Hospice aide jobs in Iowa
6 open hospice aide jobs in Iowa at 3 employers. BLS measures a median of $17.34 an hour (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Iowa, opens in a new tab) for home health and personal care aides here.
Newest hospice aide jobs in Iowa
Checked 43 min ago
Compassus · Cedar Rapids, IA· 4d ago
Trinity Health · MercyOne North Iowa HH and Hospice, IA· 1w ago
Compassus · Davenport, IA· 1w ago
UnityPoint Health · West Des Moines, IA· 3w ago
UnityPoint Health · Des Moines, IA· 1mo ago
UnityPoint Health · Waterloo, IA· 2mo ago
Hospice aide in Iowa: new openings every week
A weekly email with the newest Hospice aide openings in Iowa, taken from the employers' own careers sites. Free, stop anytime.
Only job openings in your inbox. Leave anytime with one click.
Where the hospice aide jobs are in Iowa
Towns with the most open jobs in this occupation. A town with a page lists every care job open there, by occupation.
What hospice aides earn in Iowa
The hourly pay open jobs here post, beside what BLS measured people employed in the occupation earned in the state and its metro areas.
Posted on open jobs in Iowa
Too few open jobs here post an hourly rate for a typical range (it takes eight from three employers).
Measured by BLS in Iowa, May 2025
Median for home health and personal care aides, against $17.21 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, national, opens in a new tab) for the whole US; 25,800 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Iowa, opens in a new tab) employed in Iowa. BLS does not measure specialties: these are the figures for home health aides.
By metro area
- Omaha, NE-IA$17.52/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Omaha, NE-IA, opens in a new tab) · 7,480 (source: BLS OEWS, Omaha, NE-IA, opens in a new tab) employed
- Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$17.48/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA, opens in a new tab) · 6,210 (source: BLS OEWS, Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA, opens in a new tab) employed
- Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$16.52/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL, opens in a new tab) · 2,280 (source: BLS OEWS, Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL, opens in a new tab) employed
- Cedar Rapids, IA$17.00/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Cedar Rapids, IA, opens in a new tab) · 2,260 (source: BLS OEWS, Cedar Rapids, IA, opens in a new tab) employed
- Iowa City, IA$17.13/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Iowa City, IA, opens in a new tab) · 1,780 (source: BLS OEWS, Iowa City, IA, opens in a new tab) employed
- Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$17.55/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, opens in a new tab) · 1,320 (source: BLS OEWS, Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA, opens in a new tab) employed
- Sioux City, IA-NE-SD$17.59/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Sioux City, IA-NE-SD, opens in a new tab) · 1,230 (source: BLS OEWS, Sioux City, IA-NE-SD, opens in a new tab) employed
- Dubuque, IA$18.31/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Dubuque, IA, opens in a new tab) · 1,020 (source: BLS OEWS, Dubuque, IA, opens in a new tab) employed
- Ames, IA$17.14/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Ames, IA, opens in a new tab) · 700 (source: BLS OEWS, Ames, IA, opens in a new tab) employed
BLS OEWS May 2025 metropolitan area estimates for Home Health and Personal Care Aides; areas that cross a state line list every state.
Employers hiring hospice aides in Iowa
- UnityPoint Health3 open in Iowa
- Compassus2 open in Iowa
- Trinity Health1 open in Iowa
What the job takes
Home health aide or nursing assistant training and a competency test.
License
Home health aide training and competency test (75 hours)
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; run by states and agencies. Required at Medicare-certified home health agencies
Official page
Hospice aide jobs in Iowa: common questions
How much do hospice aides make in Iowa?
Too few open hospice aide jobs in Iowa post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $17.34/hr ($36,080 a year) for home health and personal care aides in Iowa (May 2025), against $17.21 nationally, 25th highest of 52 states and territories. BLS does not measure specialties: these are the figures for home health aides.
Where in Iowa are the most hospice aide jobs?
Cedar Rapids (1), Davenport (1), Des Moines (1), Waterloo (1) and West Des Moines (1). A job open in several towns counts in each.
Who is hiring hospice aides in Iowa?
By open jobs on this board: UnityPoint Health (3), Compassus (2) and Trinity Health (1). In all, 3 employers have hospice aide jobs open in Iowa.
What do you need to work as a hospice aide in Iowa?
Home health aide or nursing assistant training and a competency test. Home health aide training and competency test (75 hours) (Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; run by states and agencies; required at Medicare-certified home health agencies). Where a license is state-issued, it comes from Iowa's own board, unless a multistate compact covers it.
How current are these jobs?
CareJobs.Now reads each employer's own job board every night; a job stays listed while the employer keeps it posted, and each opens the employer's own application.
Keep exploring
Hospice aide jobs in other states
Other Caregivers occupations in Iowa
Sources and method
- CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs in Iowa, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 23, 2026
- BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides (SOC 31-1120), every state, published May 15, 2026
- BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides, national, published May 15, 2026
- BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026
- Home health aide training and competency test (75 hours): Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services; run by states and agencies
Cite this page
CareJobs.Now. (2026). Hospice aide jobs in Iowa. Data as of October 23, 2026. https://carejobs.now/occupations/hospice-aide/iowa