How much do home health and personal care aides make in Hanford-Corcoran, CA?

What the Home Health and Personal Care Aides median says in Hanford-Corcoran, CA

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Home Health and Personal Care Aides median in Hanford-Corcoran, CA at $34,320 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 31-1120 and BLS area 25260.

BLS lists 3,250 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $34,580 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Hanford-Corcoran, CA's Home Health and Personal Care Aides median is 4.1% below the U.S. Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.

Read source key 31-1120 with area 25260

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 31-1120 and area 25260. SOC 31-1120 names Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Area 25260 names Hanford-Corcoran, CA. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 31-1120/25260 row has 3,250 wage and salary jobs. There are 66.55 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 2.4. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 31-1120/25260, the annual median is $34,320 per year, while the matching mean is $34,580 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 31-1120/25260 10th percentile: $34,320 per year.
• 31-1120/25260 25th percentile: $34,320 per year.
• 31-1120/25260 median: $34,320 per year.
• 31-1120/25260 75th percentile: $34,320 per year.
• 31-1120/25260 90th percentile: $34,320 per year.
• 31-1120/25260 employment RSE: 0.5%. Mean-wage RSE: 0.1%.
• 31-1120/25260 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 25260 facts behind this Home Health and Personal Care Aides page

Area 25260 reports 48,820 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $64,230. Its annual median is $48,470. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.4%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 31-1120 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Hanford-Corcoran, CA runs from $34,390 at the 10th percentile to $113,660 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $36,720. The median is $48,470. The 75th percentile is $76,770. This is a place check, not a pay range for Home Health and Personal Care Aides.

The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 25260. They do not show related skills or a path into Home Health and Personal Care Aides.

• 1. Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse. Area: 25260. SOC: 45-2092. Jobs: 3,940. Yearly median: $35,890. Jobs per 1,000: 80.72. Location quotient: 47.27.
• 2. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 25260. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 1,610. Yearly median: $42,060. Jobs per 1,000: 33.06. Location quotient: 1.33.
• 3. Cashiers. Area: 25260. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 1,130. Yearly median: $35,420. Jobs per 1,000: 23.2. Location quotient: 1.17.
• 4. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary. Area: 25260. SOC: 25-9045. Jobs: 1,080. Yearly median: $45,780. Jobs per 1,000: 22.09. Location quotient: 2.42.
• 5. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education. Area: 25260. SOC: 25-2021. Jobs: 950. Yearly median: $98,470. Jobs per 1,000: 19.48. Location quotient: 2.18.
• 6. Retail Salespersons. Area: 25260. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 920. Yearly median: $37,900. Jobs per 1,000: 18.86. Location quotient: 0.75.

Read the Hanford-Corcoran, CA wage ladder for Home Health and Personal Care Aides

The 10th percentile is $34,320 per year. The 25th percentile is $34,320 per year. The median is $34,320 per year. The 75th percentile is $34,320 per year. The 90th percentile is $34,320 per year.

A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.

The middle half runs from $34,320 per year to $34,320 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $0. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Hanford-Corcoran, CA with its state and the U.S.

Hanford-Corcoran, CA has a annual median of $34,320 per year. California has $34,320 per year. The U.S. row has $35,800 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Hanford-Corcoran, CA and California have the same published median after rounding. Hanford-Corcoran, CA is 4.1% below the United States on the same published median. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.

The state and U.S. rows are benchmarks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.

Where Hanford-Corcoran, CA sits for Home Health and Personal Care Aides

Hanford-Corcoran, CA ranks 182 of 392 among metro areas with a published annual median for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 182 of 392 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.

The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.

• 179. Chico, CA. The Home Health and Personal Care Aides median is $34,320 per year. BLS estimates 5,940 jobs. The location quotient is 2.74.
• 180. El Centro, CA. The Home Health and Personal Care Aides median is $34,320 per year. BLS estimates 8,020 jobs. The location quotient is 4.42.
• 181. Fresno, CA. The Home Health and Personal Care Aides median is $34,320 per year. BLS estimates 33,580 jobs. The location quotient is 2.54.
• 183. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. The Home Health and Personal Care Aides median is $34,320 per year. BLS estimates 385,530 jobs. The location quotient is 2.22.
• 184. Merced, CA. The Home Health and Personal Care Aides median is $34,320 per year. BLS estimates 4,990 jobs. The location quotient is 2.27.
• 185. Modesto, CA. The Home Health and Personal Care Aides median is $34,320 per year. BLS estimates 9,160 jobs. The location quotient is 1.7.

