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Caregiver Benefits
Pay gets a caregiver's attention — the benefits close the hire. What agencies are actually offering right now, read monthly from their own job ads, metro by metro.
Headline numbers
Ads offering paid time off
29.4%as of Sep 2026
across every tracked metro
HomecareHQ analysis of agency job ads
Agency job ads this window
7,484
deduped, agencies only — a hiring-demand signal
3,461 of them disclosed pay
Metros tracked
100
refreshed monthly, expanding
new metros appear here automatically
States covered
42
metro data rolled up to the state level
weighted by each metro's ad count
Benefits by state
Share of agency job ads mentioning each benefit, combining every tracked metro in the state (weighted by ad count). Click a state for its full pay page.
| Arkansas | 16 | 18.8% | 18.8% | 31.2% | 68.8% | 6.2% | 0.0% | 33.3% |
| Iowa | 19 | 5.3% | 26.3% | 26.3% | 84.2% | 63.2% | 0.0% | 47.1% |
| South Dakota | 25 | 20.0% | 36.0% | 52.0% | 52.0% | 32.0% | 0.0% | 50.0% |
| Utah | 36 | 44.4% | 25.0% | 38.9% | 33.3% | 13.9% | 5.6% | 64.5% |
| Alabama | 38 | 44.7% | 47.4% | 26.3% | 71.1% | 18.4% | 0.0% | 21.7% |
| Kansas | 39 | 30.8% | 23.1% | 23.1% | 38.5% | 41.0% | 17.9% | 17.6% |
| Nevada | 41 | 41.5% | 24.4% | 36.6% | 51.2% | 24.4% | 0.0% | 34.3% |
| Rhode Island | 42 | 23.8% | 28.6% | 40.5% | 52.4% | 26.2% | 0.0% | 27.3% |
| District of Columbia | 49 | 24.5% | 22.4% | 22.4% | 53.1% | 18.4% | 2.0% | 44.7% |
| Illinois | 63 | 65.1% | 57.1% | 23.8% | 84.1% | 46.0% | 1.6% | 25.0% |
| Oklahoma | 66 | 18.2% | 18.2% | 21.2% | 48.5% | 51.5% | 6.1% | 31.1% |
| Mississippi | 80 | 25.0% | 26.2% | 7.5% | 53.8% | 13.8% | 0.0% | 36.5% |
| Maryland | 83 | 16.9% | 18.1% | 43.4% | 65.1% | 26.5% | 1.2% | 39.3% |
| Michigan | 90 | 27.8% | 44.5% | 22.2% | 68.9% | 38.9% | 5.5% | 30.6% |
| Kentucky | 94 | 46.9% | 33.0% | 26.6% | 43.6% | 24.5% | 0.0% | 37.6% |
| Idaho | 98 | 24.5% | 42.9% | 25.5% | 66.3% | 24.5% | 4.1% | 55.1% |
| New Mexico | 101 | 16.8% | 21.8% | 22.7% | 42.6% | 35.6% | 1.0% | 12.3% |
| Colorado | 104 | 33.6% | 26.9% | 24.0% | 54.8% | 22.1% | 0.9% | 32.0% |
| Maine | 109 | 27.5% | 24.8% | 26.6% | 57.8% | 33.0% | 1.8% | 40.0% |
| Georgia | 111 | 24.3% | 14.4% | 18.0% | 61.3% | 17.1% | 3.6% | 32.0% |
| Minnesota | 123 | 48.8% | 14.7% | 47.2% | 56.9% | 33.3% | 0.0% | 35.5% |
| Wisconsin | 124 | 28.2% | 48.4% | 45.9% | 74.2% | 37.1% | 1.6% | 41.4% |
| Arizona | 140 | 44.3% | 17.1% | 19.3% | 47.1% | 44.3% | 3.6% | 30.7% |
| Virginia | 141 | 10.6% | 9.2% | 14.9% | 48.3% | 32.6% | 2.1% | 27.6% |
| Missouri | 145 | 37.2% | 40.7% | 17.9% | 60.7% | 29.7% | 7.6% | 36.6% |
| New Jersey | 168 | 26.2% | 31.0% | 33.3% | 76.2% | 25.0% | 8.3% | 34.7% |
| Nebraska | 176 | 19.3% | 26.7% | 35.2% | 64.2% | 34.1% | 1.1% | 43.5% |
| South Carolina | 205 | 18.6% | 14.2% | 12.7% | 52.7% | 16.1% | 1.5% | 31.8% |
| Louisiana | 227 | 36.1% | 34.4% | 20.2% | 59.0% | 26.0% | 1.3% | 18.9% |
| Indiana | 230 | 19.6% | 27.4% | 28.3% | 68.3% | 32.6% | 1.3% | 31.4% |
