Home health aide salary in Wisconsin
Open home health aide jobs in Wisconsin post a median of $18.50 an hour, the middle half $17–$21.50 (about $38,500 a year full time), $0.50 below the national posted median. From 9 jobs at 8 employers that state their pay.
- 25th percentile$17/hr
- Median (50th)$18.50/hr
- 75th percentile$21.50/hr
- Distinct posted rates9
- Jobs stating an hourly rate9
- Employers8
The median is the middle of the 9 distinct rates they post, and the middle half, $17–$21.50 an hour, runs from their 25th percentile to their 75th: half of the rates fall between them. Each range counts at its midpoint, and a job posted many times at one rate counts once, so no employer's posting volume sets the figure.
- 25th percentile$17/hr
- Median (50th)$18.50/hr
- 75th percentile$21.50/hr
- Distinct posted rates9
- Jobs stating an hourly rate9
- Employers8
The median is the middle of the 9 distinct rates they post, and the middle half, $17–$21.50 an hour, runs from their 25th percentile to their 75th: half of the rates fall between them. Each range counts at its midpoint, and a job posted many times at one rate counts once, so no employer's posting volume sets the figure.
- Median posted per hour$18.50
- Hours in a full-time year2,080
- A year, full time$38,500
40 hours a week for 52 weeks, to the nearest $100. An estimate from the hourly rate: no job states it.
- 10th percentile$13.47/hr
- 25th percentile$14.69/hr
- Median$17.47/hr
- 75th percentile$18.49/hr
- 90th percentile$20.59/hr
- People employed in it82,430
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (SOC 31-1120), all industries, Wisconsin: the hourly wages BLS measured people employed in it earn, not read from open jobs. Measured and published by BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, Wisconsin).
The jobs themselves: Home health aide jobs in Wisconsin · Home health aide pay nationwide
What home health aides are paid in Wisconsin
Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).
Median $18.50 an hour. Middle half $17 to $21.50. Point at a bar for its count. Tap a bar for its count.
Posted on open jobs in Wisconsin
Middle half of 9 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $18.50. 56% of the 16 open home health aide jobs in Wisconsin state an hourly rate.
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Home health aide pay by employer in Wisconsin
What each employer posts for home health aides here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.
Median of each employer's jobs in Wisconsin (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 Wisconsin
The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.
$20.80–$31.20/hr- $20.00–$25.00/hr
$18–$25/hr- $16–$25/hr
$17–$20/hr
$16.50–$20/hr
$16.50–$17.50/hr
$16.86/hr- $16.50/hr
What BLS measures in Wisconsin
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.
| BLS occupation | 10th pct | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct | 90th pct | Employed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides (31-1120) | $13.47 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides) | $14.69 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides) | $17.47 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides) | $18.49 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides) | $20.59 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides) | 82,430 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides) |
BLS median by metro area
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$18.68/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI)
- Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$17.80/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI)
- Madison, WI$17.89/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Madison, WI)
- Duluth, MN-WI$17.50/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Duluth, MN-WI)
- Green Bay, WI$17.18/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Green Bay, WI)
- Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI$17.19/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI)
- Eau Claire, WI$16.51/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Eau Claire, WI)
- Appleton, WI$17.79/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Appleton, WI)
Home health aide salary in Wisconsin: common questions
How much does a home health aide make in Wisconsin?
Open home health aide jobs in Wisconsin that state an hourly rate post a median of $18.50, the middle half $17–$21.50 (9 jobs from 8 employers). Full time that is about $38,500 a year. BLS measured a median of $17.47/hr ($36,340 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Wisconsin (May 2025).
How does Wisconsin compare with the rest of the country?
The posted median in Wisconsin ($18.50) is $0.50 below the national posted median of $19. In the BLS survey Wisconsin ranks 23 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 16 open home health aide jobs in Wisconsin (56%) 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
Sources and method
- CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 6 Nov 2026
- BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides (SOC 31-1120), every state, published 15 May 2026
- BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides, national, published 15 May 2026
- BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides by metropolitan area, published 15 May 2026
Cite this page
CareJobs.Now. (2026). Home health aide salary in Wisconsin. Data as of 6 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/home-health-aide/wisconsin