The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $34,440, North Dakota is the highest paying state for home health aides. It is followed by Rhode Island (average annual salary $30,600). 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 state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | North Dakota | $34,440 |
$24,830 | 550 |
| 2 | Rhode Island | $30,600 |
$25,400 | 1,160 |
| 3 | Massachusetts | $30,140 |
$25,630 | 25,220 |
| 4 | California | $29,380 |
$23,180 | 24,560 |
| 5 | South Dakota | $29,300 |
$22,630 | 810 |
| 6 | District of Columbia | $28,900 |
$26,570 | 6,420 |
| 7 | Iowa | $28,900 |
$22,270 | 3,940 |
| 8 | Minnesota | $28,660 |
$22,810 | 22,380 |
| 9 | New Hampshire | $28,530 |
$22,970 | 550 |
| 10 | Alaska | $28,200 |
$21,720 | 990 |
| 11 | Delaware | $28,110 |
$20,410 | 1,620 |
| 12 | Wyoming | $27,960 |
$20,760 | 630 |
| 13 | Nevada | $27,940 |
$20,530 | 1,460 |
| 14 | Vermont | $27,880 |
$23,110 | 580 |
| 15 | Washington | $27,690 |
$24,440 | 9,110 |
| 16 | Maryland | $26,900 |
$20,860 | 11,440 |
| 17 | Maine | $26,430 |
$21,800 | 1,750 |
| 18 | Hawaii | $26,390 |
$21,740 | 4,920 |
| 19 | Connecticut | $25,600 |
$22,120 | 7,170 |
| 20 | Montana | $25,360 |
$20,590 | 1,570 |
| 21 | Colorado | $25,260 |
$21,830 | 9,510 |
| 22 | Utah | $25,210 |
$21,050 | 3,750 |
| 23 | Oregon | $24,930 |
$21,970 | 7,310 |
| 24 | New York | $24,920 |
$22,290 | 191,820 |
| 25 | Arizona | $24,440 |
$22,240 | 17,570 |
| 26 | Pennsylvania | $24,380 |
$20,020 | 36,940 |
| 27 | Illinois | $24,270 |
$21,270 | 33,990 |
| 28 | Wisconsin | $24,250 |
$19,500 | 5,600 |
| 29 | Kansas | $23,890 |
$18,480 | 2,320 |
| 30 | Idaho | $23,740 |
$17,790 | 3,200 |
| 31 | New Jersey | $23,620 |
$19,650 | 41,040 |
| 32 | Kentucky | $23,620 |
$18,230 | 2,680 |
| 33 | Virgin Islands | $23,540 |
$20,120 | 50 |
| 34 | Michigan | $23,260 |
$19,670 | 26,580 |
| 35 | Nebraska | $23,260 |
$20,180 | 2,960 |
| 36 | Indiana | $23,200 |
$19,620 | 13,660 |
| 37 | Florida | $23,110 |
$18,680 | 32,960 |
| 38 | Missouri | $23,070 |
$19,070 | 11,710 |
| 39 | Arkansas | $22,630 |
$18,920 | 4,800 |
| 40 | Georgia | $22,320 |
$17,280 | 12,330 |
| 41 | Ohio | $22,200 |
$18,780 | 55,490 |
| 42 | Tennessee | $22,140 |
$17,260 | 4,750 |
| 43 | Virginia | $22,060 |
$16,970 | 9,700 |
| 44 | New Mexico | $22,020 |
$17,530 | 5,680 |
| 45 | Oklahoma | $22,020 |
$16,730 | 6,880 |
| 46 | Mississippi | $21,920 |
$16,850 | 3,560 |
| 47 | South Carolina | $21,290 |
$16,880 | 9,600 |
| 48 | West Virginia | $20,910 |
$19,250 | 2,010 |
| 49 | North Carolina | $20,390 |
$16,650 | 30,040 |
| 50 | Texas | $19,770 |
$16,650 | 69,600 |
| 51 | Louisiana | $19,610 |
$16,560 | 7,940 |
| 52 | Alabama | $19,280 |
$16,420 | 4,870 |
| 53 | Puerto Rico | $18,330 |
$16,250 | 2,140 |