Home Health Aide Salary in Albuquerque, NM (2026)

What home health aide pay in Albuquerque really looks like

Home Health Aide pay in Albuquerque runs well below the national benchmark. The local median of about $14.51 an hour ($30,170 a year) lands $5,630 (16%) under the U.S. median of $35,800 — a gap wide enough that it should shape how you job-hunt here. Over a full year that is real money left on the table, and the spread between a bottom-of-market and a top-of-market home health aide role in Albuquerque can be larger than the gap to the national number itself, so comparing employers matters more than chasing the average.

Pay is tightly clustered here: the 25th-to-75th-percentile band runs just $28,280 to $34,060 (BLS). A narrow spread means the metro median is a dependable expectation rather than a midpoint between wildly different jobs — there is little room above it without a credential, a specialty, or a supervisory step, so the ladder up is about the role, not just the employer.

This is a substantial local market: BLS estimates roughly 16,860 home health aide jobs across the Albuquerque, NM metro area (a count of metro employment, not a survey of reported salaries). A deep employer base is good news for pay — it means more openings to compare side by side, more turnover creating vacancies, and more leverage to hold out for an employer at the top of the local range instead of settling for the first offer that lands.

Right now, Jobeezy is tracking 24 open home health aide jobs in Albuquerque against the BLS $30,170 benchmark — the live listings and the employers hiring are below, so you can see which openings actually clear the metro median before you apply.

Put it together and the picture for Albuquerque is concrete: a metro median of $30,170 with most home health aides landing between $28,280 and $34,060. The practical move is to aim for the upper half of that band. Jobeezy fit-scores local home health aide openings, surfaces the employers posting toward $34,060, and applies for you — so your time goes to the jobs that clear the Albuquerque median, not the ones that sit under it.

How we know this — Albuquerque sources

Wage figures for Home Health Aide in Albuquerque, NM are the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 estimate for the Albuquerque, NM metro area (MSA code 10740) (SOC 31-1120), released 2026-08-25. Suppressed cells are shown as an em dash, never a zero.

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Home Health Aide pay in Albuquerque, NM — common questions

How much does a Home Health Aide make in Albuquerque, NM?

The median Home Health Aide salary in Albuquerque, NM is $14.51/hour ($30,170/year) ($5,630 (16%) below the national median), with a typical range of $28,280–$34,060 (25th–75th percentile). Figures are BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-08-25.

Is Albuquerque a strong pay market for Home Health Aides?

At a $30,170 median, Albuquerque is $5,630 (16%) below the national median. The U.S. median is $35,800. Jobeezy shows you which local employers actually pay at the top of that band before you apply.

How can I earn more as a Home Health Aide in Albuquerque?

Target employers paying toward the $34,060 (75th-percentile) mark and anchor your negotiation to the BLS band. Jobeezy fit-scores Home Health Aide openings in Albuquerque and auto-applies, so you reach more high-paying employers fast.

How many Home Health Aides work in Albuquerque?

BLS estimates roughly 16,860 home health aide jobs across Albuquerque, NM (May 2025 metro employment — a count of jobs, not of salaries reported).