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Nursing Aides Salaries, Locations, and Schools



 

Employment Overview

If you add up all the nursing aides in the country you get a total of about 1,447,000. There has been a high unemployment rate for workers. An unfortunate 6% of employees were without jobs in 2006.

Flexibility

Nursing aides who work for themselves total about 2%. Government statistics report that 24% of workers are employed part-time.

Education

A postsecondary vocational award is often necessary for working in the field. About 7% of nursing aides have earned a degree. Some college, below a 4-year degree, is sufficient for 37% of workers. Employees with only a high school education represent about 55% of all.

Local Outlook

Nursing aides appear most common in Lewiston (Idaho), Kankakee (Illinois), and Lebanon (Pennsylvania), and least common in Jacksonville (North Carolina), Las Vegas (Nevada), and Raleigh (North Carolina). San Francisco (California), Nassau (New York), and Salinas (California) offer the highest pay. Albany (Georgia), McAllen (Texas), and Lafayette (Louisiana) offer the lowest salaries.

Detailed local employment conditions for Nursing Aides in metro areas across the US are shown in the table below.


Local Jobs Info for Nursing Aides

Employment info for Nursing Aides, by metropolitan area (for 2006). A Market Strength rating of 1.0 means the city (and surroundings) has an average number of workers in the occupation for to its population. A higher number indicates relatively more workers for the occupation in that location.

