Home health aide jobs in Arkansas

Too few open home health aide jobs in Arkansas post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $13.30/hr ($27,660 a year) for home health and personal care aides in Arkansas (May 2025), against $17.21 nationally, 48th highest of 52 states and territories.

Springdale (2), Barling (1), Cotton Plant (1), Hardy (1) and Hot Springs (1). A job open in several towns counts in each.

By open jobs on this board: AFNB Home Care (2), Addus HomeCare (1) and Enhabit Home Health & Hospice (1). In all, 4 employers have home health aide jobs open in Arkansas.

5 home health aide jobs are open in Arkansas today at 4 employers on this board, about 0.3 for every 1,000 home health aides employed there (BLS counts 19,840, May 2025). Across the US, BLS projects employment of home health and personal care aides to grow 18.1% over 2025-2035.

5 of the open caregiver and home health aide jobs here say so in their own posting: Caregiver (CNA, PCA, HHA) | Fayetteville / Springdale, AR at Senior Helpers (...Fayetteville and Springdale. Senior Helpers of Northwest Arkansas is urgently hiring in-home caregivers...); Caregiver (CNA, PCA, HHA) | Siloam Springs, AR at Senior Helpers (...here in Siloam Springs. Senior Helpers of Northwest Arkansas is urgently hiring in-home caregivers for...); Caregiver - Prairie Grove Area at Senior Helpers (...in the lives of seniors. Senior Helpers of Northwest Arkansas is urgently hiring a caregiver in Prairie...). Every such job in Arkansas.

13 of the open caregiver and home health aide jobs here say so in their own posting: Caregiver at AFNB Home Care (...provided Benefits Competitive hourly pay with overtime opportunities Daily pay available Flexible...); Caregiver/PCA at AFNB Home Care (...provided Benefits Competitive hourly pay with overtime opportunities Daily pay available Flexible...); Direct Care Worker (DCW) at AFNB Home Care (...provided Benefits Competitive hourly pay with overtime opportunities Daily pay available Flexible...). Every such job in Arkansas.

2 of the open caregiver and home health aide jobs here say so in their own posting: Resident Care Assistant-PRN 6:00PM-6:00AM at Ciel Senior Living (STNA/CNA (Preferred).); Patient Care Aide at Mississippi County Hospital System (Required, Completion of a state-approved CNA certification training course preferred).

1 of the open caregiver and home health aide jobs here says so in its own posting: Certified Health Care Assistant at The Springs of Harrison ($1,250 sign-on bonus).

Of the 7 metro areas in Arkansas employing the most home health aides that BLS publishes a median for (May 2025), the highest are Memphis, TN-MS-AR ($14.86 an hour), Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR ($14.15 an hour) and Fort Smith, AR-OK ($13.66 an hour), and the lowest Texarkana, TX-AR ($11.84). The state's median is $13.30.

Arkansas issues no state license or registration for home health aides, but its rules (the Arkansas Department of Health, Health Facility Services) set what they must complete: Training: at least 75 hours, 16 of them supervised clinical practice. A home health aide must complete a Department-approved course of at least 75 hours of classroom and supervised practical training under a registered nurse (at least 16 classroom hours before at least 16 supervised practical hours) and pass competency testing the agency ensures; no state certificate or registry is issued. Staying active: At least 12 hours of in-service training every 12 months. A personal care aide is a separate role with a 40-hour course; it does not qualify someone as a home health aide. A training program and competency test; at Medicare-certified agencies at least 75 hours.

Of the employers hiring home health aides in Arkansas, the home health agencies Medicare rates highest for quality of patient care (Sep 2026): Kindred at Home in Monticello (Humana, 5 of 5), Centerwell Home Health in Texarkana (Humana, 4.5 of 5), Kindred at Home in Hope (Humana, 4.5 of 5) and Centerwell Home Health in Waldron (Humana, 4.5 of 5); Arkansas's rated agencies average 3.3 stars. Every Arkansas home health agency hiring here, by rating. Patients' ratings of their care, not employees' of the jobs.

Of the employers hiring home health aides in Arkansas, in Medicare's survey of patients' families: Enhabit Hospice in Magnolia (Enhabit Home Health & Hospice, 82% said the team always communicated well) and Encompass Health Hospice in Texarkana (Enhabit Home Health & Hospice, 75% said the team always communicated well); Arkansas's middle hospice: 83.5%. Hospices hiring now by Medicare's family survey. Families' ratings of the care, not employees' of the jobs.

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