How much do home health and personal care aides make in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

What the Home Health and Personal Care Aides median says in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Home Health and Personal Care Aides median in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA at $48,210 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 42660.

BLS lists 54,670 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 $49,500 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA's Home Health and Personal Care Aides median is 34.7% above 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 42660

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 31-1120 and area 42660. SOC 31-1120 names Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Area 42660 names Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 31-1120/42660 row has 54,670 wage and salary jobs. There are 26.21 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 0.95. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 31-1120/42660, the annual median is $48,210 per year, while the matching mean is $49,500 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 31-1120/42660 10th percentile: $44,190 per year.
• 31-1120/42660 25th percentile: $45,870 per year.
• 31-1120/42660 median: $48,210 per year.
• 31-1120/42660 75th percentile: $49,160 per year.
• 31-1120/42660 90th percentile: $54,980 per year.
• 31-1120/42660 employment RSE: 1.9%. Mean-wage RSE: 0.6%.
• 31-1120/42660 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 42660 facts behind this Home Health and Personal Care Aides page

Area 42660 reports 2,086,210 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $91,790. Its annual median is $72,610. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.5%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 31-1120 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA runs from $42,280 at the 10th percentile to $167,440 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $49,160. The median is $72,610. The 75th percentile is $112,650. 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 42660. They do not show related skills or a path into Home Health and Personal Care Aides.

• 1. Software Developers. Area: 42660. SOC: 15-1252. Jobs: 92,770. Yearly median: $167,280. Jobs per 1,000: 44.47. Location quotient: 4.1.
• 2. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 42660. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 49,190. Yearly median: $39,150. Jobs per 1,000: 23.58. Location quotient: 0.95.
• 3. Retail Salespersons. Area: 42660. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 46,620. Yearly median: $42,080. Jobs per 1,000: 22.35. Location quotient: 0.89.
• 4. Registered Nurses. Area: 42660. SOC: 29-1141. Jobs: 39,900. Yearly median: $128,260. Jobs per 1,000: 19.12. Location quotient: 0.88.
• 5. Business Operations Specialists, All Other. Area: 42660. SOC: 13-1199. Jobs: 38,800. Yearly median: $101,920. Jobs per 1,000: 18.6. Location quotient: 2.66.
• 6. Stockers and Order Fillers. Area: 42660. SOC: 53-7065. Jobs: 30,860. Yearly median: $46,830. Jobs per 1,000: 14.79. Location quotient: 0.81.

Read the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA wage ladder for Home Health and Personal Care Aides

The 10th percentile is $44,190 per year. The 25th percentile is $45,870 per year. The median is $48,210 per year. The 75th percentile is $49,160 per year. The 90th percentile is $54,980 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 $45,870 per year to $49,160 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $10,790. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA with its state and the U.S.

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a annual median of $48,210 per year. Washington has $47,730 per year. The U.S. row has $35,800 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 1.0% above Washington on the same published median. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 34.7% above 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA sits for Home Health and Personal Care Aides

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ranks 2 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 2 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.

• 1. Grants Pass, OR. The Home Health and Personal Care Aides median is $53,120 per year. BLS estimates 4,640 jobs. The location quotient is 5.48.
• 3. Longview-Kelso, WA. The Home Health and Personal Care Aides median is $47,840 per year. BLS estimates 1,780 jobs. The location quotient is 1.57.
• 4. Kennewick-Richland, WA. The Home Health and Personal Care Aides median is $47,810 per year. BLS estimates 4,800 jobs. The location quotient is 1.34.
• 5. Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA. The Home Health and Personal Care Aides median is $47,730 per year. BLS estimates 1,120 jobs. The location quotient is 0.79.

