Home Health and Personal Care Aides Salary in Missouri

Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Missouri have a median of $33,080 a year, below the national $35,800 (−8%); the state ranks 36th of 51 states by median. That is 31% less than the median across all occupations in Missouri ($47,800). Among neighbouring states, Illinois, Kentucky, Nebraska and Iowa pay more (up to $38,060 in Illinois) and Tennessee, Kansas, Oklahoma and Arkansas pay less (down to $27,660 in Arkansas). Missouri employs 94,810 home health and personal care aides, 32.3 per 1,000 jobs, the 12th largest count of any state. A location quotient of 1.17 is close to the national share.

Missouri vs the United States, May 2025

Home Health and Personal Care Aides: wage percentiles, mean, employment, jobs per 1,000 and location quotient in Missouri and nationally, May 2025
AreaBasisPercentile wageMeanEmploymentJobs per 1,000Location quotient
10th25thMedian75th90th
MissouriHourly$13.75$13.75$15.90$17.82$20.87$16.3694,81032.291.17
Annual$28,600$28,600$33,080$37,060$43,410$34,020
United StatesHourly$13.00$15.35$17.21$18.98$21.65$17.364,305,810––
Annual$27,040$31,920$35,800$39,470$45,040$36,120
$0$20k$40k$60k10th10th: $28,600$28,60025th25th: $28,600$28,600MedianMedian: $33,080$33,08075th75th: $37,060$37,06090th90th: $43,410$43,410US median
Missouri annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.
Rank by median
36th of 51 states
Rank by employment
12th of 51 states
Location quotient
1.17
Jobs per 1,000
32.29

Ranks count the 50 states and DC with a published value. The location quotient is the occupation's share of Missouri's employment divided by its national share; 1.00 means the same share as the nation. Take-home pay at these wages: FastCalc's take-home pay calculator.

Metropolitan areas in Missouri

8 metropolitan areas and 4 nonmetropolitan areas touching Missouri publish a row for home health and personal care aides, sorted by median. Areas crossing a state line are listed under every state they touch; a linked metro has its own profile.

AreaMedian hourlyMedian annual10th pct (annual)90th pct (annual)EmploymentJobs per 1,000Location quotient
Columbia, MO$17.72$36,860$28,600$45,2803,00027.881.01
Joplin, MO-KS$16.73$34,800$28,660$45,2702,05023.490.85
St. Louis, MO-IL$16.58$34,490$28,600$42,72044,20032.951.19
Cape Girardeau, MO-IL$16.32$33,940$28,600$38,0101,54034.431.24
Kansas City, MO-KS$15.76$32,780$28,600$44,42020,87019.040.69
Springfield, MO$15.48$32,190$29,290$45,1907,06031.671.14
Jefferson City, MO$15.30$31,830$28,600$39,9501,17014.570.53
St. Joseph, MO-KS$15.03$31,250$28,740$45,4701,76032.341.17
Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area$17.00$35,370$28,870$41,3405,11032.991.19
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$16.68$34,690$29,430$42,7603,14029.551.07
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$15.84$32,940$28,600$47,6302,02025.450.92
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$14.83$30,840$28,600$38,00012,04073.192.64

Neighbouring states

StateMedian hourlyMedian annualEmploymentLocation quotient
Missouri$15.90$33,08094,8101.17
Arkansas$13.30$27,66019,8400.55
Iowa$17.34$36,08025,8000.60
Illinois$18.30$38,060134,1000.79
Kansas$15.03$31,26025,3500.64
Kentucky$17.52$36,44031,2600.56
Nebraska$17.38$36,15013,6600.48
Oklahoma$13.32$27,71020,3100.43
Tennessee$15.45$32,13035,9500.40

See the national page for Home Health and Personal Care Aides (every state ranked) and the Missouri wage profile (every occupation in the state).

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Missouri estimates.

  • Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
  • Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.