Home help aide vs personal care worker

The differences between home help aides and personal care workers can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a personal care worker has an average salary of $29,490, 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 personal care worker are patients, home health, and good communication.

Home help aide vs personal care worker overview

	Home Help Aide	Personal Care Worker
Yearly salary	$27,834	$29,490
Hourly rate	$13.38	$14.18
Growth rate	36%	36%
Number of jobs	104,792	129,522
Job satisfaction	-	5
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 32%	High School Diploma, 36%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

Home help aide vs personal care worker salary

Home help aides and personal care workers have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Home Help Aide	Personal Care Worker
Average salary	$27,834	$29,490
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $36,000	Between $22,000 And $38,000
Highest paying City	-	Lynn, MA
Highest paying state	-	Massachusetts
Best paying company	-	Tyson Foods
Best paying industry	-	Professional

Differences between home help aide and personal care worker education

There are a few differences between a home help aide and a personal care worker in terms of educational background:

	Home Help Aide	Personal Care Worker
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 32%	High School Diploma, 36%
Most common major	Business	Nursing
Most common college	-	-

Home help aide vs personal care worker demographics

Here are the differences between home help aides' and personal care workers' demographics:

	Home Help Aide	Personal Care Worker
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 23.6% Female, 76.4%	Male, 16.4% Female, 83.6%
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, 8.4% Unknown, 4.5% Hispanic or Latino, 12.5% Asian, 10.2% White, 63.0% American Indian and Alaska Native, 1.3%
LGBT Percentage	7%	7%

Differences between home help aide and personal care worker 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.

Personal care worker example responsibilities.

Manage provider network to include verifying claims and benefits for healthcare providers/members and insurance companies.
Assist in transfers using a gate belt or a hoyer lift.
Use a Hoyer lift to transport patient out of bed to their wheel chair
Perform light maintance which include switching window screens and storm windows, installing and removing air conditioning units.
Care for mentally and physically disable individuals, bathing, feeding, house cleaning duties, tolieting, medicines, CPR certify
Travele to different client homes to assist with ADL's i.e., laundry, bathing, grooming, cleaning, etc.

Home help aide vs personal care worker skills

Common home help aide skills

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

Common personal care worker skills

Patients, 24%
Home Health, 20%
Good Communication, 13%
In-Home Care, 12%
Companionship, 5%
Patient Care, 2%