Home Health and Personal Care Aides Salary in Nebraska

At $36,150 a year, the median for home health and personal care aides in Nebraska is close to the national median of $35,800 (+1%); Nebraska ranks 24th of 51 states by median. That is 26% less than the median across all occupations in Nebraska ($48,980). Among neighbouring states, Colorado and South Dakota pay more (up to $38,540 in Colorado) and Iowa, Wyoming, Missouri and Kansas pay less (down to $31,260 in Kansas). Nebraska employs 13,660 home health and personal care aides, 13.3 per 1,000 jobs, the 40th largest count of any state. A location quotient of 0.48 means it is less common in Nebraska than nationally.

Nebraska vs the United States, May 2025

Home Health and Personal Care Aides: wage percentiles, mean, employment, jobs per 1,000 and location quotient in Nebraska and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Nebraska	Hourly	$14.74	$16.47	$17.38	$18.54	$21.00	$17.74	13,660	13.34	0.48
Nebraska	Annual	$30,670	$34,270	$36,150	$38,570	$43,680	$36,900	13,660	13.34	0.48
United States	Hourly	$13.00	$15.35	$17.21	$18.98	$21.65	$17.36	4,305,810	–	–
United States	Annual	$27,040	$31,920	$35,800	$39,470	$45,040	$36,120	4,305,810	–	–

Nebraska 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: 24th of 51 states
Rank by employment: 40th of 51 states
Location quotient: 0.48
Jobs per 1,000: 13.34

Ranks count the 50 states and DC with a published value. The location quotient is the occupation's share of Nebraska'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 Nebraska

4 metropolitan areas and 3 nonmetropolitan areas touching Nebraska 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.

Area	Median hourly	Median annual	10th pct (annual)	90th pct (annual)	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Grand Island, NE	$17.66	$36,730	$30,110	$41,130	320	8.02	0.29
Sioux City, IA-NE-SD	$17.59	$36,580	$29,830	$45,610	1,230	16.34	0.59
Omaha, NE-IA	$17.52	$36,450	$31,850	$44,630	7,480	15.01	0.54
Lincoln, NE	$17.07	$35,500	$30,160	$41,900	2,420	13.24	0.48
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	$17.33	$36,050	$30,510	$38,710	1,090	11.40	0.41
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	$17.21	$35,790	$31,860	$42,310	1,550	9.96	0.36
Northwest Nebraska nonmetropolitan area	$16.17	$33,640	$28,080	$39,030	780	19.82	0.72

Neighbouring states

State	Median hourly	Median annual	Employment	Location quotient
Nebraska	$17.38	$36,150	13,660	0.48
Colorado	$18.53	$38,540	44,650	0.56
Iowa	$17.34	$36,080	25,800	0.60
Kansas	$15.03	$31,260	25,350	0.64
Missouri	$15.90	$33,080	94,810	1.17
South Dakota	$18.15	$37,740	4,210	0.33
Wyoming	$15.96	$33,190	3,410	0.44

See the national page for Home Health and Personal Care Aides (every state ranked) and the Nebraska 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 Nebraska 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.