Mid-Level

Home Help Aide

Leaning closer to household help than clinical care, the Home Help Aide handles the practical work that makes someone's home livable — light cleaning, laundry, meal prep, shopping, errands, and the personal-care touches that get woven in when needed. Most clients are aging at home or living with disability.

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What it's like

What it's like to be a Home Help Aide

A typical visit tends to involve household tasks — tidying, vacuuming, dishes, laundry, basic meal prep — alongside whatever errands or grocery runs the client needs done. Personal care happens when needed but isn't usually the primary focus. Visits often run a few hours and stack across a service area.

Coordination tends to be with the client and family, sometimes a care coordinator, occasionally a visiting nurse if there's a clinical layer to the care. The work looks ordinary but matters disproportionately — a client whose home is unmanageable can lose independence quickly, and consistent help prevents that drift. Trust takes time to build.

People who tend to thrive here are organized, physically capable, friendly, and quietly attentive to the small details that make a home feel cared for. Pay tends to be modest and the work is undervalued. If you find meaning in someone keeping their home as a livable place because of the steady help you bring, the role can be quietly important in ways that don't announce themselves.

RelationshipsAbove avg
SupportModerate
AchievementLower
IndependenceLower
Working ConditionsLower
RecognitionLower
O*NET Work Values survey
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Career Paths

Where this role sits in the broader career landscape — and where it can take you.

$239K$179K$119K$60K$0KLower paying387 metro areas, sorted by salary level
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This level's estimated range
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1 BLS OEWS May 2024 covers all Home Help Aides (SOC 31-1121.00, 31-1122.00), not just this title · BEA RPP 2023
* Top salaries exceed this figure. BLS caps reported wages at ~$240K to protect individual privacy in high-earning roles.
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The Broader Landscape

Roles like this one sit within a broader occupational category. The numbers below reflect that full landscape — helpful for context, but your specific experience will depend on level, specialty, and where you work.

$26K–$44K
Salary Range
10th – 90th percentile
16.0M
U.S. Employment

How this category is changing

$74K$71K$68K$65K$62K201920202021202220232024$62K$74K
BLS OEWS May 2024 · BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034

Skills & Requirements

Service OrientationSocial PerceptivenessActive ListeningService OrientationSocial PerceptivenessActive ListeningCritical ThinkingReading ComprehensionCritical ThinkingMonitoring
O*NET OnLine · Bureau of Labor Statistics
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Federal data: BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (May 2024) · BLS Employment Projections · O*NET OnLine
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