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Direct support professional pay at AbilityFirst

AbilityFirst posts $20 an hour for direct support professionals, a median of $20 across 8 open jobs that state their pay, $1 above the $19 other employers post. Read from AbilityFirst's own job board.

$20
Median posted /hr
$20
Lowest to highest /hr
$41,600
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$19
Other employers' median

The jobs themselves: AbilityFirst jobs · Direct support professional pay nationwide · About AbilityFirst

What direct support professionals are paid at AbilityFirst

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

The jobs here post rates too close together to chart: $20 an hour.

Posted on open jobs at AbilityFirst

$20/hr

Middle half of the employer's 8 jobs stating pay, median $20. 100% of the 8 open direct support professional jobs at AbilityFirst state an hourly rate.

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Every range AbilityFirst posts

Each distinct hourly range on its open jobs, with how many jobs post it. Pay differs by unit, shift and experience.

AbilityFirst direct support professional pay by state

StateMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
California$20$208

A state's name opens what every employer posts for direct support professionals there, when enough do.

Against other employers

AbilityFirst's own jobs beside every other employer's rates for direct support professionals (each of their advertised ranges once).

AbilityFirst

$20/hr median

Middle half $20, from 8 jobs stating pay.

161 other employers

$19/hr median

Middle half $17.25–$20.50, from 946 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open direct support professional jobs at AbilityFirst

Its open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight.

Direct support professional pay at AbilityFirst: common questions

How much does AbilityFirst pay direct support professionals?

AbilityFirst's open direct support professional jobs post $20 an hour, a median of $20 over 8 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Full time that is about $41,600 a year. Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does AbilityFirst pay direct support professionals more than other employers?

Its posted median ($20) is $1 above the median of 161 other employers' rates for direct support professionals ($19, middle half $17.25–$20.50). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 8 of 8 open direct support professional jobs at AbilityFirst (100%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Direct support professional pay at other employers

Direct support professional salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint, every job of the employer counted once. The other employers' figures count each of their advertised ranges once. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. An employer has a page while it states a rate on at least 5 open jobs in the occupation. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Direct support professional pay at AbilityFirst. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/direct-support-professional/abilityfirst

How the board counts