How much do Home Health and Personal Care Aides make in Bend, OR?

Percentile spread

For Home Health and Personal Care Aides, the published 10th percentile is $38,380 and the 90th percentile is $50,010. The difference is $11,630, which is 27.0% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $39,300 to the 75th at $46,760, covers $7,460.

The mean annual wage is $43,620, which sits above the median of $43,140. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Bend, OR median is 20.5% higher than the national median of $35,800 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. In 2024 national prices the local median is $41,638, which is 16.3% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.9% lower than the Oregon median of $44,410.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Bend, OR is 103.607, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $43,140 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $41,638 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Bend, OR ranks 9th of 12 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Albany, OR is 85 miles away, with a median of $42,120 and employment of 1,460. That median is 2.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,254, against $41,638 here.
• Eugene-Springfield, OR is 101 miles away, with a median of $40,690 and employment of 3,630. That median is 5.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,062, against $41,638 here.
• Salem, OR is 112 miles away, with a median of $45,200 and employment of 7,040. That median is 4.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,609, against $41,638 here.

Employment share

Home Health and Personal Care Aides accounts for 1.3% of wage-and-salary employment in Bend, OR (1,400 of 108,240). Nationally the occupation is 2.8% of employment (4,305,810 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.47 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.