Highest-paying Cities for Home Health Aides

The top 100 highest paying cities for home health aides (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of home health aides in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $45,400, Sioux City, South Dakota is the highest paying city for home health aides. It is followed by Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts (average annual salary $44,550). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of home health aides in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Home Health Aides

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Sioux City, South Dakota	$45,400	$26,400	60
2	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$44,550	$32,260	90
3	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$40,740	$24,370	300
4	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$40,640	$28,210	260
5	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$37,490	$33,410	280
6	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$37,430	$31,140	60
7	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$37,180	$29,800	80
8	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$37,020	$33,230	580
9	Bismarck, North Dakota	$36,980	$27,450	90
10	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$35,790	$24,170	1,040
11	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$35,590	$23,610	220
12	Visalia-Porterville, California	$35,370	$23,210	130
13	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$35,070	$25,590	170
14	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$34,550	$26,280	710
15	Coeur dAlene, Idaho	$34,020	$21,610	410
16	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$33,500	$24,850	2,160
17	Far Eastern North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$33,370	$25,910	200
18	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$32,690	$24,750	80
19	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$32,680	$23,110	120
20	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$32,540	$26,440	40
21	Northern New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$32,270	$26,130	30
22	East Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$32,270	$26,960	260
23	Sioux Falls, South Dakota	$32,090	$22,550	370
24	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$31,860	$21,410	330
25	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$31,660	$26,160	2,350
26	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$31,060	$23,500	80
27	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$30,950	$25,920	780
28	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$30,890	$23,850	50
29	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$30,880	$26,390	90
30	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$30,840	$26,360	580
31	East Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$30,770	$22,940	490
32	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$30,670	$20,230	1,120
33	Napa, California	$30,580	$25,220	110
34	Odessa, Texas	$30,560	$16,860	60
35	Eastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$30,520	$21,530	200
36	Worcester, Massachusetts	$30,450	$24,030	2,520
37	Cheyenne, Wyoming	$30,330	$26,900	40
38	South Florida nonmetropolitan area, Florida	$30,250	$22,710	80
39	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$30,240	$25,400	1,550
40	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$30,190	$25,840	18,330
41	Ames, Iowa	$30,190	$24,810	70
42	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$30,140	$25,530	10,230
43	Racine, Wisconsin	$30,110	$17,810	410
44	Madison, Wisconsin	$30,100	$21,270	650
45	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$30,070	$25,950	330
46	Peabody, Massachusetts	$30,020	$25,850	710
47	Northeastern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$30,010	$22,510	140
48	Springfield, Massachusetts	$29,890	$25,660	2,350
49	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$29,560	$26,610	210
50	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$29,560	$24,170	530
51	Redding, California	$29,510	$25,580	170
52	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$29,500	$23,630	13,300
53	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$29,470	$25,880	260
54	Framingham, Massachusetts	$29,190	$25,240	1,050
55	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$29,160	$25,830	n/a
56	Syracuse, New York	$29,090	$23,050	1,530
57	Boulder, Colorado	$29,060	$22,040	460
58	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$28,960	$23,100	50
59	Eastern South Dakota nonmetropolitan area, South Dakota	$28,950	$23,250	260
60	Danbury, Connecticut	$28,920	$23,150	250
61	Gainesville, Georgia	$28,870	$20,640	110
62	Dover, Delaware	$28,790	$21,840	170
63	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$28,790	$23,530	2,150
64	Olympia, Washington	$28,750	$24,680	80
65	Billings, Montana	$28,750	$25,440	100
66	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$28,740	$22,850	310
67	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$28,740	$21,930	80
68	Carson City, Nevada	$28,730	$22,290	120
69	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$28,700	$24,020	3,840
70	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$28,660	$21,400	440
71	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$28,640	$23,270	350
72	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$28,610	$23,090	910
73	Casper, Wyoming	$28,590	$19,340	110
74	St Cloud, Minnesota	$28,580	$23,150	730
75	Northwestern Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$28,540	$19,970	140
76	Fargo, North Dakota	$28,530	$22,740	210
77	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$28,500	$24,680	4,720
78	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$28,480	$22,920	9,570
79	Manchester, New Hampshire	$28,390	$22,440	450
80	Chico, California	$28,340	$23,860	270
81	Salt Lake City, Utah	$28,300	$21,830	870
82	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$28,280	$24,790	440
83	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$28,250	$24,050	1,120
84	Ithaca, New York	$28,230	$23,020	340
85	Utica-Rome, New York	$28,230	$21,820	400
86	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$28,160	$22,720	400
87	Rapid City, South Dakota	$28,150	$25,220	100
88	Wilmington, New Jersey	$28,120	$21,330	1,420
89	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$28,100	$23,530	1,550
90	Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$28,090	$22,400	60
91	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$28,080	$22,590	1,420
92	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$28,060	$23,270	250
93	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$28,060	$23,840	70
94	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$28,050	$23,130	140
95	Southwestern Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$27,990	$18,050	270
96	Rochester, Minnesota	$27,990	$23,290	1,090
97	Yuba City, California	$27,980	$23,470	40
98	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$27,980	$25,180	110
99	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$27,970	$23,110	3,910
100	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$27,920	$20,780	12,920

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for home health aides.