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Home Health and Personal Care Aides Salary in Texas

The median annual wage for home health and personal care aides in Texas is $24,230 ($11.65 per hour) -32.3% vs. the national median of $35,800. Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025 estimates.

Median annual wage
$24,230
Mean annual wage
$26,070
Median hourly wage
$11.65
Employment in TX
329,590

329,590 employed · 23.4 per 1,000 jobs

Wage percentiles in Texas

Wage distribution for home health and personal care aides in Texas (OEWS May 2025).
PercentileAnnual wageHourly wage
10th percentile$21,980$10.57
25th percentile$22,820$10.97
Median (50th)$24,230$11.65
75th percentile$27,520$13.23
90th percentile$31,560$15.17

What this salary is worth in Texas

Cost-of-living adjusted salary
$24,965

Texas prices are 97.1 vs. U.S. average = 100 (BEA RPP, 2024)

Median rent burden
69.5%

Median gross rent in Texas: $1,403/mo (ACS 2020-2024). 30% of income = $606/mo

Est. affordable home price
$88,389

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 Texas is $283,800 (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.