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. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA sits at $48,210 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 $4,910 above Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. BLS lists 4,640 jobs there, compared with 54,670 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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 $0 above Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. BLS lists 54,670 jobs there, compared with 54,670 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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 $370 below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. BLS lists 1,780 jobs there, compared with 54,670 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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 $400 below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. BLS lists 4,800 jobs there, compared with 54,670 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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 $480 below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. BLS lists 1,120 jobs there, compared with 54,670 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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 $510 below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. BLS lists 1,160 jobs there, compared with 54,670 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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 $800 below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. BLS lists 10,580 jobs there, compared with 54,670 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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 $1,230 below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. BLS lists 2,130 jobs there, compared with 54,670 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has 54,670. 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 590,030 jobs from Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Its median is $39,680 per year, or $8,530 below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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 330,860 jobs from Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Its median is $34,320 per year, or $13,890 below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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 103,610 jobs from Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Its median is $29,800 per year, or $18,410 below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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 64,450 jobs from Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Its median is $35,950 per year, or $12,260 below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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 53,850 jobs from Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Its median is $38,180 per year, or $10,030 below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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 48,090 jobs from Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Its median is $34,320 per year, or $13,890 below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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 38,890 jobs from Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Its median is $38,860 per year, or $9,350 below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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 17,750 jobs from Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Its median is $40,910 per year, or $7,300 below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has 0.95. 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 4.70 from Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. BLS lists 46,380 Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs and a median of $23,960 per year, or $24,250 below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA.
• 2. Grants Pass, OR has a location quotient of 5.48, a gap of 4.53 from Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. BLS lists 4,640 Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs and a median of $53,120 per year, or $4,910 above Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA.
• 3. Brownsville-Harlingen, TX has a location quotient of 5.04, a gap of 4.09 from Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. BLS lists 21,990 Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs and a median of $23,500 per year, or $24,710 below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA.
• 4. El Centro, CA has a location quotient of 4.42, a gap of 3.47 from Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. BLS lists 8,020 Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs and a median of $34,320 per year, or $13,890 below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA.
• 5. Las Cruces, NM has a location quotient of 2.9, a gap of 1.95 from Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. BLS lists 6,430 Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs and a median of $27,840 per year, or $20,370 below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA.
• 6. Springfield, MA has a location quotient of 2.84, a gap of 1.89 from Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. BLS lists 15,840 Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs and a median of $40,860 per year, or $7,350 below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA.
• 7. Redding, CA has a location quotient of 2.78, a gap of 1.83 from Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. BLS lists 5,500 Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs and a median of $34,320 per year, or $13,890 below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA.
• 8. Chico, CA has a location quotient of 2.74, a gap of 1.79 from Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. BLS lists 5,940 Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs and a median of $34,320 per year, or $13,890 below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA.

How common Home Health and Personal Care Aides is in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

BLS lists 54,670 Home Health and Personal Care Aides jobs in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. It also lists 26.21 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 0.95. 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 lower 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

The all-occupations median in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is $72,610 per year. The Home Health and Personal Care Aides median is $48,210 per year. Home Health and Personal Care Aides is 33.6% 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, SOC 53-7062, has a Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median of $47,740 per year. BLS lists 29,490 jobs and a location quotient of 0.75.
• 2. Cooks, Restaurant, SOC 35-2014, has a Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median of $47,730 per year. BLS lists 20,850 jobs and a location quotient of 1.1.
• 3. Security Guards, SOC 33-9032, has a Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median of $47,490 per year. BLS lists 17,030 jobs and a location quotient of 0.99.
• 4. Stockers and Order Fillers, SOC 53-7065, has a Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median of $46,830 per year. BLS lists 30,860 jobs and a location quotient of 0.81.
• 5. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners, SOC 37-2011, has a Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median of $46,490 per year. BLS lists 26,820 jobs and a location quotient of 0.9.
• 6. Nursing Assistants, SOC 31-1131, has a Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median of $51,990 per year. BLS lists 16,530 jobs and a location quotient of 0.85.
• 7. Cashiers, SOC 41-2011, has a Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median of $44,210 per year. BLS lists 30,470 jobs and a location quotient of 0.74.
• 8. Office Clerks, General, SOC 43-9061, has a Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median of $53,290 per year. BLS lists 27,460 jobs and a location quotient of 0.83.

