Home Health and Personal Care Aides
SOC 31-1120 · 2024-2034
What California expects of this job
- Typical pay in California
- $35,189per year
- Projected openings
- 2,125,350
- Projected change
- +41.3%
- Usually needs
- High school diploma or equivalent
Pay by region
| Region | Typical pay in California | Projected openings |
|---|---|---|
| San Rafael MD (Marin County) | $38,277 | 6,630 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties) | $37,970 | 90,890 |
| Napa MSA (Napa County) | $37,692 | 5,170 |
| Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties) | $36,886 | 117,010 |
| San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties) | $36,886 | 95,610 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County) | $36,047 | 105,890 |
| Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County) | $35,892 | 15,390 |
| Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County) | $35,585 | 106,340 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County) | $35,585 | 596,650 |
| Hanford-Corcoran MSA (Kings County) | $34,936 | 5,950 |
| Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County) | $34,833 | 30,280 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County) | $34,494 | 10,900 |
| Merced MSA (Merced County) | $34,483 | 8,810 |
| Modesto MSA (Stanislaus County) | $34,483 | 17,630 |
| Vallejo MSA (Solano County) | $34,483 | 15,770 |
| North Valley-Northern Mountains Region (Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama, and Trinity Counties) | $34,411 | 9,300 |
| Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County) | $34,411 | 8,360 |
| Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County) | $34,380 | 30,570 |
| Chico MSA (Butte County) | $34,360 | 9,840 |
| Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region (Alpine, Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono, and Tuolumne Counties) | $34,350 | 4,090 |
| Yuba City MSA (Sutter and Yuba Counties) | $34,350 | 5,910 |
| Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County) | $34,329 | 22,130 |
| El Centro MSA (Imperial County) | $34,320 | 13,420 |
| Redding MSA (Shasta County) | $34,320 | 9,730 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties) | $34,320 | 191,990 |
| Visalia MSA (Tulare County) | $34,320 | 15,910 |
| Fresno MSA (Fresno and Madera Counties) | $34,308 | 59,260 |
| San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles MSA (San Luis Obispo County) | $34,278 | 7,230 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties) | $34,226 | 111,260 |
What the pay actually ranges across
- The lowest-paid tenth earn under
- $35,189
- A quarter earn under
- $35,189
- Half earn under
- $35,189
- Three quarters earn under
- $37,476
- The highest-paid tenth earn over
- $40,254
A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.
Related work
Occupations in the same family as this one, ordered by projected openings. Related by how the job classification groups them, not by a claim that the skills transfer.
| Occupation | Typical pay in California | Projected openings | Projected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medical Assistants | $50,918 | 175,850 | +22.7% |
| Nursing Assistants | $48,836 | 172,680 | +10.3% |
| Dental Assistants | $51,379 | 81,180 | +10% |
| Massage Therapists | $47,134 | 38,120 | +20.9% |
| Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers | $47,432 | 33,120 | +15.2% |
| Healthcare Support Workers, All Other | $50,374 | 32,750 | +7.1% |