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Wages
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average direct-care workers earn between $7.91 and $9.20 per hour. For
those who worked full-time all year, the average incomes in 2003 were
$21,050 for nursing aides, orderlies and attendants; $19,180 for home
health aides; and $17,020 for personal attendants and home care aides.
But many direct-care workers - especially those in home care - cannot
piece together that many hours every week, so those numbers may overstate
what people earn during a year in these jobs.
For
charts of numbers of workers and their wages and benefits, click
here and choose the state you are interested in.
For
additional wage information about nursing assistants, click
here and choose the state you are interested in.
For
additional wage information about home health aides, click
here and choose the state you are interested in.
For
additional wage information about personal and home care aides, click
here and choose the state you are interested in.
For
more information about wages, click
here.
For a humorous look at how the American Idol panel might view the issue of wages for direct-care workers, check out American Worker.
Benefits
Many
employers offer health insurance benefits, but not all do, and
the premiums and co-pays are often too high for many eligible
workers. As a result, one-third of home care workers and a quarter
of nursing home workers do not have health insurance coverage.
For
more information about health insurance, click
here.
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