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Home health aide salary in Illinois

Open home health aide jobs in Illinois post a median of $19 an hour, the middle half $17.50–$19 (about $39,500 a year full time), the same as the national posted median. From 9 jobs at 8 employers that state their pay.

$19
Median posted /hr
$17.50–$19
Middle half /hr
$39,500
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$18.30
BLS median in IL
May 2025

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

What home health aides are paid in Illinois

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

Median $19 an hour. Middle half $17.50 to $19. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted hourly rates of 9 open jobs in Illinois. Lowest posted $15, highest $35.

Posted on open jobs in Illinois

$17.50–$19/hr

Middle half of 9 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $19. 26% of the 34 open home health aide jobs in Illinois state an hourly rate.

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Home health aide pay by town in Illinois

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

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Chicago$20$18–$353 (3)

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 Illinois

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

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Interim HealthCare of Southern Illinois$17.50$17–$182
Reliable Home Care Providers$35$351
Humility Healthcare$20$19–$211
Always Best Care Senior Services$19$191
Interim Healthcare of Downstate Illinois$19$17–$211
Proctor Place$19$191
Rincon Family Services$18$181
Giving Home Health Care$17.50$15–$201

Median of each employer's jobs in Illinois (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 Illinois

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

What BLS measures in Illinois

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, Illinois. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (31-1120)$16.44 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$17.70 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$18.30 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$18.61 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$20.43 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)134,100 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Home health aide salary in Illinois: common questions

How much does a home health aide make in Illinois?

Open home health aide jobs in Illinois that state an hourly rate post a median of $19, the middle half $17.50–$19 (9 jobs from 8 employers). Full time that is about $39,500 a year. BLS measured a median of $18.30/hr ($38,060 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Illinois (May 2025).

How does Illinois compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Illinois ($19) is the same as the national posted median of $19. In the BLS survey Illinois ranks 16 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: 9 of 34 open home health aide jobs in Illinois (26%) 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 →The Caregivers & Home Health Aides job market report →Posted pay against BLS wages →Illinois pay against its minimum wage →

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 29, 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

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Home health aide salary in Illinois. Data as of October 29, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/home-health-aide/illinois

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