Personal Care Aides
Provide personalized assistance to individuals with disabilities or illness who require help with personal care and activities of daily living support (e.g., feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, and ambulation). May also provide help with tasks such as preparing meals, doing light housekeeping, and doing laundry. Work is performed in various settings depending on the needs of the care recipient and may include locations such as their home, place of work, out in the community, or at a daytime nonresidential facility.
$35,800 a year (for the broader BLS group this job sits in).
of the working time. Estimate.
- 17%
- 6%
- 77%
Anthropic's data does not cover this job.
On the chosen pace and reliability. Estimate.
Share of the working time within reach, now to 2030
What each choice means: , , , , . Every pace starts from .
At this date and pace, models finish tasks up to 4.4 h long four times in five.
How far this has come
With GPT-4, measured in March 2023, 0% of this job's working time was within reach at . With Claude 3.7 Sonnet, measured in February 2025, 1%. With Claude Mythos Preview (early), measured in April 2026, 17%. Today's estimate: 17%.
A backcast: today's task data with the best model METR had measured by each date. It shows how fast the models have moved, not what anyone forecast at the time.
The tasks
Sorted by . 11 tasks from .
| Task | Kind | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Care for individuals or families during periods of incapacitation, family disruption, or convalescence, providing companionship, personal care, or help in adjusting to new lifestyles.Done daily by most who do it. | 35% | 2.5 h50 min to 6.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Train family members to provide bedside care.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 11% | 1.3 h25 min to 2.5 h | Stays with people | |
| Administer bedside or personal care, such as ambulation or personal hygiene assistance.Done daily by most who do it. | 10% | 38 min17 min to 1.3 h | Stays with people | |
| Perform housekeeping duties, such as cooking, cleaning, washing clothes or dishes, or running errands.Done daily by most who do it. | 7% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | Stays with people | |
| Participate in case reviews, consulting with the team caring for the client, to evaluate the client's needs and plan for continuing services.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 7% | 50 min25 min to 1.7 h | 99%Half by now | |
| Instruct or advise clients on issues, such as household cleanliness, utilities, hygiene, nutrition, or infant care.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Plan, shop for, or prepare nutritious meals or assist families in planning, shopping for, or preparing nutritious meals.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 1.1 h25 min to 2.1 h | Stays with people | |
| Perform healthcare-related tasks, such as monitoring vital signs and medication, under the direction of registered nurses or physiotherapists.Done daily by most who do it. | 6% | 25 min13 min to 50 min | Stays with people | |
| Provide clients with communication assistance, typing their correspondence or obtaining information for them.Done daily by most who do it. AI observed on this task. | 5% | 21 min8 min to 50 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Prepare and maintain records of client progress and services performed, reporting changes in client condition to manager or supervisor.Done daily by most who do it. | 5% | 21 min8 min to 38 min | 100%Half by now | |
| Transport clients to locations outside the home, such as to physicians' offices or on outings, using a motor vehicle.Done more than weekly by most who do it. | 1% | 50 min25 min to 2.1 h | Stays with people |
Within reach, per task: the share of the task's time whose instances are short enough for a model to finish at the chosen date, pace and reliability. Half by: the date half of that time comes within reach.
Jobs that share skills with this one
From O*NET's related occupations. Within reach now and by the end of 2028, long-run pace, four in five.
Where this job works
The industry groups that employ the most of it (BLS, May 2025). Counts are for the broader BLS group this job sits in.
- Individual and Family Services2,312,380 people
- Home Health Care Services1,079,060 people
- Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability, Mental Health, and Substance Abuse Facilities321,290 people
- Continuing Care Retirement Communities and Assisted Living Facilities for the Elderly265,100 people
- Vocational Rehabilitation Services56,970 people
Where the most of these jobs are
The metro areas with the most people in it (BLS, May 2025). Counts are for the broader BLS group this job sits in.