StateCity and SurroundingsMarket StrengthWorkersMedian Wage
AlabamaAnniston1.12470$21,000
AlabamaBirmingham0.964,890$21,000
AlabamaDecatur0.71330$19,000
AlabamaDothan2.981,730$20,000
AlabamaFlorence1.23550$18,000
AlabamaGadsden1.86500$20,000
AlabamaHuntsville0.761,440$19,000
AlabamaMobile0.881,490$20,000
AlabamaMontgomery0.831,320$20,000
AlabamaTuscaloosa1.591,160$20,000
AlaskaFairbanks0.88230$33,000
ArizonaFlagstaff0.74340$21,000
ArizonaPhoenix0.6412,210$24,000
ArizonaPrescott1.26710$24,000
ArizonaTucson1.274,670$22,000
ArizonaYuma0.97520$23,000
ArkansasFayetteville0.721,360$21,000
ArkansasFort Smith1.561,670$19,000
ArkansasHot Springs2.21670$19,000
ArkansasJonesboro1.48610$19,000
ArkansasLittle Rock1.544,970$21,000
ArkansasPine Bluff2.45710$19,000
CaliforniaBakersfield0.561,410$22,000
CaliforniaChico1.721,110$21,000
CaliforniaEl Centro0.49210$20,000
CaliforniaFresno0.762,420$24,000
CaliforniaHanford0.91250$23,000
CaliforniaLos Angeles0.7430,630$25,000
CaliforniaMadera1.56460$25,000
CaliforniaMerced0.92480$23,000
CaliforniaModesto1.111,720$24,000
CaliforniaNapa1.07590$28,000
CaliforniaOakland0.727,310$30,000
CaliforniaOxnard0.491,460$27,000
CaliforniaRedding0.79470$27,000
CaliforniaRiverside0.638,220$25,000
CaliforniaSacramento0.686,080$27,000
CaliforniaSalinas0.62890$33,000
CaliforniaSan Diego0.557,310$24,000
CaliforniaSan Francisco0.585,650$38,000
CaliforniaSan Jose0.615,470$33,000
CaliforniaSan Luis Obispo0.7670$24,000
CaliforniaSanta Ana0.467,030$25,000
CaliforniaSanta Barbara0.741,170$27,000
CaliforniaSanta Cruz0.82640$30,000
CaliforniaSanta Rosa0.711,300$32,000
CaliforniaStockton0.831,670$25,000
CaliforniaVallejo0.931,060$27,000
CaliforniaVisalia1.291,650$21,000
CaliforniaYuba City1.07370$25,000
ColoradoBoulder0.831,230$28,000
ColoradoColorado Springs0.832,030$25,000
ColoradoDenver0.627,670$27,000
ColoradoFort Collins0.91,030$25,000
ColoradoGrand Junction1.18600$25,000
ColoradoGreeley1.24840$25,000
ColoradoPueblo1.59720$23,000
ConnecticutBridgeport1.395,960$30,000
ConnecticutDanbury1.43890$28,000
ConnecticutHartford1.488,280$30,000
ConnecticutNew Haven1.754,690$28,000
ConnecticutNorwich1.361,540$29,000
ConnecticutWaterbury1.861,160$28,000
DelawareDover1.46720$27,000
DelawareWilmington1.34,140$27,000
District of ColumbiaWashington0.5512,610$27,000
FloridaCape Coral1.352,780$24,000
FloridaDeltona23,010$24,000
FloridaFort Lauderdale0.846,270$23,000
FloridaFort Walton Beach0.88630$23,000
FloridaGainesville1.541,580$23,000
FloridaJacksonville16,020$23,000
FloridaLakeland1.653,150$22,000
FloridaMiami1.0610,500$23,000
FloridaNaples1.071,290$23,000
FloridaOcala1.921,700$23,000
FloridaOrlando0.899,400$23,000
FloridaPalm Bay1.192,260$23,000
FloridaPanama City0.98610$21,000
FloridaPensacola1.251,840$23,000
FloridaPort St Lucie1.431,760$23,000
FloridaPunta Gorda2.74940$24,000
FloridaSarasota1.694,620$25,000
FloridaSebastian1.6660$23,000
FloridaTallahassee0.851,320$20,000
FloridaTampa1.1514,360$23,000
FloridaWest Palm Beach1.186,550$22,000
GeorgiaAlbany1.15600$16,000
GeorgiaAthens0.94630$20,000
GeorgiaAtlanta0.5713,630$22,000
GeorgiaAugusta1.573,060$21,000
GeorgiaColumbus1.351,380$19,000
GeorgiaDalton0.51360$21,000
GeorgiaGainesville1.08620$21,000