| North Carolina | 243 | 27.2% | 12.8% | 20.2% | 62.1% | 23.9% | 0.8% | 42.2% |
| Washington | 254 | 44.1% | 48.0% | 56.7% | 70.9% | 28.3% | 0.8% | 34.9% |
| Connecticut | 283 | 24.4% | 27.2% | 30.4% | 56.9% | 21.2% | 5.0% | 26.0% |
| Massachusetts | 291 | 27.5% | 46.7% | 48.8% | 78.7% | 23.0% | 1.7% | 28.9% |
| Ohio | 346 | 37.9% | 30.3% | 30.0% | 62.7% | 26.3% | 1.7% | 26.7% |
| Oregon | 351 | 30.7% | 26.5% | 34.8% | 64.9% | 31.6% | 3.1% | 30.9% |
| New York | 352 | 52.8% | 53.7% | 15.3% | 45.7% | 8.5% | 4.2% | 22.6% |
| Tennessee | 354 | 35.3% | 35.9% | 24.9% | 63.6% | 20.4% | 4.3% | 35.9% |
| California | 377 | 21.7% | 28.4% | 36.1% | 66.6% | 40.9% | 1.9% | 30.2% |
| Texas | 510 | 18.6% | 26.7% | 13.3% | 67.8% | 29.4% | 4.1% | 54.7% |
| Pennsylvania | 545 | 45.3% | 31.9% | 18.2% | 57.6% | 12.1% | 3.1% | 31.3% |
| Florida | 595 | 7.9% | 16.1% | 17.5% | 63.7% | 11.6% | 1.3% | 35.7% |
Metro by metro
Pick your state or search for your metro — coverage grows every month, and new markets show up here automatically.
showing the 6 busiest of 100 tracked metros
Indianapolis-Carmel-Anderson, IN
HomecareHQ analysis$16.50/hrtypical advertised payas of Sep 2026
most ads: $16.00/hr – $18.00/hr
from the 67 of 169 agency ads that disclosed pay · Aug 12 – Sep 11, 2026Benefits mentioned · % of 169 agency ads
- Flexible schedule73.4%
- Paid training33.7%
- 401(k)32.0%
- Weekly pay30.2%
- Health insurance26.0%
- Mileage24.3%
- Dental14.8%
- Paid time off14.2%
+5 more benefits tracked
Hiring incentives
Sign-on bonus 1.2%Referral bonus 19.5%Weekend differential 1.2%
169 agency job ads found this window — a read on hiring demand · 31.7% of ads are part-time roles
Trenton-Princeton, NJ
HomecareHQ analysis$20.50/hrtypical advertised payas of Sep 2026
most ads: $19.00/hr – $22.00/hr
from the 79 of 168 agency ads that disclosed pay · Aug 12 – Sep 11, 2026Benefits mentioned · % of 168 agency ads
- Flexible schedule76.2%
- 401(k)33.3%
- Health insurance31.0%
- Weekly pay26.8%
- Paid time off26.2%
- Paid training25.0%
- Dental24.4%
- Daily pay15.5%
+5 more benefits tracked
Hiring incentives
Sign-on bonus 8.3%Referral bonus 30.4%
168 agency job ads found this window — a read on hiring demand · 34.7% of ads are part-time roles
Salem, OR
HomecareHQ analysis$18.94/hrtypical advertised payas of Sep 2026
most ads: $16.50/hr – $20.19/hr
from the 60 of 161 agency ads that disclosed pay · Aug 12 – Sep 11, 2026Benefits mentioned · % of 161 agency ads
- Flexible schedule73.9%
- 401(k)37.9%
- Weekly pay34.2%
- Paid training30.4%
- Paid time off30.4%
- Health insurance29.2%
- Mileage24.8%
- Dental23.6%
+5 more benefits tracked
Hiring incentives
Sign-on bonus 3.1%Referral bonus 32.9%
161 agency job ads found this window — a read on hiring demand · 28.3% of ads are part-time roles
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
HomecareHQ analysis$20.00/hrtypical advertised payas of Sep 2026
most ads: $20.00/hr – $21.09/hr
