Home help aide vs nurses' aide

The differences between home help aides and nurses' aides can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a nurses' aide has an average salary of $30,496, which is higher than the $27,834 average annual salary of a home help aide.

The top three skills for a home help aide include companionship, patients and laundry services. The most important skills for a nurses' aide are patients, vital signs, and electrocardiogram.

Home help aide vs nurses' aide overview

	Home Help Aide	Nurses' Aide
Yearly salary	$27,834	$30,496
Hourly rate	$13.38	$14.66
Growth rate	36%	9%
Number of jobs	104,792	157,723
Job satisfaction	-	4.5
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 32%	High School Diploma, 30%
Average age	48	42
Years of experience	-	3

Home help aide vs nurses' aide salary

Home help aides and nurses' aides have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Home Help Aide	Nurses' Aide
Average salary	$27,834	$30,496
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $36,000	Between $23,000 And $39,000
Highest paying City	-	Urban Honolulu, HI
Highest paying state	-	Hawaii
Best paying company	-	University of California, Berkeley
Best paying industry	-	Health Care

Differences between home help aide and nurses' aide education

There are a few differences between a home help aide and a nurses' aide in terms of educational background:

	Home Help Aide	Nurses' Aide
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 32%	High School Diploma, 30%
Most common major	Business	Nursing
Most common college	-	-

Home help aide vs nurses' aide demographics

Here are the differences between home help aides' and nurses' aides' demographics:

	Home Help Aide	Nurses' Aide
Average age	48	42
Gender ratio	Male, 23.6% Female, 76.4%	Male, 13.2% Female, 86.8%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 11.2% Unknown, 4.2% Hispanic or Latino, 16.9% Asian, 8.2% White, 58.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%	Black or African American, 8.8% Unknown, 5.1% Hispanic or Latino, 13.3% Asian, 7.6% White, 64.1% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.0%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between home help aide and nurses' aide duties and responsibilities

Home help aide example responsibilities.

Provide companionship, run errands, and maintain confidentiality of proprietary information.
Assist clients with ADL's, and ROM exercises.
Help her take care of groceries.
Assist Alzheimer's client with transportation to and from appointments.
Assist clients with ADL's and proper positioning as needed to prevent skin breakdowns.
Perform light housekeeping duties, prepare snacks and meals, run errands such as grocery shopping and banking.

Nurses' aide example responsibilities.

Manage and schedule restorative nursing programs for patients to encourage further rehabilitation or maintenance of physical function.
Maintain current CPR and hospital policies, work with patients ranging from pediatrics to geriatrics on a daily basis.
Perform ADL's (activities of daily living) and direct care services to assign patients to ensure schedule appointments are met
Assist with patient transfer, ambulation, catheter care, vital signs, answering call lights, feeding, and shower.
Lead RCA that overlook on residents and supervise staff.
Perform housekeeping to maintain cleanliness of the facility or patient's residence.

Home help aide vs nurses' aide skills

Common home help aide skills

Companionship, 21%
Patients, 16%
Laundry Services, 16%
Meal Preparation, 7%
Doctor Appointments, 5%
Medication Reminders, 5%

Common nurses' aide skills

Patients, 27%
Vital Signs, 12%
Electrocardiogram, 8%
Compassion, 7%
Rehabilitation, 5%
Medical Equipment, 4%