Where Home Health and Personal Care Aides medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 31-1120, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. Grants Pass, OR has the highest published median in this set, at $53,120 per year. Hanford-Corcoran, CA sits at $34,320 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Home Health and Personal Care Aides is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.

Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.

• 1. Grants Pass, OR has a Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $53,120 per year, or $18,800 above Hanford-Corcoran, CA. BLS lists 4,640 jobs there, compared with 3,250 in Hanford-Corcoran, CA. The location quotient is 5.48.
• 2. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $48,210 per year, or $13,890 above Hanford-Corcoran, CA. BLS lists 54,670 jobs there, compared with 3,250 in Hanford-Corcoran, CA. The location quotient is 0.95.
• 3. Longview-Kelso, WA has a Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $47,840 per year, or $13,520 above Hanford-Corcoran, CA. BLS lists 1,780 jobs there, compared with 3,250 in Hanford-Corcoran, CA. The location quotient is 1.57.
• 4. Kennewick-Richland, WA has a Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $47,810 per year, or $13,490 above Hanford-Corcoran, CA. BLS lists 4,800 jobs there, compared with 3,250 in Hanford-Corcoran, CA. The location quotient is 1.34.
• 5. Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA has a Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $47,730 per year, or $13,410 above Hanford-Corcoran, CA. BLS lists 1,120 jobs there, compared with 3,250 in Hanford-Corcoran, CA. The location quotient is 0.79.
• 6. Walla Walla, WA has a Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $47,700 per year, or $13,380 above Hanford-Corcoran, CA. BLS lists 1,160 jobs there, compared with 3,250 in Hanford-Corcoran, CA. The location quotient is 1.61.
• 7. Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA has a Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $47,410 per year, or $13,090 above Hanford-Corcoran, CA. BLS lists 10,580 jobs there, compared with 3,250 in Hanford-Corcoran, CA. The location quotient is 1.49.
• 8. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA has a Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $46,980 per year, or $12,660 above Hanford-Corcoran, CA. BLS lists 2,130 jobs there, compared with 3,250 in Hanford-Corcoran, CA. The location quotient is 0.82.

Where BLS counts the most Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest published metro job estimate for Home Health and Personal Care Aides in this same-source set, at 644,700 jobs. Hanford-Corcoran, CA has 3,250. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.

A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.

Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.

• 1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 644,700 estimated Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs, a gap of 641,450 jobs from Hanford-Corcoran, CA. Its median is $39,680 per year, or $5,360 above Hanford-Corcoran, CA. Its location quotient is 2.45.
• 2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 385,530 estimated Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs, a gap of 382,280 jobs from Hanford-Corcoran, CA. Its median is $34,320 per year, or $0 above Hanford-Corcoran, CA. Its location quotient is 2.22.
• 3. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD has 158,280 estimated Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs, a gap of 155,030 jobs from Hanford-Corcoran, CA. Its median is $29,800 per year, or $4,520 below Hanford-Corcoran, CA. Its location quotient is 1.97.
• 4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has 119,120 estimated Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs, a gap of 115,870 jobs from Hanford-Corcoran, CA. Its median is $35,950 per year, or $1,630 above Hanford-Corcoran, CA. Its location quotient is 1.81.
• 5. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 108,520 estimated Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs, a gap of 105,270 jobs from Hanford-Corcoran, CA. Its median is $38,180 per year, or $3,860 above Hanford-Corcoran, CA. Its location quotient is 0.87.
• 6. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA has 102,760 estimated Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs, a gap of 99,510 jobs from Hanford-Corcoran, CA. Its median is $34,320 per year, or $0 above Hanford-Corcoran, CA. Its location quotient is 2.16.
• 7. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI has 93,560 estimated Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs, a gap of 90,310 jobs from Hanford-Corcoran, CA. Its median is $38,860 per year, or $4,540 above Hanford-Corcoran, CA. Its location quotient is 1.73.
• 8. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH has 72,420 estimated Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs, a gap of 69,170 jobs from Hanford-Corcoran, CA. Its median is $40,910 per year, or $6,590 above Hanford-Corcoran, CA. Its location quotient is 0.97.

Where Home Health and Personal Care Aides takes the largest share of local jobs

McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 5.65. Hanford-Corcoran, CA has 2.4. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.

A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.

Use this list to ask where Home Health and Personal Care Aides is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.

