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Home health aide salary in California

Open home health aide jobs in California post a median of $25.50 an hour, the middle half $22.75–$27.75 (about $53,000 a year full time), $5.50 above the national posted median. From 18 jobs at 12 employers that state their pay.

$25.50
Median posted /hr
$23–$28
Middle half /hr
$53,000
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$16.50
BLS median in CA
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Home health aide jobs in California · Home health aide pay nationwide

What home health aides are paid in California

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

Posted hourly rates of 18 open jobs in California. Lowest posted $17.80, highest $47.32.

Posted on open jobs in California

$22.75–$27.75/hr

Middle half of 15 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $25.50. 67% of the 27 open home health aide jobs in California state an hourly rate.

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Home health aide pay by town in California

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
San Francisco$27.50$23–$35.495 (4)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Home health aide pay by employer in California

What each employer posts for home health aides here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Institute on Aging$23.25$21–$244
Sutter Health$32$28.46–$45.513
By the Bay Health$28.75$26.30–$312
Montage Health$41.25$35.36–$47.321
Cornerstone Healthcare$27$26–$281
Suncrest Health Services$26.50$25–$281
Snowline Hospice of El Dorado$26$22–$301
Silverado$25.50$24–$271
VNA$25$251
Healthy At Home Caregivers$21.50$19–$241
Team Select Home Care$20.50$20–$211
All Ways Caring HomeCare$17.75$17.801

Median of each employer's jobs in California (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for home health aides nationwide when it has such a page.

Best-paid open home health aide jobs in California

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in California

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, California. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (31-1120)$16.50 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$16.50 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$16.50 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$17.57 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$18.87 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)970,150 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Home health aide salary in California: common questions

How much does a home health aide make in California?

Open home health aide jobs in California that state an hourly rate post a median of $25.50, the middle half $22.75–$27.75 (18 jobs from 12 employers). Full time that is about $53,000 a year. BLS measured a median of $16.50/hr ($34,320 a year) for people employed in the occupation in California (May 2025).

Which employers in California pay home health aides the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: Sutter Health ($32) and Institute on Aging ($23.25).

How does California compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in California ($25.50) is $5.50 above the national posted median of $20. In the BLS survey California ranks 31 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 18 of 27 open home health aide jobs in California (67%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Home health aide pay in other states

Home health aide salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides (SOC 31-1120), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Home health aide salary in California. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/home-health-aide/california

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