond, VA — $29,360 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $29,430 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $29,440 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $29,460 Huntsville, AL — $29,520 Birmingham, AL — $29,550 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $29,700 Charlottesville, VA — $29,700 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $29,730 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $29,760 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $29,800 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $29,800 Reading, PA — $29,830 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $29,920 Florence, SC — $29,950 State College, PA — $29,950 Twin Falls, ID — $29,960 Morristown, TN — $30,040 Lebanon, PA — $30,090 Savannah, GA — $30,130 Warner Robins, GA — $30,140 Albuquerque, NM — $30,170 Spartanburg, SC — $30,190 Columbia, SC — $30,210 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $30,380 Mansfield, OH — $30,400 Winston-Salem, NC — $30,400 Burlington, NC — $30,420 Manhattan, KS — $30,420 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $30,490 Niles, MI — $30,540 Clarksville, TN-KY — $30,580 Wichita, KS — $30,600 Greenville, NC — $30,620 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $30,630 Lawrence, KS — $30,700 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $30,900 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $30,900 Casper, WY — $31,110 Jackson, TN — $31,120 Chambersburg, PA — $31,150 Bloomington, IL — $31,200 Gainesville, GA — $31,200 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $31,250 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $31,330 Jacksonville, NC — $31,400 Topeka, KS — $31,470 Santa Fe, NM — $31,540 Wilmington, NC — $31,540 Ocala, FL — $31,550 Cleveland, TN — $31,620 Bloomington, IN — $31,750 Jefferson City, MO — $31,830 Canton-Massillon, OH — $31,850 Lima, OH — $31,980 Dover, DE — $32,130 Springfield, MO — $32,190 Homosassa Springs, FL — $32,240 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $32,570 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $32,620 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $32,670 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $32,670 York-Hanover, PA — $32,690 Knoxville, TN — $32,710 Tallahassee, FL — $32,710 Kansas City, MO-KS — $32,780 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $32,890 Sebring, FL — $32,940 Columbus, IN — $33,080 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $33,180 Asheville, NC — $33,280 Paducah, KY-IL — $33,290 Gainesville, FL — $33,320 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $33,570 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $33,630 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $33,640 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $33,680 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $33,900 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $33,940 Idaho Falls, ID — $34,050 Saginaw, MI — $34,060 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $34,070 Bay City, MI — $34,100 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $34,100 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $34,110 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $34,110 Port St. Lucie, FL — $34,140 Jackson, MI — $34,180 Fond du Lac, WI — $34,190 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $34,210 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $34,230 Gettysburg, PA — $34,240 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $34,240 Monroe, MI — $34,290 Akron, OH — $34,310 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $34,320 Chico, CA — $34,320 El Centro, CA — $34,320 Fresno, CA — $34,320 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $34,320 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $34,320 Merced, CA — $34,320 Modesto, CA — $34,320 Napa, CA — $34,320 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $34,320 Redding, CA — $34,320 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $34,320 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $34,320 Salinas, CA — $34,320 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $34,320 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $34,320 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $34,320 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $34,320 Vallejo, CA — $34,320 Visalia, CA — $34,320 Yuba City, CA — $34,320 Eau Claire, WI — $34,340 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $34,370 Jacksonville, FL — $34,380 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $34,380 Pocatello, ID — $34,390 Tucson, AZ — $34,420 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $34,440 St. Louis, MO-IL — $34,490 Punta Gorda, FL — $34,500 Cleveland, OH — $34,520 Great Falls, MT — $34,540 Terre Haute, IN — $34,540 Toledo, OH — $34,550 Yuma, AZ — $34,560 Flint, MI — $34,740 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $34,790 Joplin, MO-KS — $34,800 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $34,860 Springfield, OH — $34,860 Columbus, OH — $34,880 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $34,910 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $34,950 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $34,980 St. George, UT — $34,980 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $35,010 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $35,060 Fort Wayne, IN — $35,090 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $35,120 Bowling Green, KY — $35,160 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $35,160 Logan, UT-ID — $35,170 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $35,170 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $35,190 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $35,210 