PHI reports on home care: Annual data on the direct care workforce, including this brief on home care workers and this brief on nursing assistants employed in nursing homes. Among the 2018 findings:
- About 2.1 million home care workers and nearly 600,000 nursing assistants working in nursing homes are supporting older people and people with disabilities nationwide.
- Home care workers earn a median wage of $11.03 an hour and $15,100 a year, while nursing assistants earn a median wage of $12.84 an hour and about $21,200 a year.
- Nine in 10 home care workers and nursing assistants are women; more than half (60 percent and 55 percent, respectively) are people of color; and over one quarter (29 percent and 20 percent, respectively) are immigrants.
- One in five home care workers and one percent of nursing assistants live in households below the federal poverty line — compared to 7 percent of all U.S. workers.
Direct Care Alliance
Center for Personal Assistance Services
National Direct Service Workforce Resource Center
PHI National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce
National Association of Health Care Assistants
Caring Across Generations
National Domestic Workers Alliance