How much do Home Health and Personal Care Aides make in Jackson, TN?

Percentile spread

For Home Health and Personal Care Aides, the published 10th percentile is $28,030 and the 90th percentile is $36,170. The difference is $8,140, which is 26.2% 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 $29,800 to the 75th at $34,060, covers $4,260.

The mean annual wage is $31,730, which sits above the median of $31,120. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Jackson, TN median is 13.1% lower than the national median of $35,800 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. In 2024 national prices the local median is $36,388, which is 1.6% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.1% lower than the Tennessee median of $32,130.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Jackson, TN is 85.522, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $31,120 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $36,388 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

15 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Jackson, TN ranks 7th of 16 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).).

• Memphis, TN-MS-AR is 74 miles away, with a median of $30,900 and employment of 7,280. That median is 0.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,522, against $36,388 here.
• Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL is 93 miles away, with a median of $27,320 and employment of 620. That median is 12.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $32,211, against $36,388 here.
• Paducah, KY-IL is 93 miles away, with a median of $33,290 and employment of 730. That median is 7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,672, against $36,388 here.

Employment share

Home Health and Personal Care Aides accounts for 2.7% of wage-and-salary employment in Jackson, TN (2,280 of 84,530). Nationally the occupation is 2.8% of employment (4,305,810 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.97 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.