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Home Health and Personal Care Aides salary in Houston, TX

The median home health and personal care aides in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX earns $23,440 a year, 35% below the US median. After tax that is roughly $1,743 a month.

10th percentile
$22,240
25th percentile
$22,710
Median percentile
$23,440
75th percentile
$27,780
90th percentile
$31,920

Based on 63,820 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$20,913 take-home a year
Gross pay$23,440
Federal income tax−$734
Social Security + Medicare−$1,793
Texas income tax (approx.)−$0
Monthly take-home$1,743
Every two weeks$804

Does it go far here?

$23,766Median pay in Houston, TX is worth this at average US prices (local price level 98.6 vs 100).
82%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,430 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Houston, TX

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$307,690
Physicians, All Other$292,490
Nurse Anesthetists$275,310
Chief Executives$275,270
General Internal Medicine Physicians$274,410
Anesthesiologists$210,230
Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers$174,490
Computer and Information Systems Managers$172,160

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