. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Jan 12.

Published in final edited form as: Med Care Res Rev. 2015 Jun 10;72(5):622–640. doi: 10.1177/1077558715588437

Table 3.

Projected Growth of the Home Care Industry by Occupation: Estimated Number of U.S. Home Care Workers in 2012 and 2022.

NAICS code	NAICS industry name	Estimated number of workers in 2012 and 2022 (in thousands)								Percent change from 2012 to 2022
		Home health aides (31-1011)^a		Personal care aides (39-9021)^a		Nursing assistants (31-1014)^a		Sum of workers in industry
		2012	2022	2012	2022	2012	2022	2012	2022
621600	Home health care services	323	537.3	298.6	496.7	64.6	112.6	686.2	1146.6	67.1%
624120	Services for the elderly and persons with disabilities	141.2	231.5	359	617.9	16.7	30.1	516.9	879.5	70.1%
561300	Employment services	28.7	36.6	27.9	35.6	37.6	47.9	94.2	120.1	27.5%
TE1110	Self-employed workers	19.4	32.1	70.4	120.9	30.6	50.6	120.4	203.6	69.1%
999200	State government, excluding education and hospitals	8.2	8.2	17.8	18	15.9	16	41.9	42.2	0.7%
999300	Local government, excluding education and hospitals	7.7	8.3	11.8	12.6	33.8	11.8	53.3	32.7	−38.6%
814000	Private households	2.9	2.7	109.8	104.8	4.6	4.3	117.3	111.8	−4.7%
Sum of workers in occupation		531.1	856.7	895.3	1406.5	203.8	273.3	1630.2	2536.5	55.6%

Note. NAICS = North American Industry Classification System.

Standard occupation ID in parentheses.