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Highest-paying Cities for Home Health and Personal Care Aides

The top 100 highest paying cities for home health and personal care 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 and personal care aides in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $40,380, Grants Pass, Oregon is the highest paying city for home health and personal care aides. It is followed by Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington (average annual salary $38,590). 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 and personal care aides in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Grants Pass, Oregon	$40,380	$32,640	2,710
2	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$38,590	$30,140	3,220
3	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$38,530	$34,050	2,280
4	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$38,350	$35,750	50,970
5	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$37,610	$32,710	2,240
6	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$37,060	$30,140	2,370
7	Yakima, Washington	$36,980	$30,140	4,760
8	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$36,820	$30,140	4,760
9	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$36,670	$30,140	610
10	Spokane, Washington	$36,480	$30,200	10,320

11	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$36,370	$30,260	1,710
12	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$36,080	$29,800	1,380
13	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$35,990	$30,980	19,570
14	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$35,980	$29,600	6,590
15	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$35,930	$31,040	4,990
16	Walla Walla, Washington	$35,930	$30,200	1,180
17	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$35,770	$32,890	1,790
18	Olympia, Washington	$35,670	$30,650	2,060
19	Fairbanks, Alaska	$35,660	$30,700	580
20	Anchorage, Alaska	$35,650	$29,800	4,010
21	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$35,400	$31,200	1,270
22	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$35,280	$30,900	800
23	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$35,090	$28,740	1,040
24	Salem, Oregon	$35,060	$30,890	4,280
25	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$35,030	$32,580	2,130
26	Bellingham, Washington	$34,940	$30,140	2,310
27	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$34,930	$29,640	10,890
28	Albany, Oregon	$34,920	$30,170	1,530
29	Boulder, Colorado	$34,920	$30,690	1,770
30	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$34,860	$29,170	550
31	Dubuque, Iowa	$34,810	$28,270	890
32	Bismarck, North Dakota	$34,770	$29,500	1,530
33	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$34,690	$28,640	520
34	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$34,640	$29,470	7,910
35	Medford, Oregon	$34,540	$30,150	1,620
36	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$34,530	$28,140	720
37	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$34,490	$30,170	5,240
38	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$34,460	$28,990	1,070
39	Bend, Oregon	$34,350	$31,120	1,270
40	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$34,320	$30,700	40,150
41	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$34,270	$29,360	9,380
42	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$34,250	$30,900	488,640
43	Worcester, Massachusetts	$34,110	$31,350	11,110
44	Longview, Washington	$34,110	$30,140	1,620
45	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$34,100	$33,680	63,260
46	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$34,080	$30,110	1,040
47	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$34,080	$32,660	3,380
48	Springfield, Massachusetts	$34,020	$31,930	18,900
49	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$33,960	$28,860	2,280
50	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$33,850	$30,800	18,830
51	New Haven, Connecticut	$33,800	$28,550	7,110
52	Waterbury, Connecticut	$33,750	$30,010	2,790
53	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$33,650	$29,950	3,080
54	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$33,600	$30,180	96,730
55	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$33,490	$27,460	5,350
56	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$33,260	$30,370	1,140
57	Binghamton, New York	$33,220	$27,460	1,990
58	Kingston, New York	$33,040	$27,910	1,700
59	Utica-Rome, New York	$33,010	$27,910	6,010
60	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$32,920	$26,430	1,220
61	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$32,920	$27,790	90
62	Napa, California	$32,870	$29,140	2,280
63	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$32,730	$29,900	1,980
64	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$32,670	$28,850	15,580
65	Sioux City, South Dakota	$32,650	$27,640	1,100
66	Lewiston-Auburn, Maine	$32,510	$29,110	1,560
67	Fargo, North Dakota	$32,470	$29,720	2,750
68	Greeley, Colorado	$32,440	$29,290	1,280
69	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$32,440	$26,420	35,610
70	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$32,420	$28,650	1,140
71	Coast Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$32,390	$29,060	1,830
72	Glens Falls, New York	$32,340	$27,460	1,020
73	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$32,300	$29,530	1,690
74	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$32,250	$29,830	320,500
75	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$32,230	$27,950	2,000
76	Bangor, Maine	$32,210	$29,830	1,810
77	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$32,170	$26,950	710
78	Eastern Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$32,130	$28,330	1,280
79	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$32,130	$29,610	82,340
80	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$32,080	$25,510	4,730
81	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$32,000	$29,280	3,970
82	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$31,930	$25,850	1,860
83	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$31,920	$26,710	1,110
84	Ames, Iowa	$31,880	$24,780	490
85	Syracuse, New York	$31,870	$28,040	5,680
86	Rochester, New York	$31,840	$27,460	16,110
87	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$31,820	$28,040	1,800
88	Danbury, Connecticut	$31,750	$28,680	1,380
89	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$31,750	$27,730	4,390
90	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$31,750	$29,140	5,030
91	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$31,720	$28,220	75,380
92	Corvallis, Oregon	$31,590	$29,800	720
93	Manchester, New Hampshire	$31,540	$27,920	1,420
94	Ogden-Clearfield, Utah	$31,470	$25,660	2,190
95	Rapid City, South Dakota	$31,450	$28,470	540
96	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$31,410	$26,510	14,080
97	Salt Lake City, Utah	$31,390	$28,060	5,300
98	Grand Junction, Colorado	$31,370	$28,530	1,240
99	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$31,260	$29,140	6,480
100	Ithaca, New York	$31,260	$27,810	770