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Home Health and Personal Care Aides Salary in Arkansas

The median annual wage for home health and personal care aides in Arkansas is $27,660 ($13.30 per hour) -22.7% vs. the national median of $35,800. Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025 estimates.

Median annual wage
$27,660
Mean annual wage
$28,100
Median hourly wage
$13.30
Employment in AR
19,840

19,840 employed · 15.2 per 1,000 jobs

Wage percentiles in Arkansas

Wage distribution for home health and personal care aides in Arkansas (OEWS May 2025).
PercentileAnnual wageHourly wage
10th percentile$23,940$11.51
25th percentile$26,230$12.61
Median (50th)$27,660$13.30
75th percentile$29,250$14.06
90th percentile$31,680$15.23

What this salary is worth in Arkansas

Cost-of-living adjusted salary
$31,816

Arkansas prices are 86.9 vs. U.S. average = 100 (BEA RPP, 2024)

Median rent burden
41.1%

Median gross rent in Arkansas: $947/mo (ACS 2020-2024). 30% of income = $692/mo

Est. affordable home price
$100,902

At 6.67% 30-yr rate (FRED, 2026-08), 20% down, 28% front-end DTI, 1.5%/yr taxes+insurance

For context, the median home value in Arkansas is $188,000 (ACS 2020-2024).

Estimates from documented formulas — see methodology. Not financial advice.

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About this data

  • Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — data period May 2025, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • Regional Price Parities — data period 2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates — data period 2020-2024, retrieved August 13, 2026.
  • Federal Reserve Economic Data — data period 2026-08, retrieved August 13, 2026.

Figures are shown exactly as published by the source or derived by the documented formulas on our methodology page. Where a source suppresses an estimate, we show “—” rather than a substitute value.