The largest detailed roles in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

Software Developers is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA table, at 92,770 jobs. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 54,670 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 2,086,210. 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. Software Developers has 92,770 jobs in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, a gap of 38,100 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its median is $167,280 per year, or $119,070 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 4.1.
• 2. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 49,190 jobs in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, a gap of 5,480 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its median is $39,150 per year, or $9,060 below Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 0.95.
• 3. Retail Salespersons has 46,620 jobs in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, a gap of 8,050 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its median is $42,080 per year, or $6,130 below Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 0.89.
• 4. Registered Nurses has 39,900 jobs in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, a gap of 14,770 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its median is $128,260 per year, or $80,050 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 0.88.
• 5. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has 38,800 jobs in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, a gap of 15,870 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its median is $101,920 per year, or $53,710 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 2.66.
• 6. Stockers and Order Fillers has 30,860 jobs in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, a gap of 23,810 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its median is $46,830 per year, or $1,380 below Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 0.81.
• 7. Cashiers has 30,470 jobs in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, a gap of 24,200 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its median is $44,210 per year, or $4,000 below Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 0.74.
• 8. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 29,490 jobs in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, a gap of 25,180 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its median is $47,740 per year, or $470 below Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 0.75.

Published role medians around Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

Software Developers has the highest published median in the bounded Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA role table, at $167,280 per year. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has $48,210 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $72,610 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. Software Developers has a median of $167,280 per year in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, or $119,070 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 92,770 jobs, compared with 54,670 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 4.1.
• 2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $146,030 per year in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, or $97,820 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 29,370 jobs, compared with 54,670 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 0.62.
• 3. Computer Systems Analysts has a median of $133,690 per year in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, or $85,480 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 19,050 jobs, compared with 54,670 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 2.73.
• 4. Project Management Specialists has a median of $130,380 per year in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, or $82,170 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 26,910 jobs, compared with 54,670 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 1.88.
• 5. Registered Nurses has a median of $128,260 per year in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, or $80,050 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 39,900 jobs, compared with 54,670 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 0.88.
• 6. Management Analysts has a median of $126,340 per year in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, or $78,130 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 16,930 jobs, compared with 54,670 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 1.4.
• 7. Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists has a median of $102,170 per year in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, or $53,960 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 18,030 jobs, compared with 54,670 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 1.49.
• 8. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a median of $101,920 per year in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, or $53,710 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 38,800 jobs, compared with 54,670 for Home Health and Personal Care Aides. Its location quotient is 2.66.

Roles with the largest local share in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

Software Developers has the highest location quotient in the bounded Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA role table, at 4.1. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 0.95. 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. Software Developers has a location quotient of 4.1 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, a gap of 3.15 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 92,770 jobs and a median of $167,280 per year, or $119,070 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides.
• 2. Computer Systems Analysts has a location quotient of 2.73 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, a gap of 1.78 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 19,050 jobs and a median of $133,690 per year, or $85,480 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides.
• 3. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a location quotient of 2.66 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, a gap of 1.71 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 38,800 jobs and a median of $101,920 per year, or $53,710 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides.
• 4. Project Management Specialists has a location quotient of 1.88 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, a gap of 0.93 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 26,910 jobs and a median of $130,380 per year, or $82,170 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides.
• 5. Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists has a location quotient of 1.49 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, a gap of 0.54 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 18,030 jobs and a median of $102,170 per year, or $53,960 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides.
• 6. Management Analysts has a location quotient of 1.4 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, a gap of 0.45 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 16,930 jobs and a median of $126,340 per year, or $78,130 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides.
• 7. Accountants and Auditors has a location quotient of 1.14 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, a gap of 0.19 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 22,100 jobs and a median of $99,370 per year, or $51,160 above Home Health and Personal Care Aides.
• 8. Cooks, Restaurant has a location quotient of 1.1 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA, a gap of 0.15 from Home Health and Personal Care Aides. BLS lists 20,850 jobs and a median of $47,730 per year, or $480 below Home Health and Personal Care Aides.

What $48,210 may mean after the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 111.1. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 11.1% above that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $48,210 Home Health and Personal Care Aides median by 111.1 divided by 100. The result is $43,380 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 151.3. Goods are 104.0. Utilities are 92.8. Other services are 106.8. 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA row

The employment RSE for this Home Health and Personal Care Aides row is 1.9%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.6%. 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 54,670 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $49,500 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Home Health and Personal Care Aides. It uses a Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 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 $48,210 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 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA 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 54,670 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.95 is not a growth score. Rank 2 of 392 is not a place score. The 111.1 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 42660. 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.