Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aides

This post summarizes key statistics on Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aides using nationally representative data. These statistics include education attainment distributions, income over the career, most common majors, and more.

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Income Over Career
Top Industries
Education Distribution
Top Majors
Weekly Hours Distribution

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Age	IncMed
20	16,981
25	26,877
30	29,171
35	29,320
40	30,898
45	32,094
50	32,412
55	32,007
60	31,764
65	28,089

EDUCATION	Share
Less Than High School Degree	11.1
High School Degree	35.7
Some College, No Degree	32.3
Associate's Degree	10.6
Bachelor's Degree	8.6
Master's Degree	1.3
Professional Degree (eg MD, PharmD, JD, etc)	0.3
PhD	0.1

Hours Worked	Share
0-20	13.60
20-39	33.70
39-41	39.50
41-50	7.30
50-60	3.10
More than 60	2.90

Income Over Career

This chart provides the median income by age for Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aides.

Ten Most Common Industries

Share	Income	Industry
36.10	24,718	Health services, n.e.c.
22.90	30,541	Nursing and personal care facilities
22.00	32,252	Hospitals
6.70	28,352	Residential care facilities, without nursing
5.30	25,517	Social services, n.e.c.
1.50	28,352	Personnel supply services
1.30	32,412	Offices and clinics of physicians
1.10	29,320	Administration of human resources programs
0.70	23,768	Private households
0.40	25,655	Elementary and secondary schools

This table highlights the top industries people working as Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aides work in, and how much they earn in each industry.

Education Distribution

This chart shows the maximal educational attainment of people working as Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aides. Its meant to give a sense of the credentials required to work in this Occupation.

Ten Most Common Majors

Share	Major	Median Income
89.70	No 4-Year Degree	28,352
1.80	Nursing	34,572
0.80	Psychology	27,009
0.70	Biology	28,098
0.40	General Education	36,650
0.40	Accounting	34,606
0.40	Business Management and Administration	28,089
0.20	Elementary Education	34,207
0.20	English Language and Literature	35,184
0.20	Physical Fitness, Parks, Recreation, and Leisure	28,352

This table highlights the top majors people working as Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aides received, and how earnings vary by major.

Weekly Hours Distribution

This chart shows the distribution of typical weekly work hours of people working as Nursing, Psychiatric, and Home Health Aides. Its meant to provide a sense of the work-life balance one should expect from this Occupation.

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