Senior Care Salaries
BLS OEWS May 2025 · national and state pay for caregivers, CNAs and senior care staff
One senior care job title is an exact fit for a BLS occupation: certified nursing assistants, counted as nursing assistants.
It has a full percentile table and pay in every state BLS published.
BLS has no caregiver occupation.
Caregivers, home health aides and personal care aides are counted in home health and personal care aides, which BLS publishes as one combined group; the caregiver pages carry that group's state figures, labelled as such.
Home health and hospice nurses are counted with all registered nurses, and hospice social workers with all healthcare social workers.
Those pages show the broader occupation, labelled.
The other titles, from companion and live-in caregivers to medication aides, directors of nursing and administrators, have no BLS occupation of their own.
Their pages show the closest available occupation as a labelled benchmark, without a percentile table, and four say the match is weak.
Family caregivers have no BLS figure and no salary page.
Every figure is payroll pay from the BLS wage survey.
Caregivers hired directly by families, the self-employed and agency owners are not in it, and no page here quotes owner income, per-visit or daily rates, bonuses or agency bill rates.
Salary by state
Certified Nursing Assistant salary by state: median $42,260 for nursing assistants, pay in 51 of the 50 states + DC (BLS occupation: SOC 31-1131 Nursing Assistants) →Caregiver salary by state: median $35,800 for home health and personal care aides combined, pay in 51 of the 50 states + DC (Broader BLS occupation: SOC 31-1120 Home Health and Personal Care Aides) →Senior care salaries by role
| Role | Median shown | What the number is |
|---|---|---|
| Caregiver | $35,800 | Broader BLS occupation (SOC 31-1120) |
| Certified Nursing Assistant | $42,260 | BLS occupation (SOC 31-1131) |
| Personal Care Aide | $35,800 | Broader BLS occupation (SOC 31-1120) |
| Companion Caregiver | $35,800 | Closest available occupation (SOC 31-1120) |
| Live-In Caregiver | $35,800 | Closest available occupation (SOC 31-1120) |
| Private Caregiver | $35,800 | Closest available occupation (SOC 31-1120) |
| Respite Caregiver | $35,800 | Closest available occupation (SOC 31-1120) |
| Memory Care Caregiver | $35,800 | Closest available occupation (SOC 31-1120) |
| Home Health Aide | $35,800 | Broader BLS occupation (SOC 31-1120) |
| Hospice Aide | $35,800 | Closest available occupation (SOC 31-1120) |
| Medication Aide | $42,260 | Closest available occupation (SOC 31-1131) |
| Resident Care Aide | $35,800 | Closest available occupation (SOC 31-1120) |
| Home Health Nurse | $97,550 | Broader BLS occupation (SOC 29-1141) |
| Hospice Nurse | $97,550 | Broader BLS occupation (SOC 29-1141) |
| Hospice Social Worker | $67,880 | Broader BLS occupation (SOC 21-1022) |
| Hospice Chaplain | $60,810 | Closest available occupation (weak match) (SOC 21-2011) |
| Director of Nursing | $123,860 | Closest available occupation (SOC 11-9111) |
| Home Care Scheduler | $45,930 | Closest available occupation (weak match) (SOC 43-6013) |
| Care Coordinator | $45,930 | Closest available occupation (weak match) (SOC 21-1093) |
| Home Care Administrator | $123,860 | Closest available occupation (SOC 11-9111) |
| Home Health Administrator | $123,860 | Closest available occupation (SOC 11-9111) |
| Assisted Living Administrator | $123,860 | Closest available occupation (SOC 11-9111) |
| Nursing Home Administrator | $123,860 | Closest available occupation (SOC 11-9111) |
| Activities Director | $36,560 | Closest available occupation (weak match) (SOC 39-9032) |
| Memory Care Director | $123,860 | Closest available occupation (SOC 11-9111) |
Medians are annual, BLS OEWS May 2025, for wage-and-salary workers only (no self-employed, private households, overtime or most bonuses), across all industries. A median shown for a related or broader occupation is that occupation's pay, not the job title's.