Highest-paying Cities for Personal Care Aides

The top 100 highest paying cities for 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 personal care aides in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $46,110, Ocean City, New Jersey is the highest paying city for personal care aides. It is followed by Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey (average annual salary $44,070). 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 personal care aides in a specific city, use the links in the table.

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

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Ocean City, New Jersey	$46,110	$30,630	230
2	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$44,070	$21,570	370
3	Far Western North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$37,620	$29,510	280
4	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$34,660	$26,600	940
5	Railbelt-Southwest Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$34,600	$24,570	470
6	Fairbanks, Alaska	$34,340	$24,590	350
7	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$34,270	$27,050	1,240
8	Grants Pass, Oregon	$33,170	$23,710	1,210
9	West Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$32,970	$26,110	520
10	Anchorage, Alaska	$32,660	$24,960	4,110
11	Western Nebraska nonmetropolitan area, Nebraska	$32,540	$23,700	300
12	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$31,450	$24,460	1,870
13	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$31,350	$23,650	420
14	Bismarck, North Dakota	$31,090	$25,780	850
15	Albany, Oregon	$30,730	$25,840	1,270
16	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$30,620	$22,890	5,100
17	Walla Walla, Washington	$30,360	$25,860	400
18	Fargo, North Dakota	$30,140	$23,530	2,450
19	Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, Washington	$30,140	$25,030	460
20	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$30,050	$22,550	340
21	East Central North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$29,790	$22,890	850
22	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$29,680	$26,420	120
23	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$29,330	$26,070	1,820
24	Grand Forks, North Dakota	$29,270	$21,930	890
25	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$29,260	$23,750	1,370
26	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$29,090	$25,170	22,480
27	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$29,020	$21,440	3,500
28	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$28,900	$25,810	43,140
29	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$28,900	$26,110	2,570
30	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$28,880	$25,970	2,130
31	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$28,860	$21,580	160
32	Worcester, Massachusetts	$28,780	$24,780	8,820
33	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$28,780	$25,010	1,160
34	Springfield, Massachusetts	$28,740	$25,720	15,370
35	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$28,740	$25,640	23,930
36	Yakima, Washington	$28,700	$25,130	2,590
37	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$28,680	$23,300	620
38	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$28,680	$25,150	1,460
39	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$28,650	$21,850	180
40	Lawrence-Methuen-Salem, New Hampshire	$28,630	$25,810	3,480
41	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$28,620	$25,860	1,720
42	Southwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$28,620	$22,900	120
43	Haverhill-North Andover-Amesbury, New Hampshire	$28,610	$25,630	1,140
44	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$28,570	$25,810	3,220
45	Peabody, Massachusetts	$28,520	$25,280	2,380
46	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$28,510	$25,760	2,210
47	North Central Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$28,400	$25,770	460
48	Far Eastern North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$28,400	$17,280	410
49	Western New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$28,390	$21,690	640
50	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$28,360	$24,890	1,990
51	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$28,340	$24,560	3,140
52	Longview, Washington	$28,330	$24,960	970
53	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$28,320	$24,560	1,320
54	Northwest Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$28,260	$25,380	1,170
55	Boulder, Colorado	$28,240	$22,060	1,600
56	Northwestern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$28,220	$24,410	1,040
57	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$28,190	$25,300	1,050
58	Framingham, Massachusetts	$28,110	$25,070	1,940
59	Spokane, Washington	$27,950	$24,640	6,180
60	Ithaca, New York	$27,940	$22,720	710
61	Danbury, Connecticut	$27,900	$23,050	1,410
62	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$27,850	$24,730	710
63	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$27,810	$22,150	3,450
64	Olympia, Washington	$27,780	$24,710	1,550
65	Bellingham, Washington	$27,710	$24,700	780
66	Salinas, California	$27,640	$23,040	3,960
67	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$27,630	$23,050	6,530
68	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$27,620	$22,720	8,180
69	Kingston, New York	$27,530	$22,580	1,630
70	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$27,480	$22,910	1,430
71	East Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$27,410	$21,760	770
72	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$27,370	$22,680	4,770
73	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$27,350	$20,710	710
74	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$27,320	$20,570	3,690
75	Central Oregon nonmetropolitan area, Oregon	$27,260	$22,840	1,500
76	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$27,250	$23,790	20,150
77	Bend, Oregon	$27,170	$22,590	1,150
78	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$27,080	$22,540	5,570
79	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$27,080	$23,000	3,350
80	Northern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$27,020	$22,740	690
81	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$27,020	$19,530	640
82	South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area, Kentucky	$27,020	$17,230	2,460
83	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$27,020	$20,810	21,470
84	Other New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$26,990	$21,360	3,160
85	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$26,830	$22,170	4,770
86	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$26,800	$19,360	770
87	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$26,740	$21,310	23,440
88	Dover-Durham, New Hampshire	$26,720	$21,940	470
89	Glens Falls, New York	$26,690	$22,570	870
90	Nashua, New Hampshire	$26,670	$21,390	1,400
91	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$26,630	$21,020	1,630
92	Waterbury, Connecticut	$26,620	$22,690	2,020
93	Tacoma, Washington	$26,510	$23,570	4,980
94	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$26,470	$22,500	18,420
95	Gettysburg, Pennsylvania	$26,390	$18,360	660
96	Casper, Wyoming	$26,370	$21,340	310
97	West Central-Southwest New Hampshire nonmetropolitan area, New Hampshire	$26,330	$21,590	1,040
98	Salem, Oregon	$26,320	$22,290	3,360
99	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$26,310	$20,630	1,070
100	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$26,290	$22,900	72,150

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for personal care aides.