Home health attendant vs sitter

The differences between home health attendants and sitters can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a home health attendant has an average salary of $41,875, which is higher than the $28,724 average annual salary of a sitter.

The top three skills for a home health attendant include home health, patients and companionship. The most important skills for a sitter are patients, kids, and CPR.

Home health attendant vs sitter overview

	Home Health Attendant	Sitter
Yearly salary	$41,875	$28,724
Hourly rate	$20.13	$13.81
Growth rate	36%	36%
Number of jobs	163,246	85,152
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 30%	High School Diploma, 32%
Average age	50	48
Years of experience	-	-

Home health attendant vs sitter salary

Home health attendants and sitters have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Home Health Attendant	Sitter
Average salary	$41,875	$28,724
Salary range	Between $25,000 And $69,000	Between $20,000 And $39,000
Highest paying City	-	Fair Lawn, NJ
Highest paying state	-	Massachusetts
Best paying company	-	Southcoast Health
Best paying industry	-	Non Profits

Differences between home health attendant and sitter education

There are a few differences between a home health attendant and a sitter in terms of educational background:

	Home Health Attendant	Sitter
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 30%	High School Diploma, 32%
Most common major	Nursing	Nursing
Most common college	-	-

Home health attendant vs sitter demographics

Here are the differences between home health attendants' and sitters' demographics:

	Home Health Attendant	Sitter
Average age	50	48
Gender ratio	Male, 15.8% Female, 84.2%	Male, 13.9% Female, 86.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 24.0% Unknown, 5.4% Hispanic or Latino, 23.4% Asian, 10.5% White, 35.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.1%	Black or African American, 17.3% Unknown, 4.1% Hispanic or Latino, 15.5% Asian, 8.0% White, 54.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.9%
LGBT Percentage	5%	7%

Differences between home health attendant and sitter duties and responsibilities

Home health attendant example responsibilities.

Participate in treatment team and planning meetings to ensure clients receive medically necessary services within Medicaid guidelines.
Present peer to peer health education and provide administrative support to student health center including filing medical records using HIPPA compliant procedures

Sitter example responsibilities.

Run groceries or medical errands for patients.
Complete light housekeeping duties, such as dishes, folding laundry, buying groceries.
Help out with regular ADL's as well such as bathing, ambulating, eating, dressing, and exercise.
Assist with ADL's; bathing needs, food prep, exercise, drive and assist with appointments, light housekeeping
Provide colostomy care and administer medication for pain management in accordance with current physician recommendations.
Help nursing with flushing of catheters with certain residents.

Home health attendant vs sitter skills

Common home health attendant skills

Home Health, 40%
Patients, 12%
Companionship, 7%
Patient Care, 7%
Mental Health, 6%
Laundry Services, 5%

Common sitter skills

Patients, 26%
Kids, 20%
CPR, 13%
Patient Safety, 6%
Home Health, 5%
PET, 5%