GeorgiaMacon1.381,250$18,000
GeorgiaRome2.78860$21,000
GeorgiaSavannah1.361,950$20,000
GeorgiaValdosta1.33570$19,000
GeorgiaWarner Robins1.37580$19,000
HawaiiHonolulu0.953,950$27,000
IdahoBoise0.922,390$24,000
IdahoCoeur Dalene0.94410$21,000
IdahoIdaho Falls1.13460$22,000
IdahoLewiston3.87670$21,000
IdahoPocatello1.52390$19,000
IllinoisBloomington1.18690$21,000
IllinoisChampaign0.86680$23,000
IllinoisChicago0.8632,840$24,000
IllinoisDecatur1.46580$23,000
IllinoisKankakee3.721,210$23,000
IllinoisPeoria1.712,670$24,000
IllinoisRockford1.211,710$22,000
IllinoisSpringfield1.361,270$29,000
IndianaAnderson2.24720$23,000
IndianaBloomington1.33820$23,000
IndianaColumbus1.15400$21,000
IndianaElkhart0.73880$24,000
IndianaEvansville1.32,150$23,000
IndianaFort Wayne1.052,150$23,000
IndianaGary0.942,550$23,000
IndianaIndianapolis0.877,590$26,000
IndianaKokomo1.18450$23,000
IndianaLafayette1.29860$23,000
IndianaMichigan City1.23450$23,000
IndianaMuncie1.99820$24,000
IndianaSouth Bend1.121,450$23,000
IndianaTerre Haute1.33800$21,000
IowaAmes1.09350$25,000
IowaCedar Rapids0.861,080$24,000
IowaDavenport1.041,770$23,000
IowaDes Moines0.983,060$25,000
IowaDubuque1.6740$23,000
IowaIowa City1.22750$24,000
IowaSioux City1.02640$22,000
IowaWaterloo1.581,160$23,000
KansasLawrence0.84310$23,000
KansasTopeka1.441,430$23,000
KansasWichita1.454,240$22,000
KentuckyBowling Green1.49720$20,000
KentuckyElizabethtown1.46540$20,000
KentuckyLexington1.022,380$24,000
KentuckyLouisville1.358,080$23,000
KentuckyOwensboro2.441,000$20,000
LouisianaAlexandria2.291,170$18,000
LouisianaBaton Rouge13,490$18,000
LouisianaHouma1.211,020$21,000
LouisianaLafayette1.351,720$16,000
LouisianaLake Charles1.521,200$16,000
LouisianaMonroe2.421,660$17,000
LouisianaNew Orleans0.974,760$20,000
LouisianaShreveport1.492,360$19,000
MaineBangor1.57890$23,000
MaineLewiston2.03850$24,000
MainePortland1.282,390$26,000
MarylandBaltimore1.3216,920$28,000
MarylandBethesda0.864,770$30,000
MarylandCumberland2.79820$24,000
MarylandHagerstown1.261,160$26,000
MarylandSalisbury1.77790$24,000
MassachusettsBarnstable Town1.811,650$28,000
MassachusettsBoston1.0918,490$29,000
MassachusettsBrockton1.581,250$28,000
MassachusettsFramingham1.151,720$29,000
MassachusettsHaverhill1.661,160$28,000
MassachusettsLawrence1.34690$27,000
MassachusettsLeominster1.32570$28,000
MassachusettsLowell1.621,770$27,000
MassachusettsLynn1.441,320$28,000
MassachusettsNew Bedford2.81,530$25,000
MassachusettsPittsfield2600$27,000
MassachusettsSpringfield1.44,090$26,000
MassachusettsTaunton1.1440$27,000
MassachusettsWorcester1.754,240$29,000
MichiganAnn Arbor1.472,380$27,000
MichiganBattle Creek1.81780$26,000
MichiganBay City2.48690$24,000
MichiganDetroit1.228,950$27,000
MichiganFlint1.191,600$24,000
MichiganGrand Rapids1.375,100$24,000
MichiganHolland1980$25,000
MichiganJackson2.281,090$25,000
MichiganKalamazoo1.672,210$24,000
MichiganLansing0.81,530$25,000
MichiganMonroe1.54510$24,000
MichiganMuskegon1.31710$26,000
MichiganNiles1.41750$25,000
MichiganSaginaw1.961,440$22,000
MichiganWarren0.8910,320$26,000
MinnesotaDuluth2.132,510$25,000
MinnesotaMinneapolis0.7814,120$29,000
MinnesotaRochester1.851,380$28,000
MinnesotaSt Cloud1.161,040$24,000
