Home Health and Personal Care Aides pay in Madison
$37,480avg. a year
$18.02 an hour · 8,360 employed
Home Health and Personal Care Aides in the Madison, WI metro area earn an average of $37,480 a year. That is $2,110 (6%) more than the Wisconsin average of $35,370. The U.S. average is $36,120.
$37,220Median pay
$18.02Average hourly
+6%vs. Wisconsin average
8,360Jobs in this metro
Other Wisconsin metro areas
Average pay for home health and personal care aides in other Wisconsin metro areas. Swipe to see all 14.
193,560 jobs
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
$40,250
$19.35 an hour
25,660 jobs
Duluth, MN-WI
$37,330
$17.95 an hour
31,200 jobs
Sheboygan, WI
$36,900
$17.74 an hour
42,820 jobs
Appleton, WI
$36,500
$17.55 an hour
52,130 jobs
La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN
$36,420
$17.51 an hour
61,600 jobs
Janesville-Beloit, WI
$35,510
$17.07 an hour
730,090 jobs
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI
$35,180
$16.91 an hour
81,330 jobs
Wausau, WI
$35,130
$16.89 an hour
91,540 jobs
Kenosha, WI
$35,000
$16.83 an hour
103,210 jobs
Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI
$34,860
$16.76 an hour
113,540 jobs
Green Bay, WI
$34,630
$16.65 an hour
122,890 jobs
Eau Claire, WI
$34,530
$16.60 an hour
132,210 jobs
Oshkosh-Neenah, WI
$33,680
$16.19 an hour
14940 jobs
Fond du Lac, WI
$33,100
$15.91 an hour
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How Madison compares
Pay range: metro vs. state vs. U.S.
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Questions and answers
How much do home health and personal care aides make in Madison?
The average is $37,480 a year, and the median is $37,220. About 8,360 people work in this job in the metro area.
Is that more than the Wisconsin average?
That is $2,110 (6%) more than the Wisconsin average of $35,370.
Is this job common in Madison?
It makes up 20.5 of every 1,000 jobs in the metro area, 0.74 times the national share.
Sources and notes. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025, occupation code 31-1120. Metro area: Madison, WI metropolitan statistical area (BLS area code 31540). Wages are gross pay before taxes and don't include overtime premiums, tips, bonuses or benefits; self-employed workers aren't included. How we use the data. JobPayFacts isn't affiliated with BLS.