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Home Health and Personal Care Aides salary in San Francisco, CA

The median home health and personal care aides in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA earns $35,950 a year, about the same as the US median. After tax that is roughly $2,379 a month.

10th percentile
$35,950
25th percentile
$35,950
Median percentile
$35,950
75th percentile
$38,800
90th percentile
$44,820

Based on 119,120 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

$28,549 take-home a year
Gross pay$35,950
Federal income tax−$2,134
Social Security + Medicare−$2,750
California income tax (approx.)−$2,517
Monthly take-home$2,379
Every two weeks$1,098

Does it go far here?

$31,095Median pay in San Francisco, CA is worth this at average US prices (local price level 115.6 vs 100).
104%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($2,474 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in San Francisco, CA

JobMedian pay
Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers$374,680
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary$357,220
Family Medicine Physicians$304,560
Physicians, All Other$294,360
Chief Executives$288,690
Computer and Information Systems Managers$232,890
Natural Sciences Managers$225,230
Architectural and Engineering Managers$221,580

All home health and personal care aides salaries · Take-home pay in California