MississippiGulfport0.81780$24,000
MississippiHattiesburg1.82920$18,000
MississippiJackson1.453,520$19,000
MississippiPascagoula1.33490$18,000
MissouriColumbia1.16850$21,000
MissouriJefferson City1.34830$19,000
MissouriJoplin1.23860$20,000
MissouriKansas City1.0210,320$23,000
MissouriSpringfield1.572,890$20,000
MissouriSt Joseph1.77730$20,000
MissouriSt Louis1.1315,250$22,000
MontanaBillings1.391,010$21,000
MontanaGreat Falls1.51430$21,000
MontanaMissoula0.91420$21,000
NebraskaLincoln1.271,880$24,000
NebraskaOmaha1.125,010$24,000
NevadaCarson City1.05250$27,000
NevadaLas Vegas0.363,370$27,000
NevadaReno0.531,100$26,000
New HampshireManchester1.41,270$28,000
New HampshireNashua0.71910$26,000
New HampshirePortsmouth1.68850$31,000
New HampshireRochester0.93440$26,000
New JerseyAtlantic City1.622,110$26,000
New JerseyCamden1.367,140$26,000
New JerseyEdison1.1811,950$26,000
New JerseyNewark1.0310,260$26,000
New JerseyOcean City1.94670$26,000
New JerseyTrenton1.252,600$27,000
New JerseyVineland2.391,210$24,000
New MexicoAlbuquerque0.83,030$23,000
New MexicoFarmington0.95420$22,000
New MexicoLas Cruces1.47760$20,000
New MexicoSanta Fe0.64300$25,000
New YorkAlbany1.265,350$25,000
New YorkBinghamton1.291,300$25,000
New YorkBuffalo1.357,080$25,000
New YorkElmira1.84580$24,000
New YorkGlens Falls1.67730$28,000
New YorkIthaca0.87290$24,000
New YorkKingston1.13590$25,000
New YorkNassau1.1514,240$33,000
New YorkNew York1.0954,630$32,000
New YorkPoughkeepsie1.072,480$28,000
New YorkRochester1.175,770$24,000
New YorkSyracuse1.313,830$24,000
New YorkUtica2.512,950$21,000
North CarolinaAsheville0.58970$24,000
North CarolinaCharlotte0.463,940$23,000
North CarolinaDurham0.721,830$25,000
North CarolinaFayetteville0.7770$26,000
North CarolinaGreensboro0.511,840$23,000
North CarolinaHickory0.55860$22,000
North CarolinaJacksonville0.36120$22,000
North CarolinaRaleigh0.361,780$25,000
North CarolinaWilmington0.66880$23,000
North CarolinaWinston Salem0.691,430$24,000
North DakotaBismarck2.081,000$24,000
North DakotaFargo1.181,250$23,000
North DakotaGrand Forks2.24960$24,000
OhioAkron1.063,470$23,000
OhioCanton1.873,010$22,000
OhioCincinnati1.1812,030$24,000
OhioCleveland1.3814,590$24,000
OhioColumbus1.079,760$24,000
OhioDayton1.596,110$24,000
OhioLima2.151,010$21,000
OhioMansfield1.48670$21,000
OhioSandusky1.68490$25,000
OhioSpringfield2.831,180$22,000
OhioToledo1.645,150$24,000
OhioYoungstown1.653,790$22,000
OklahomaLawton1.69510$19,000
OklahomaOklahoma City1.055,820$20,000
OklahomaTulsa1.275,290$20,000
OregonBend0.44270$26,000
OregonCorvallis0.88220$23,000
OregonEugene0.931,300$24,000
OregonMedford0.95720$25,000
OregonPortland0.616,240$26,000
OregonSalem0.891,240$25,000
PennsylvaniaAllentown1.585,120$24,000
PennsylvaniaAltoona1.44770$23,000
PennsylvaniaErie1.531,850$23,000
PennsylvaniaHarrisburg1.093,150$25,000
PennsylvaniaJohnstown2.611,320$25,000
PennsylvaniaLancaster1.413,150$25,000
PennsylvaniaLebanon31,150$26,000
PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia1.2122,420$26,000
PennsylvaniaPittsburgh1.3214,910$23,000
PennsylvaniaReading1.362,100$25,000
PennsylvaniaScranton1.824,570$25,000
PennsylvaniaState College0.84440$21,000
