Home health care services

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

1.39M

2021

Average Employee Age

45.6

2021

Estimated Job Growth

29.9%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$35,598

2021

Average Male Salary

$48,634

2021

Average Female Salary

$33,530

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Home health care services Industry Group are home health aides, personal care aides, and nursing assistants. On average, full-time employees in the Home health care services Industry Group work 43.4 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $46,099. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.1 hours and earn an average annual salary of $17,712.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Home health care services Industry Group are Morris Heights, Fordham South & Mount Hope PUMA, NY, South Texas Development Council (South) & Coastal Bend COG (West) PUMA, TX, and Hidalgo County (North & West) PUMA, TX.

The workforce of Home health care services Industry Group in 2021 was 1,388,954 people, with 86.3% woman, and 13.7% men.

In 2021, 52.8% of the workforce in the Home health care services Industry Group was White (733,564 people), of which 86.2% were women and 13.8% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Home health care services Industry Group.

The workforce in Home health care services Industry Group was 1,388,954 people and is concentrated in New York (189,020 workers). The average annual salary was $35,598, being $23,997 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Start Year

Y-Axis

6.71%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 999k people employed in the Home Health Care Services industry. This represents a 6.71% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Home Health Care Services over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were New York (189k), Texas (172k), and California (100k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Home health care services Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Home health care services Industry Group had an average annual wage of $35,598, $23,997 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Home health care services Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.46

WAGE GINI

Home health care services has a wage GINI of 0.46, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Home health care services (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Home health care services Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Home health care services Industry Group.

Home health aides are the most common position with 364,806 workers, but the Home health care services Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Personal care aides and Nursing assistants.

The highest average salary in Home health care services goes to Physicians.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Home health care services Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were home health aides (364,806 people), personal care aides (319,062 people), and nursing assistants (179,662 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$48,634

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$3,512

$33,530

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$825

On average, Male workers in the Home health care services Industry Group make 1.45 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Home health care services Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Home health care services Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Home health care services Industry Group.

The Home health care services Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

Texas and California stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Home health care services Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Home health care services is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Home health care services Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Home health care services Industry Group is Educational services, health care, and social assistance.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Home health care services is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Home health care services Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Home health care services is from Educational Services, Health Care & Social Assistance.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Educational services, health care, and social assistance Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Home health care services Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Home health care services Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

Texas
8,408
California
6,846
Florida
5,364

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Home health care services industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Home health care services Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 86.3% corresponds to women and 13.7% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $48,634 and $33,530.

66.6% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

1,198,775

Women

86.3%

190,179

Men

13.7%

The workforce of Home health care services industry in 2021 was 1,388,954 people, with 86.3% woman, and 13.7% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Home health care services industry.

Races

In 2021, 52.8% of the workforce in the Home health care services industry was White (733,564 people), of which 86.2% were women and 13.8% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Asian.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Home health care services workers in 2021 were high school or equivalent (386,966 people), some college (324,667 people), and bachelors degree (212,816 people).

The chart shows the Home health care services workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Home health care services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 7.66% in the next ten years. The Home health care services industry has a higher projected workforce growth at 29.9%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (34.4%) is higher than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

29.9%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Home health care services. This industry is expected to grow more than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.