.Westend61/Getty Graphics. Women accounted for 87% of all home health and wellness assistants and 80% of individual care assistants in 2015, the Team of Work’s Agency of Labor Statistics mentioned Wednesday. Whereas workers in both parts support people along with tasks of everyday residing, home wellness aides focus on health and wellness and also personal care aides frequently help along with broader tasks, such as running tasks and also housekeeping tasks, the bureau indicated.
Aides more than likely are aged 25 to 54 years foreign employees make up 41.9% of home treatment aides and 27.2% of individual assistants, according to BLS. Over half of home health and wellness and also private treatment aides are actually white colored– 53.3% as well as 61.8%, specifically. Black laborers make up 29.8% of the home health and wellness labor force and also 25.3% of individual care assistants.
Asians make up a little percentage of workers in both line of work: 14% of home health assistants and also 19% of personal treatment assistants, the bureau claimed. The record also went over the variety of home health and personal care assistants through state. New york city has a high number of home wellness and also private treatment assistants compared to the national average.
In May 2023, 60 away from every 1,000 jobs in New york city resided in the home health and wellness and individual aide line of work compared to the national average of 24 away from every 1,000 work. Various other states with higher shares of home health and wellness and individual treatment aides were The golden state (44 every 1,000 work), New Mexico (43 per 1,000 work) and also Minnesota (39 every 1,000 projects). Through contrast, home health as well as private care assistants made up 8 out of every 1,000 work in Florida, South Dakota and also Utah..
The estimations do certainly not consist of self-employed workers, the BLS kept in mind.