How much do Home Health and Personal Care Aides make in Springfield, MA?

Percentile spread

For Home Health and Personal Care Aides, the published 10th percentile is $36,840 and the 90th percentile is $44,340. The difference is $7,500, which is 18.4% 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 $40,610 to the 75th at $40,940, covers $330.

The mean annual wage is $40,930, which sits above the median of $40,860. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Springfield, MA median is 14.1% higher than the national median of $35,800 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,535, which is 18.8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.1% lower than the Massachusetts median of $40,910.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Springfield, MA is 96.061, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $40,860 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $42,535 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

27 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Springfield, MA ranks 7th of 28 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).).

• Amherst Town-Northampton, MA is 14 miles away, with a median of $41,700 and employment of 2,350. That median is 2.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,599, against $42,535 here.
• Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 31 miles away, with a median of $39,620 and employment of 19,230. That median is 3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,561, against $42,535 here.
• Pittsfield, MA is 34 miles away, with a median of $40,160 and employment of 2,540. That median is 1.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,227, against $42,535 here.

Employment share

Home Health and Personal Care Aides accounts for 7.9% of wage-and-salary employment in Springfield, MA (15,840 of 201,240). Nationally the occupation is 2.8% of employment (4,305,810 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.84 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.