Some states raise pay for home caregivers as shortage looms
A home care aide works for $15 an hour, paid by a county property tax for senior services.
Aponte helps Logan with tasks of daily living rather than medical care. The report says support of this kind can mean the difference between aging at home and entering an institution charging thousands of dollars a day.
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national median pay for home care aides was $16.78 an hour, or $34,900 per year, in 2024. The federal government forecasts that the nation will need more than 5 million home care aides by 2034, compared with 4.3 million today.
Some states that cover nonmedical home care through Medicaid have marginally increased workers’ wages.
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- Some states raise pay for home caregivers as shortage looms
- A home care aide works for $15 an hour, paid by a county property tax for senior services.
- Aponte helps Logan with tasks of daily living rather than medical care.
- The report says support of this kind can mean the difference between aging at home and entering an institution charging thousands of dollars a day.
- According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the national median pay for home care aides was $16.78 an hour, or $34,900 per year, in 2024.
- The federal government forecasts that the nation will need more than 5 million home care aides by 2034, compared with 4.3 million today.
- Some states that cover nonmedical home care through Medicaid have marginally increased workers’ wages.