Companion Caregiver Salary & Pay Data
BLS OEWS May 2025 · Closest available occupation: SOC 31-1120 Home Health and Personal Care Aides
Closest available: BLS has no companion caregiver occupation.
This is home health and personal care aides combined (31-1120), which includes hands-on personal care work that companion roles may not involve.
The figure shown is the median for all home health and personal care aides (SOC 31-1120): $35,800 a year ($17.21 an hour) in May 2025.
It is a labelled benchmark, not companion caregiver pay.
Annual figures are BLS hourly wages × 2,080 hours. OEWS covers wage-and-salary workers only, so it leaves out the self-employed, workers employed directly by private households (such as caregivers hired by families), overtime pay and most bonuses.
What the BLS figure covers
These are BLS figures for every worker in SOC 31-1120 Home Health and Personal Care Aides, the closest available occupation, shown only as a benchmark.
BLS publishes no separate series or percentiles for companion caregivers, so this page does not show a percentile table for the role.
Pay by employer type
National median for home health and personal care aides combined (SOC 31-1120) by the industry of the employer, BLS OEWS May 2025 industry estimates.
BLS publishes no setting split for companion caregivers alone; these rows are for the whole occupation, the closest available.
Most non-medical home care agencies are classified in services for the elderly and persons with disabilities; Medicare-certified home health agencies are in home health care services.
| Employer industry | Median | Hourly | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Home health care services | $36,230 | $17.42 | 1,079,060 |
| Services for the elderly and persons with disabilities | $34,810 | $16.73 | 2,274,140 |
| Assisted living and continuing care retirement communities | $37,060 | $17.82 | 265,100 |
| Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing) | $36,850 | $17.72 | 55,500 |
| Hospitals | $40,320 | $19.38 | 28,830 |
Selected senior care and health care industries only; the national figure above covers every industry.