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Highest Paying Industries for Home Health Aides

The top 59 highest paying industries 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 in those industries are also shown. As shown in the table, with an average annual salary of $35,910, general medical and surgical hospitals - state government owned is the highest paying industry for home health aides. It is followed by grantmaking and giving services industry (average annual salary $27,190). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in May 2015 [1]. For more information about salaries of home health aides in a specific industry, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 59 Highest Paying Industries for Home Health Aides

Rank	Industry	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - State government owned	$35,910	$23,830	320
2	Grantmaking and Giving Services	$27,190	$21,940	100
3	State Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$26,910	$15,180	6,510
4	Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)	$25,980	$16,780	880
5	State government, including schools and hospitals	$25,780	$15,180	8,060
6	Management of Companies and Enterprises	$25,690	$18,800	1,010
7	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Local government owned	$25,170	$18,010	3,050
8	Hospitals - Local government owned	$25,150	$17,980	3,060
9	Specialty hospitals - Privately owned	$24,970	$18,440	490
10	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals	$24,900	$18,180	11,690
11	Specialty (except Psychiatric and Substance Abuse) Hospitals	$24,890	$18,240	500
12	Hospitals (including private, state, and local government hospitals)	$24,670	$17,950	13,410
13	Hospitals - Privately owned	$24,540	$18,180	8,820
14	General Medical and Surgical Hospitals - Privately owned	$24,510	$18,170	8,330
15	Hospitals - State government owned	$24,310	$16,840	n/a
16	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	$24,190	$19,810	n/a
17	Public sector -- Federal, state, and local government, including government owned schools and hospit	$23,910	$15,390	17,130
18	Federal, State, and Local Government (OES Designation)	$23,430	$15,280	12,510
19	Federal, State, and Local Government	$23,430	$15,280	12,510
20	Local government, including schools and hospitals	$23,420	$17,610	9,070
21	Outpatient Care Centers	$23,160	$17,700	1,730
22	Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists	$22,810	$19,400	390
23	Local Government, excluding schools and hospitals (OES Designation)	$22,730	$17,500	6,000
24	Religious Organizations	$22,700	$19,000	270
25	Child Day Care Services	$22,650	$20,200	n/a
26	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	$22,610	$18,310	540
27	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals	$22,580	$16,510	n/a
28	Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals - State government owned	$22,560	$16,500	n/a
29	Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations	$22,470	$18,340	n/a
30	Other Services (except Federal, State, and Local Government)	$22,470	$18,340	4,680
31	Temporary Help Services	$22,460	$17,780	19,250
32	Employment Services	$22,450	$17,850	22,220
33	Administrative and Support Services	$22,450	$17,850	22,230
34	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	$22,450	$17,850	22,230
35	Educational Services	$22,370	$18,720	180
36	Social Advocacy Organizations	$22,360	$18,310	n/a
37	Elementary and Secondary Schools	$22,130	$18,620	170
38	Accounting, Tax Preparation, Bookkeeping, and Payroll Services	$22,040	$19,430	n/a
39	Other Residential Care Facilities	$21,890	$17,070	15,780
40	Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities)	$21,670	$17,180	27,470
41	Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly	$21,660	$17,100	93,280
42	Nursing and Residential Care Facilities	$21,640	$17,140	237,690
43	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities	$21,610	$17,230	84,590
44	Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities	$21,590	$17,180	101,160
45	Community Food and Housing, and Emergency and Other Relief Services	$21,560	$17,230	200
46	Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities	$21,500	$16,870	16,570
47	Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers	$21,390	$16,560	570
48	Health Care and Social Assistance	$21,310	$17,030	757,720
49	Home Health Care Services	$21,160	$17,040	348,740
50	Ambulatory Health Care Services	$21,150	$17,030	355,840
51	All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$20,950	$17,000	720
52	Other Ambulatory Health Care Services	$20,950	$17,000	720
53	Individual and Family Services	$20,920	$16,860	145,250
54	Social Assistance	$20,900	$16,850	150,770
55	Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities	$20,880	$16,840	137,870
56	Vocational Rehabilitation Services	$20,230	$16,590	5,230
57	Offices of Physicians	$19,260	$15,990	1,050
58	Offices of Other Health Practitioners	$18,880	$16,100	3,040
59	Offices of All Other Health Practitioners	$17,880	$15,850	1,780