Home help aide vs sitter

The differences between home help aides and sitters can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. Additionally, a sitter has an average salary of $28,724, 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 sitter are patients, kids, and CPR.

Home help aide vs sitter overview

	Home Help Aide	Sitter
Yearly salary	$27,834	$28,724
Hourly rate	$13.38	$13.81
Growth rate	36%	36%
Number of jobs	104,792	85,152
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	High School Diploma, 32%	High School Diploma, 32%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	-	-

Home help aide vs sitter salary

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

	Home Help Aide	Sitter
Average salary	$27,834	$28,724
Salary range	Between $21,000 And $36,000	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 help aide and sitter education

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

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

Home help aide vs sitter demographics

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

	Home Help Aide	Sitter
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 23.6% Female, 76.4%	Male, 13.9% Female, 86.1%
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, 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	7%	7%

Differences between home help aide and sitter 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.

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 help aide vs sitter skills

Common home help aide skills

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

Common sitter skills

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