How much do Home Health and Personal Care Aides make in Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA?

Percentile spread

For Home Health and Personal Care Aides, the published 10th percentile is $39,360 and the 90th percentile is $48,380. The difference is $9,020, which is 18.9% 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 $44,730 to the 75th at $47,730, covers $3,000.

The mean annual wage is $47,200, which sits below the median of $47,730. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA median is 33.3% higher than the national median of $35,800 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. In 2024 national prices the local median is $45,958, which is 28.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Washington median of $47,730.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA is 103.855, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,730 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Home Health and Personal Care Aides at $45,958 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

13 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA ranks 4th of 14 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).).

• Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 75 miles away, with a median of $48,210 and employment of 54,670. That median is 1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $43,380, against $45,958 here.
• Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA is 87 miles away, with a median of $42,690 and employment of 1,200. That median is 10.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,672, against $45,958 here.
• Yakima, WA is 93 miles away, with a median of $44,490 and employment of 4,770. That median is 6.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $46,564, against $45,958 here.

Employment share

Home Health and Personal Care Aides accounts for 2.2% of wage-and-salary employment in Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA (1,120 of 51,220). Nationally the occupation is 2.8% of employment (4,305,810 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.79 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.