PennsylvaniaWilliamsport1.78770$22,000
PennsylvaniaYork1.061,790$25,000
Rhode IslandProvidence1.699,690$27,000
South CarolinaAnderson1.16600$19,000
South CarolinaCharleston0.71,970$20,000
South CarolinaColumbia1.364,580$19,000
South CarolinaFlorence2.521,990$19,000
South CarolinaGreenville0.852,520$21,000
South CarolinaMyrtle Beach0.55600$20,000
South CarolinaSpartanburg1.141,300$22,000
South CarolinaSumter1.12320$20,000
South DakotaRapid City1.23660$22,000
South DakotaSioux Falls1.431,800$23,000
TennesseeChattanooga1.022,170$21,000
TennesseeClarksville1.37940$21,000
TennesseeCleveland1.87590$21,000
TennesseeJackson1.39650$20,000
TennesseeJohnson City2.191,490$21,000
TennesseeKingsport1.351,410$20,000
TennesseeKnoxville0.993,170$21,000
TennesseeMemphis1.056,540$22,000
TennesseeMorristown1.33530$19,000
TennesseeNashville0.937,040$24,000
TexasAbilene2.381,250$18,000
TexasAmarillo1.591,440$19,000
TexasAustin0.644,670$22,000
TexasBeaumont1.071,580$20,000
TexasBrownsville0.961,080$18,000
TexasCollege Station1.05740$20,000
TexasCorpus Christi0.741,200$20,000
TexasDallas0.7415,190$23,000
TexasEl Paso12,480$19,000
TexasFort Worth0.887,230$21,000
TexasHouston0.7318,160$23,000
TexasKilleen1.461,540$21,000
TexasLaredo0.76540$21,000
TexasLongview1.51,240$20,000
TexasLubbock1.751,860$19,000
TexasMcallen1.432,840$17,000
TexasMidland0.59320$19,000
TexasOdessa0.75350$19,000
TexasSan Angelo1.81590$20,000
TexasSan Antonio1.078,630$20,000
TexasSherman1.79600$19,000
TexasTexarkana1.5640$19,000
TexasTyler1.61,310$20,000
TexasVictoria1.9760$19,000
TexasWaco1.09960$22,000
TexasWichita Falls1.28620$20,000
UtahLogan1.62580$21,000
UtahOgden0.851,550$20,000
UtahProvo0.941,490$20,000
UtahSalt Lake City0.583,460$22,000
UtahSt George1.38580$20,000
VermontBurlington0.95960$26,000
VirginiaBlacksburg1.09530$21,000
VirginiaCharlottesville1.341,150$24,000
VirginiaDanville1.85550$23,000
VirginiaHarrisonburg1.32620$22,000
VirginiaLynchburg1.131,050$22,000
VirginiaRichmond0.895,300$23,000
VirginiaRoanoke1.442,150$22,000
VirginiaVirginia Beach0.987,320$21,000
VirginiaWinchester1.07490$23,000
WashingtonBellingham0.65460$22,000
WashingtonBremerton1.631,160$26,000
WashingtonKennewick0.88690$24,000
WashingtonLongview1.65460$23,000
WashingtonMount Vernon1.01370$25,000
WashingtonOlympia0.64550$24,000
WashingtonSeattle0.669,360$28,000
WashingtonSpokane1.012,000$22,000
WashingtonTacoma0.972,520$27,000
WashingtonWenatchee1.32450$24,000
WashingtonYakima1.34970$22,000
West VirginiaCharleston0.871,180$20,000
West VirginiaHuntington1.471,540$21,000
West VirginiaMorgantown1.99870$20,000
West VirginiaParkersburg21,220$18,000
West VirginiaWeirton2.74950$20,000
West VirginiaWheeling2.091,200$20,000
WisconsinAppleton1.061,130$26,000
WisconsinEau Claire1.821,220$25,000
WisconsinFond1.71610$24,000
WisconsinGreen Bay0.961,500$24,000
WisconsinJanesville1.54910$23,000
WisconsinLa Crosse1.761,110$25,000
WisconsinMadison1.133,580$27,000
WisconsinMilwaukee1.099,270$25,000
WisconsinOshkosh1.371,020$26,000
WisconsinRacine1.881,300$27,000
WisconsinSheboygan1.39690$25,000
WisconsinWausau1.4840$24,000
WyomingCasper1.94590$22,000
WyomingCheyenne1.5500$26,000

 

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