• 1. McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX has a location quotient of 5.65, a gap of 3.25 from Hanford-Corcoran, CA. BLS lists 46,380 Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs and a median of $23,960 per year, or $10,360 below Hanford-Corcoran, CA.
• 2. Grants Pass, OR has a location quotient of 5.48, a gap of 3.08 from Hanford-Corcoran, CA. BLS lists 4,640 Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs and a median of $53,120 per year, or $18,800 above Hanford-Corcoran, CA.
• 3. Brownsville-Harlingen, TX has a location quotient of 5.04, a gap of 2.64 from Hanford-Corcoran, CA. BLS lists 21,990 Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs and a median of $23,500 per year, or $10,820 below Hanford-Corcoran, CA.
• 4. El Centro, CA has a location quotient of 4.42, a gap of 2.02 from Hanford-Corcoran, CA. BLS lists 8,020 Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs and a median of $34,320 per year, or $0 above Hanford-Corcoran, CA.
• 5. Las Cruces, NM has a location quotient of 2.9, a gap of 0.50 from Hanford-Corcoran, CA. BLS lists 6,430 Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs and a median of $27,840 per year, or $6,480 below Hanford-Corcoran, CA.
• 6. Springfield, MA has a location quotient of 2.84, a gap of 0.44 from Hanford-Corcoran, CA. BLS lists 15,840 Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs and a median of $40,860 per year, or $6,540 above Hanford-Corcoran, CA.
• 7. Redding, CA has a location quotient of 2.78, a gap of 0.38 from Hanford-Corcoran, CA. BLS lists 5,500 Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs and a median of $34,320 per year, or $0 above Hanford-Corcoran, CA.
• 8. Chico, CA has a location quotient of 2.74, a gap of 0.34 from Hanford-Corcoran, CA. BLS lists 5,940 Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs and a median of $34,320 per year, or $0 above Hanford-Corcoran, CA.

How common Home Health and Personal Care Aides is in Hanford-Corcoran, CA

BLS lists 3,250 Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs in Hanford-Corcoran, CA. It also lists 66.55 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.

The location quotient is 2.4. A value of 1 means Home Health and Personal Care Aides has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is higher than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.

Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.

Home Health and Personal Care Aides beside other roles in Hanford-Corcoran, CA

The all-occupations median in Hanford-Corcoran, CA is $48,470 per year. The Home Health and Personal Care Aides median is $34,320 per year. Home Health and Personal Care Aides is 29.2% below the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.

The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Hanford-Corcoran, CA. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.

Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.

• 1. Waiters and Waitresses, SOC 35-3031, has a Hanford-Corcoran, CA median of $35,160 per year. BLS lists 380 jobs and a location quotient of 0.54.
• 2. Cashiers, SOC 41-2011, has a Hanford-Corcoran, CA median of $35,420 per year. BLS lists 1,130 jobs and a location quotient of 1.17.
• 3. Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse, SOC 45-2092, has a Hanford-Corcoran, CA median of $35,890 per year. BLS lists 3,940 jobs and a location quotient of 47.27.
• 4. Packers and Packagers, Hand, SOC 53-7064, has a Hanford-Corcoran, CA median of $35,940 per year. BLS lists 380 jobs and a location quotient of 2.17.
• 5. Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment, SOC 53-7061, has a Hanford-Corcoran, CA median of $37,650 per year. BLS lists 360 jobs and a location quotient of 3.04.
• 6. Retail Salespersons, SOC 41-2031, has a Hanford-Corcoran, CA median of $37,900 per year. BLS lists 920 jobs and a location quotient of 0.75.
• 7. Stockers and Order Fillers, SOC 53-7065, has a Hanford-Corcoran, CA median of $39,460 per year. BLS lists 720 jobs and a location quotient of 0.81.
• 8. Cooks, Fast Food, SOC 35-2011, has a Hanford-Corcoran, CA median of $41,280 per year. BLS lists 450 jobs and a location quotient of 2.23.

The largest detailed roles in Hanford-Corcoran, CA

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Hanford-Corcoran, CA table, at 3,940 jobs. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 3,250 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.

The all-occupations job count is 48,820. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.

