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Home Health and Personal Care Aides salary in Florida

SOC 31-1120 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median
$33,800
per year in Florida
Middle half
$31,540–$35,880
25th to 75th percentile
Employed
90,170
in Florida
Concentration
0.33×
share of workforce vs. U.S.

How local pay compares

Florida
$33,800
published median
United States
$35,800
5.6% below the national median
Rank among states and DC
33rd
51 with a published estimate

After local prices: the $33,800 median has purchasing power comparable to about $32,684 nationally. Florida's BEA regional price parity is 103.4 (2024).

What the local range looks like

The wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the darker section is the middle half, and the tick is the median for Florida.

$30,660$38,310

Getting in

Typical education to enter
High school diploma or equivalent
Related work experience
None
On-the-job training
Short-term on-the-job training

Narrow to a metro in Florida

Every linked area below has a published estimate for home health and personal care aides. Missing areas were withheld by BLS rather than measured at zero.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#Metro areaMedianCost of livingEmployedConcentrationvs. national
1North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL$35,400102.43,5300.38×
2Naples-Marco Island, FL$35,160103.21,5500.32×
3Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL$35,010102.33,1200.37×
4Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL$34,86097.07800.22×
5Punta Gorda, FL$34,500100.55500.34×
6Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL$34,440100.02,3900.35×
7Jacksonville, FL$34,38099.55,7400.27×
8Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$34,210100.913,1200.33×
9Port St. Lucie, FL$34,140100.22,1800.46×
10Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$34,11099.42,2200.36×
11Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$34,110101.48,2600.21×
12Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL$34,07098.38200.51×
13Wildwood-The Villages, FL$33,90085.44700.41×
14Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL$33,57097.12,2100.30×
15Gainesville, FL$33,32096.71,4300.34×
16Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL$33,18097.71,6700.32×
17Sebring, FL$32,94092.53200.41×
18Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$32,890114.228,3500.36×
19Tallahassee, FL$32,71093.91,9900.39×
20Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL$32,67097.35700.23×
21Homosassa Springs, FL$32,24093.54700.48×
22Ocala, FL$31,55095.21,3700.41×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where home health and personal care aides wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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