How much do Home Health and Personal Care Aides make in Lexington Park, MD?

Percentile spread

For Home Health and Personal Care Aides, the published 10th percentile is $31,270 and the 90th percentile is $45,890. The difference is $14,620, which is 36.5% 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 $36,130 to the 75th at $44,640, covers $8,510.

The mean annual wage is $40,880, which sits above the median of $40,070. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Lexington Park, MD median is 11.9% higher than the national median of $35,800 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. In 2024 national prices the local median is $39,768, which is 11.1% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 5.3% higher than the Maryland median of $38,040.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Lexington Park, MD is 100.760, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $40,070 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $39,768 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

31 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Lexington Park, MD ranks 1st of 32 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).).

• Salisbury, MD is 42 miles away, with a median of $37,570 and employment of 1,010. That median is 6.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,292, against $39,768 here.
• Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV is 63 miles away, with a median of $38,530 and employment of 50,450. That median is 3.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,386, against $39,768 here.
• Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 69 miles away, with a median of $37,640 and employment of 26,880. That median is 6.1% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $36,024, against $39,768 here.

Employment share

Home Health and Personal Care Aides accounts for 0.61% of wage-and-salary employment in Lexington Park, MD (430 of 70,650). Nationally the occupation is 2.8% of employment (4,305,810 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.22 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.