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $35,270 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $35,300 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $35,310 Muncie, IN — $35,350 Cedar Rapids, IA — $35,370 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $35,400 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $35,430 Reno, NV — $35,460 Sandusky, OH — $35,480 Lincoln, NE — $35,500 Grand Junction, CO — $35,510 Ogden, UT — $35,530 Rochester, NY — $35,600 Evansville, IN — $35,610 Iowa City, IA — $35,630 Kokomo, IN — $35,650 Ames, IA — $35,660 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $35,700 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $35,710 Green Bay, WI — $35,730 Cheyenne, WY — $35,740 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $35,740 Pueblo, CO — $35,740 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $35,740 Carson City, NV — $35,760 Elizabethtown, KY — $35,810 Boise City, ID — $35,850 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $35,850 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $35,860 Wausau, WI — $35,910 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $35,950 Owensboro, KY — $36,100 Battle Creek, MI — $36,130 Peoria, IL — $36,330 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $36,350 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $36,370 Duluth, MN-WI — $36,390 Lewiston, ID-WA — $36,400 Omaha, NE-IA — $36,450 Traverse City, MI — $36,480 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $36,510 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $36,570 Helena, MT — $36,570 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $36,580 Billings, MT — $36,640 Ann Arbor, MI — $36,710 Grand Island, NE — $36,730 Rapid City, SD — $36,760 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $36,850 Columbia, MO — $36,860 Minot, ND — $36,860 Elmira, NY — $36,900 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $36,930 Midland, MI — $36,950 Kenosha, WI — $36,980 Appleton, WI — $37,010 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $37,020 St. Cloud, MN — $37,100 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $37,130 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $37,140 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $37,160 Decatur, IL — $37,160 Madison, WI — $37,220 Flagstaff, AZ — $37,250 Rockford, IL — $37,270 Kankakee, IL — $37,380 Utica-Rome, NY — $37,420 Syracuse, NY — $37,440 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $37,440 Colorado Springs, CO — $37,530 Mankato, MN — $37,560 Salisbury, MD — $37,570 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $37,590 Vineland, NJ — $37,610 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $37,640 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $37,640 Sheboygan, WI — $37,660 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $37,690 Kingston, NY — $37,750 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $37,760 Urban Honolulu, HI — $37,770 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $37,840 Bangor, ME — $37,900 Springfield, IL — $37,900 Fargo, ND-MN — $37,910 Missoula, MT — $38,050 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $38,060 Dubuque, IA — $38,090 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $38,110 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $38,180 Binghamton, NY — $38,210 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $38,240 Goldsboro, NC — $38,300 Greeley, CO — $38,410 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $38,530 Portland-South Portland, ME — $38,580 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $38,650 Glens Falls, NY — $38,650 Bismarck, ND — $38,850 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $38,860 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $38,900 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $39,040 Anchorage, AK — $39,140 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $39,190 Ithaca, NY — $39,220 Rochester, MN — $39,270 Bozeman, MT — $39,280 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $39,570 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $39,620 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $39,680 New Haven, CT — $39,720 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $39,780 Lexington Park, MD — $40,070 Pittsfield, MA — $40,160 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $40,690 Corvallis, OR — $40,800 Springfield, MA — $40,860 Worcester, MA — $40,870 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $40,890 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $40,910 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $41,080 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $41,700 Albany, OR — $42,120 Barnstable Town, MA — $42,520 Fairbanks-College, AK — $42,550 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $42,690 Bend, OR — $43,140 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $43,960 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $44,060 Bellingham, WA — $44,080 Boulder, CO — $44,150 Yakima, WA — $44,490 Medford, OR — $44,950 Salem, OR — $45,200 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $45,570 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $46,980 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $47,410 Walla Walla, WA — $47,700 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $47,730 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $47,810 Longview-Kelso, WA — $47,840 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $48,210 Grants Pass, OR — $53,120 Washington metro area 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 Washington metro area has the 49th-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”.
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 .