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Caregiver supply vs. senior demand by metro

BLS OEWS publishes employment counts for home health and personal care aides (SOC 31-1120) at the metro level. Compared here to the sum of county-level seniors 65+ in each metro from Census ACS — a rough supply-vs-demand context ratio, not a headcount of every Bay Area caregiver.

  • Last verified 2026-06-20
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Metro Seniors 65+ (county sum) BLS aide employment Aides per 1,000 seniors BLS mean wage Source
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 979,456 119,120 121.6 $18.66/hr BLS OEWS + Census
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 273,921 49,610 181.1 $18.92/hr BLS OEWS + Census

Derived ratios combine independently sourced Census senior counts and CMS Medicare-certified agency counts (practice-address ZIP in each county — a geographic lower bound, not total agencies serving that county), plus BLS OEWS employment estimates at the metro level. They indicate relative context, not a forecast of agency profitability or staffing adequacy.

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