Home Care Nurse Salary in the United States

How much does a Home Care Nurse make in the United States?

As of January 01, 2026, the average salary for a Home Care Nurse in the United States is $94,138 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $45.

However, a Home Care Nurse's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

  • Top Earners (90th percentile): $109,269
  • Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $84,849 to $102,058
  • Entry-Level (10th percentile): $76,392
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Home Care Nurse Salaries by Percentile

Annual
Salary
Monthly
Pay
Weekly
Pay
Hourly
Wage
75th Percentile $102,058 $8,505 $1,963 $49
Average $94,138 $7,845 $1,810 $45
25th Percentile $84,849 $7,071 $1,632 $41
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Key Factors That Influence Home Care Nurse Salaries

A Home Care Nurse's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Home Care Nurse Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of a Home Care Nurse's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

  • Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $92,590
  • Early Career (1-2 years): $93,235
  • Mid-Level (2-4 years): $93,880
  • Senior-Level (5-8 years): $97,292
  • Expert (over 8 years): $99,549
Levels Salary
Entry Level Home Care Nurse$92,590
Intermediate Level Home Care Nurse$93,235
Senior Level Home Care Nurse$93,880
Specialist Level Home Care Nurse$97,292
Expert Level Home Care Nurse$99,549
$92,590 0 yr
$93,235 < 2 yrs
$93,880 2-4 yrs
$97,292 5-8 yrs
$99,549 > 8 yrs
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Top Paying Cities for Home Care Nurses

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

  • San Jose: $118,736
  • San Francisco: $117,569
  • Oakland: $114,961

What Skills Can Increase a Home Care Nurse's Salary?

Demanded Skills for the Role:

  • Leadership (Mentioned in 5.16% Job Postings): Knowledge of and ability to employ effective strategies that motivate and guide other members within our business to achieve optimum results.
  • Acute Care (Mentioned in 2.95% Job Postings): Acute care is a branch of secondary health care where a patient receives active but short-term treatment for a severe injury or episode of illness, an urgent medical condition, or during recovery from surgery. In medical terms, care for acute health conditions is the opposite from chronic care, or longer term care. Acute care services are generally delivered by teams of health care professionals from a range of medical and surgical specialties. Acute care may require a stay in a hospital emergency department, ambulatory surgery center, urgent care centre or other short-term stay facility, along with the assistance of diagnostic services, surgery, or follow-up outpatient care in the community. Hospital-based acute inpatient care typically has the goal of discharging patients as soon as they are deemed healthy and stable. Acute care settings include emergency department, intensive care, coronary care, cardiology, neonatal intensive care, and many general areas where the patient could become acutely unwell and require stabilization and transfer to another higher dependency unit for further treatment.
  • Home Care (Mentioned in 2.1% Job Postings): Homecare is health care or supportive care provided by a professional caregiver in the individual home where the patient or client is living, as opposed to care provided in group accommodations like clinics or nursing home.
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Skills Demand Percentage
Leadership 5.16%
Acute Care 2.95%
Home Care 2.1%
What skills can make your compensation higher?
Mastering certain specialized skills can lead to a significant increase in pay. Here are examples of skills and the potential impact they can have on a Home Care Nurse's salary.
  • Innovation: Can increase your salary by up to 7%.
  • Communication Skills: Can increase your salary by up to 5%.
  • Accountability: Can increase your salary by up to 4%.
Skill Salary Salary % Increase
Innovation
$100,727
7%
Communication Skills
$98,845
5%
Accountability
$97,903
4%
Effective Communication
$97,903
4%
Pediatric
$97,903
4%
Infection Control
$96,962
3%
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Home Care Nurse Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Home Care Nurse's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on January 01, 2026

Salary Trends for Home Care Nurse

Salaries for a Home Care Nurse can change over time, reflecting shifts in market demand and the overall economy. The median salary decreased from $91,298 in 2023 to around $88,833 in 2025, reflecting changes in demand, location, experience, and the wider economy. For a detailed analysis of Home Care Nurse salary trends, .

Average Annual Salary of Home Care Nurse Over Time

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2023
$91,298
2024
$89,511
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$88,833
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2023 $91,298
2024 $89,511
2025 $88,833
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