A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Home Health and Personal Care Aides's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse has 3,940 jobs in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, a gap of 690 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its median is $35,890 per year, or $1,570 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 47.27.
• 2. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 1,610 jobs in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, a gap of 1,640 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its median is $42,060 per year, or $7,740 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 1.33.
• 3. Cashiers has 1,130 jobs in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, a gap of 2,120 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its median is $35,420 per year, or $1,100 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 1.17.
• 4. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary has 1,080 jobs in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, a gap of 2,170 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its median is $45,780 per year, or $11,460 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 2.42.
• 5. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has 950 jobs in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, a gap of 2,300 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its median is $98,470 per year, or $64,150 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 2.18.
• 6. Retail Salespersons has 920 jobs in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, a gap of 2,330 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its median is $37,900 per year, or $3,580 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 0.75.
• 7. Office Clerks, General has 910 jobs in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, a gap of 2,340 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its median is $46,820 per year, or $12,500 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 1.17.
• 8. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has 810 jobs in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, a gap of 2,440 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its median is $48,110 per year, or $13,790 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 1.25.

Published role medians around Hanford-Corcoran, CA

Registered Nurses has the highest published median in the bounded Hanford-Corcoran, CA role table, at $128,160 per year. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has $34,320 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $48,470 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.

The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.

• 1. Registered Nurses has a median of $128,160 per year in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, or $93,840 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 710 jobs, compared with 3,250 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 0.67.
• 2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $104,730 per year in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, or $70,410 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 490 jobs, compared with 3,250 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 0.44.
• 3. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a median of $102,010 per year in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, or $67,690 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 730 jobs, compared with 3,250 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 2.19.
• 4. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $98,470 per year in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, or $64,150 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 950 jobs, compared with 3,250 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 2.18.
• 5. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a median of $79,090 per year in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, or $44,770 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 290 jobs, compared with 3,250 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 0.85.
• 6. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a median of $77,650 per year in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, or $43,330 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 310 jobs, compared with 3,250 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 1.52.
• 7. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a median of $69,520 per year in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, or $35,200 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 370 jobs, compared with 3,250 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 0.83.
• 8. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General has a median of $59,200 per year in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, or $24,880 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 520 jobs, compared with 3,250 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 1.09.

Roles with the largest local share in Hanford-Corcoran, CA

Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse has the highest location quotient in the bounded Hanford-Corcoran, CA role table, at 47.27. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 2.4. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.

A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.

The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Home Health and Personal Care Aides with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse has a location quotient of 47.27 in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, a gap of 44.87 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 3,940 jobs and a median of $35,890 per year, or $1,570 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides.
• 2. Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment has a location quotient of 3.04 in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, a gap of 0.64 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 360 jobs and a median of $37,650 per year, or $3,330 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides.
• 3. Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders has a location quotient of 2.55 in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, a gap of 0.15 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 300 jobs and a median of $45,900 per year, or $11,580 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides.
• 4. Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary has a location quotient of 2.42 in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, a gap of 0.02 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 1,080 jobs and a median of $45,780 per year, or $11,460 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides.
• 5. Cooks, Fast Food has a location quotient of 2.23 in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, a gap of 0.17 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 450 jobs and a median of $41,280 per year, or $6,960 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides.
• 6. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a location quotient of 2.19 in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, a gap of 0.21 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 730 jobs and a median of $102,010 per year, or $67,690 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides.
• 7. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a location quotient of 2.18 in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, a gap of 0.22 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 950 jobs and a median of $98,470 per year, or $64,150 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides.
• 8. Packers and Packagers, Hand has a location quotient of 2.17 in Hanford-Corcoran, CA, a gap of 0.23 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 380 jobs and a median of $35,940 per year, or $1,620 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides.

What $34,320 may mean after the Hanford-Corcoran, CA price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Hanford-Corcoran, CA is 101.6. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 1.6% above that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $34,320 Home Health and Personal Care Aides median by 101.6 divided by 100. The result is $33,776 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.

Housing is 93.5. Goods are 105.2. Utilities are 157.4. Other services are 100.3. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.

How much care to use with the Hanford-Corcoran, CA row

The employment RSE for this Home Health and Personal Care Aides row is 0.5%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.1%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.

The employment RSE belongs to the 3,250 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $34,580 mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.

A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.

Use Hanford-Corcoran, CA wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Home Health and Personal Care Aides. It uses a Hanford-Corcoran, CA place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.

Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $34,320 BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.

Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.

What the Home Health and Personal Care Aides row for Hanford-Corcoran, CA does not claim

The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.

The 3,250 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 2.4 is not a growth score. Rank 182 of 392 is not a place score. The 101.6 price index is not a personal budget.

Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 31-1120 in BLS area 25260. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.