from the 86 of 151 agency ads that disclosed pay · Aug 12 – Sep 11, 2026Benefits mentioned · % of 151 agency ads
- Paid time off53.0%
- Flexible schedule45.0%
- Health insurance45.0%
- Weekly pay41.1%
- Holiday pay23.8%
- 401(k)18.5%
- Daily pay17.2%
- Dental15.9%
+5 more benefits tracked
Hiring incentives
Sign-on bonus 4.6%Referral bonus 19.2%
151 agency job ads found this window — a read on hiring demand · 15.8% of ads are part-time roles
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA
HomecareHQ analysis$20.17/hrtypical advertised payas of Sep 2026
most ads: $17.99/hr – $22.00/hr
from the 62 of 145 agency ads that disclosed pay · Aug 12 – Sep 11, 2026Benefits mentioned · % of 145 agency ads
- Flexible schedule58.6%
- 401(k)35.9%
- Paid time off33.1%
- Paid training30.3%
- Health insurance26.2%
- Weekly pay24.1%
- Dental22.1%
- Mileage20.0%
+5 more benefits tracked
Hiring incentives
Sign-on bonus 3.4%Referral bonus 26.9%
145 agency job ads found this window — a read on hiring demand · 35.2% of ads are part-time roles
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
HomecareHQ analysis$19.00/hrtypical advertised payas of Sep 2026
most ads: $17.50/hr – $20.09/hr
from the 50 of 135 agency ads that disclosed pay · Aug 12 – Sep 11, 2026Benefits mentioned · % of 135 agency ads
- Flexible schedule61.5%
- Health insurance30.4%
- Dental25.9%
- 401(k)24.4%
- Paid time off24.4%
- Weekly pay20.7%
- Paid training18.5%
- Vision17.8%
+5 more benefits tracked
Hiring incentives
Sign-on bonus 7.4%Referral bonus 23.0%
135 agency job ads found this window — a read on hiring demand · 23.8% of ads are part-time roles
How we build the posting sample
Every month, for every tracked metro, we pull caregiver job ads posted in the last 30 days, matching the searches a real applicant would run: caregiver, home care aide, HHA, PCA home care, and CNA home care. Then we clean the pile:
- Duplicates go first. The same ad syndicated across job boards counts once.
- Only home care agencies stay. Hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living facilities, staffing registries, and consumer posts (families hiring directly) are removed — our classifier reads the full ad text, not just the employer name, so a facility's CNA ad never skews what home care agencies are offering.
- Every remaining ad counts toward the ad total (the hiring-demand signal) and the benefit percentages.
- Pay numbers use fewer ads on purpose. Advertised-pay stats can only come from ads that actually state a wage — roughly two thirds do, and we always show both counts ("from the 7 of 19 ads that disclosed pay").
Small markets get a "small sample" flag below 25 pay-disclosing ads, and we don't publish pay ranges at all below that bar — a shaky percentile would undermine every honest number around it. Posted wages are what agencies advertise to attract applicants — a fast-moving signal that runs ahead of the official surveys, not a substitute for them. Both live side by side on Caregiver Pay & Rates.
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