Medication Aide Salary & Pay Data
BLS OEWS May 2025 · Closest available occupation: SOC 31-1131 Nursing Assistants
Closest available: BLS has no medication aide occupation.
This is nursing assistants (31-1131), the credential most medication aides hold first; it is not medication aide pay.
The figure shown is the median for all nursing assistants (SOC 31-1131): $42,260 a year ($20.32 an hour) in May 2025.
It is a labelled benchmark, not medication aide 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 31-1131 Nursing Assistants, the closest available occupation, shown only as a benchmark.
BLS publishes no separate series or percentiles for medication aides, so this page does not show a percentile table for the role.
Pay by employer type
National median for all nursing assistants (SOC 31-1131) by the industry of the employer, BLS OEWS May 2025 industry estimates.
BLS publishes no setting split for medication aides alone; these rows are for the whole occupation, the closest available.
| Employer industry | Median | Hourly | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing) | $43,000 | $20.67 | 534,270 |
| Hospitals | $42,310 | $20.34 | 479,330 |
| Assisted living and continuing care retirement communities | $39,490 | $18.99 | 161,150 |
| Home health care services | $38,040 | $18.29 | 70,770 |
| Services for the elderly and persons with disabilities | $35,360 | $17.00 | 30,660 |
Selected senior care and health care industries only; the national figure above covers every industry.