How much do Home Health and Personal Care Aides make in Burlington, NC?

Percentile spread

For Home Health and Personal Care Aides, the published 10th percentile is $24,620 and the 90th percentile is $37,930. The difference is $13,310, which is 43.8% 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 $28,920 to the 75th at $34,320, covers $5,400.

The mean annual wage is $32,000, which sits above the median of $30,420. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Burlington, NC median is 15% lower than the national median of $35,800 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. In 2024 national prices the local median is $32,641, which is 8.8% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.6% lower than the North Carolina median of $31,240.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Burlington, NC is 93.196, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $30,420 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $32,641 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

32 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Burlington, NC ranks 10th of 33 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).).

• Durham-Chapel Hill, NC is 17 miles away, with a median of $33,630 and employment of 2,840. That median is 10.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $34,467, against $32,641 here.
• Greensboro-High Point, NC is 22 miles away, with a median of $29,440 and employment of 4,620. That median is 3.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $31,702, against $32,641 here.
• Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC is 51 miles away, with a median of $28,850 and employment of 560. That median is 5.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $32,659, against $32,641 here.

Employment share

Home Health and Personal Care Aides accounts for 1.3% of wage-and-salary employment in Burlington, NC (870 of 67,830). Nationally the occupation is 2.8% of employment (4,305,810 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.46 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.