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Home Health and Personal Care Aides pay in Utah and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Home Health and Personal Care Aides is $35,880 per year in Utah. It is $47,730 per year in Washington. Utah is 24.8% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 31-1120 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 17,130 wage and salary jobs in Utah and 103,260 in Washington. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings