Statistics · Updated November 2, 2026

Caregiver Statistics 2026

Includes AARP's October 2026 caregiving cost study and BLS May 2025 home care wage data

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Compiled by the BestRatedDocs research desk from AARP, the National Alliance for Caregiving, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the Alzheimer's Association and Pew Research Center data.

About 63 million U.S. adults, 24% of all adults, are family caregivers, according to AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving's Caregiving in the US 2025 survey. Caregivers of adults average 27 hours of care a week, and 64% report moderate or high emotional stress. Each figure below names who measured it and what it counts.

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Key findings

  1. 63 million

    63 million U.S. adults, about 24% of all adults, gave ongoing care to an adult or child with a medical condition or disability, according to AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving's Caregiving in the US 2025 survey.

    AARP and National Alliance for Caregiving, Caregiving in the US 2025, p. 1 · 2024 data

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  2. 27 hours

    Family caregivers of adults spent an average of 27 hours a week providing care, according to AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving's Caregiving in the US 2025 survey.

    AARP and National Alliance for Caregiving, Caregiving in the US 2025, p. 22 · 2024 data

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  3. 64%

    In 2024, 64% of U.S. family caregivers of adults reported moderate or high emotional stress from caregiving (a 3, 4 or 5 on a 5-point scale), according to AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving's Caregiving in the US 2025 survey.

    AARP and National Alliance for Caregiving, Caregiving in the US 2025, p. 3 and Figure 36, p. 42 · 2024 data

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  4. 20.5%

    In 2021-2022, 20.5% of adult caregivers reported frequent mental distress (14 or more days of poor mental health in the past 30 days), compared with 13.6% of noncaregivers, according to CDC's BRFSS data from 35 states and Puerto Rico.

    CDC, MMWR 73(34): Changes in Health Indicators Among Caregivers, United States, 2015-2016 to 2021-2022, Table 2 · 2021-2022 data

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  5. $11,508

    In 2026, family caregivers of adults spent an average of $11,508 a year of their own money on caregiving, up from $7,242 in 2021 (an inflation-adjusted increase of $2,408), according to AARP's Caregiving Out-of-Pocket Costs Study.

    AARP, 2026 AARP Caregiving Out-of-Pocket Costs Study, p. 4 · 2026 data

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  6. $1.01 trillion

    Family caregivers of adults provided unpaid care worth an estimated $1.01 trillion in 2024, according to the AARP Public Policy Institute's Valuing the Invaluable 2026 report.

    AARP Public Policy Institute, Valuing the Invaluable 2026: Family Caregivers' Contribution Reaches $1 Trillion, p. 1 · 2024 data

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  7. 12.7 million

    In 2025, 12.7 million family members and other unpaid caregivers looked after a person living with Alzheimer's or another dementia in the U.S., according to the Alzheimer's Association.

    Alzheimer's Association, 2026 Alzheimer's Disease Facts and Figures, p. 52 · 2025 data

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  8. 38.2 million

    38.2 million people age 15 and older, 14% of the U.S. civilian noninstitutional population, provided unpaid care to someone age 65 or older in 2023-2024, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics' American Time Use Survey.

    U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unpaid Eldercare in the United States, 2023-2024 (American Time Use Survey) · 2023-2024 data

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  9. 4.3 million

    Home health and personal care aides held 4.3 million jobs in May 2025, making it the largest occupation in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey (wage and salary workers).

    U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wages news release, May 2025 data · 2025 data

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How Many Family Caregivers Are There?

AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving count every adult who gave ongoing unpaid or family care in the past year. Their 2025 wave is the newest national count.

U.S. family caregivers of adults or children, by Caregiving in the US survey wave, in millions (the 2025 wave also counts family caregivers paid through public programs)
  • 2015 43.5M
  • 2020 53M
  • 2025 63M

Source: AARP and National Alliance for Caregiving, Caregiving in the US 2025, Table 1, p. 6. Chart: BestRatedDocs, free to reuse with a link to this page.

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201543.5M
202053M
202563M

63 million counts caregivers of adults OR children. 59 million counts only caregivers of adults 18+, and about 51 million counts only caregivers of adults 50+. These are nested groups, not separate ones. The 2015 and 2020 waves counted unpaid caregivers only; the 2025 wave also includes family caregivers paid through Medicaid, VA or state programs (1.9 million of the 59 million were paid for all their care).

Who Family Caregivers Are

The typical caregiver of an adult is a woman around 51 caring for a parent, and almost a third have children or grandchildren under 18 at home.

Age of family caregivers of adults, Caregiving in the US 2025 survey (% of caregivers)
  • 18-34 18%
  • 35-49 26%
  • 50-64 33%
  • 65-74 14%
  • 75+ 8%

Source: AARP and National Alliance for Caregiving, Caregiving in the US 2025, Figure 2, p. 10. Chart: BestRatedDocs, free to reuse with a link to this page.

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18-3418%
35-4926%
50-6433%
65-7414%
75+8%

Figures in this section describe the 59 million caregivers of adults 18+ in Caregiving in the US 2025 (survey base n = 6,549).

Hours, Duration and Care Tasks

Family caregiving has become longer and more intensive since 2015. Many caregivers now do medical and nursing tasks with little or no training.

Weekly hours of care given by family caregivers of adults, Caregiving in the US 2025 survey (% of caregivers)
  • Under 1 hour 10%
  • 1 to 8 hours 33%
  • 9 to 20 hours 22%
  • 21 to 40 hours 11%
  • 41+ hours 24%

Source: AARP and National Alliance for Caregiving, Caregiving in the US 2025, Figure 15, p. 23. Chart: BestRatedDocs, free to reuse with a link to this page.

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Under 1 hour10%
1 to 8 hours33%
9 to 20 hours22%
21 to 40 hours11%
41+ hours24%

All figures describe caregivers of adults 18+ in Caregiving in the US 2025. Weekly hours above 98 were capped at 98 by the researchers, and hours for caregivers who reported constant care without a number were imputed.

Caregiver burnout and stress statistics

No national survey measures "burnout" directly. The closest measures are self-rated emotional stress and physical strain (AARP and NAC), frequent mental distress and diagnosed depression (CDC BRFSS), and feeling alone.

Frequent mental distress, caregivers vs noncaregivers (BRFSS, 35 states and Puerto Rico)
  • Caregivers 2015-16 17.2%
  • Caregivers 2021-22 20.5%
  • Noncaregivers 2015-16 10%
  • Noncaregivers 2021-22 13.6%

Source: CDC, MMWR 73(34): Changes in Health Indicators Among Caregivers, United States, 2015-2016 to 2021-2022, Table 2. Chart: BestRatedDocs, free to reuse with a link to this page.

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Caregivers 2015-1617.2%
Caregivers 2021-2220.5%
Noncaregivers 2015-1610%
Noncaregivers 2021-2213.6%

AARP/NAC's 64% is moderate or high emotional stress (3 to 5 on a 5-point scale); its 38% is high only (4 or 5). CDC frequent mental distress means 14 or more poor mental health days in the past 30. The Alzheimer's Association 59% comes from a 2014 poll of dementia caregivers and is not comparable with the AARP/NAC figures.

Caregivers' own health

Caregivers report worse health than people who are not caregivers on most measures CDC tracks, and about one in five rate their health fair or poor.

CDC BRFSS caregivers are adults who gave regular care to a friend or family member with a health problem or disability in the past 30 days; AARP/NAC counts adults who gave ongoing care in the past year.

The Financial Cost of Caregiving

Nearly half of caregivers report a negative financial impact, and AARP's October 2026 study puts average out-of-pocket spending at $11,508 a year.

Negative financial impacts of caregiving, family caregivers of adults, Caregiving in the US 2025 survey (%)
  • Stopped saving 31%
  • Used short-term funds 24%
  • Took on more debt 23%
  • Left bills unpaid 20%
  • Borrowed from family 17%
  • Can't afford basics 14%
  • Used long-term funds 13%
  • Took on more work 11%
  • Delayed retirement 9%

Source: AARP and National Alliance for Caregiving, Caregiving in the US 2025, Table 5, p. 37. Chart: BestRatedDocs, free to reuse with a link to this page.

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Stopped saving31%
Used short-term funds24%
Took on more debt23%
Left bills unpaid20%
Borrowed from family17%
Can't afford basics14%
Used long-term funds13%
Took on more work11%
Delayed retirement9%
Average annual out-of-pocket caregiving spending by category, caregivers of adults, 2026
Expense categoryAverage per yearShare of spending
Household and housing$4,79742%
Medical$3,31329%
Caregiver personal expenses$1,28311%
Care recipient personal care$1,16310%
Recreation and other$9538%
Total$11,508100%

Source: AARP, 2026 AARP Caregiving Out-of-Pocket Costs Study, p. 11

Two different AARP studies: Caregiving in the US 2025 measures financial impacts (stopped saving, debt, unpaid bills) among caregivers of adults 18+. The 2026 AARP Caregiving Out-of-Pocket Costs Study measures money spent, using a one-week expense diary from 2,538 caregivers of adults 18+. AARP says part of the rise from $7,242 in 2021 reflects a longer list of expense categories and pandemic-suppressed spending in 2021, so the two cost figures are not a pure like-for-like trend.

Working While Caregiving

Most working-age caregivers also hold a job, and over half of them have had to come in late, leave early or take time off to give care.

Work impacts of caregiving, employed caregivers of adults, Caregiving in the US 2025 survey (%)
  • Late/early/time off 56%
  • Cut work hours 18%
  • Leave of absence 16%
  • Performance warning 9%
  • Quit working 9%
  • Turned down promotion 8%
  • Retired early 7%
  • Lost job benefits 6%

Source: AARP and National Alliance for Caregiving, Caregiving in the US 2025, Figure 29, p. 35. Chart: BestRatedDocs, free to reuse with a link to this page.

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Late/early/time off56%
Cut work hours18%
Leave of absence16%
Performance warning9%
Quit working9%
Turned down promotion8%
Retired early7%
Lost job benefits6%
Employer benefits reported by employed family caregivers of adults, 2015 to 2025
Benefit201520202025
Paid sick days52%58%68%
Unpaid family leaveNot asked53%65%
Flexible work hours53%56%61%
Paid family leave32%39%50%
Caregiver programs or EAP23%26%39%
Telecommuting22%25%37%

Source: AARP and National Alliance for Caregiving, Caregiving in the US 2025, Figure 28, p. 34

The 70% figure is the share of working-age caregivers (18 to 64) who were employed; the 60% figure is the share of all caregivers of adults. Work impacts and benefits were asked only of employed caregivers who are not self-employed.

The economic value of family caregiving

AARP's Valuing the Invaluable series puts a dollar figure on the unpaid care families give to adults. The 2026 edition, built on 2024 survey data, is the first to pass $1 trillion.

Economic value of unpaid family caregiving in the U.S., by data year, in billions of dollars (AARP Valuing the Invaluable series). Methods changed between editions, so years are not directly comparable, and points are not evenly spaced in time.
0B 500B 1,000B 1,500B 2006 350B 2009 2017 2024 1,010B 0B 500B 1,000B 1,500B 2006 350B 2009 2017 2024 1,010B

Source: AARP Public Policy Institute, Valuing the Invaluable 2026: Family Caregivers' Contribution Reaches $1 Trillion, Table 1, p. 3. Chart: BestRatedDocs, free to reuse with a link to this page.

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2006350B
2007375B
2009450B
2013470B
2017470B
2021600B
20241,010B
Family caregivers of adults, hours of care and economic value of their care by state, 2024. Hours and value are in millions, as published. *Smaller state: AARP estimated hours per caregiver at the Census division level. AARP advises against comparing these state figures with its earlier editions.
StateFamily caregiversCare hours (millions)Economic value ($ millions)
Alabama1,040,000830$12,800
Alaska*96,00090$2,000
Arizona1,190,0001,220$27,000
Arkansas*630,000540$9,100
California6,400,0006,100$149,000
Colorado910,000650$16,000
Connecticut710,000460$10,700
Delaware*164,000122$2,600
District of Columbia*89,00066$1,640
Florida4,300,0004,100$81,000
Georgia2,500,0002,400$41,000
Hawaii*210,000200$4,900
Idaho*400,000350$6,600
Illinois2,100,0001,490$33,000
Indiana1,110,000860$16,100
Iowa610,000310$6,400
Kansas610,000590$10,900
Kentucky910,000780$15,500
Louisiana900,000920$12,900
Maine*310,000220$5,500
Maryland1,150,0001,040$24,000
Massachusetts1,390,000920$22,000
Michigan1,520,0001,330$27,000
Minnesota840,000480$11,100
Mississippi*690,000620$9,400
Missouri1,130,000870$17,500
Montana*151,000132$2,800
Nebraska*300,000210$4,500
Nevada*560,000490$10,600
New Hampshire*280,000200$4,400
New Jersey1,760,0001,190$28,000
New Mexico*390,000340$6,200
New York3,900,0002,600$58,000
North Carolina2,100,0001,790$33,000
North Dakota*82,00058$1,270
Ohio2,100,0001,610$32,000
Oklahoma770,000680$12,200
Oregon740,000600$15,400
Pennsylvania2,200,0002,100$40,000
Rhode Island*155,000111$2,800
South Carolina1,050,000990$17,200
South Dakota*150,000106$2,500
Tennessee1,400,0001,430$26,000
Texas4,900,0004,000$65,000
Utah600,000490$9,900
Vermont*118,00085$2,100
Virginia1,520,0001,370$27,000
Washington1,250,000930$25,000
West Virginia*350,000260$4,400
Wisconsin1,030,000560$11,100
Wyoming*64,00056$1,060
United States59,000,00049,500$1,010,000

Source: AARP Public Policy Institute, Valuing the Invaluable 2026: Family Caregivers' Contribution Reaches $1 Trillion, Table A1, pp. 7-8

The 59 million here are caregivers of adults age 18+ during 2024 (Caregiving in the US 2025). Earlier editions counted caregivers in a given month (37 million in 2024), so compare across editions only with that monthly count, and treat dollar trends as approximate because methods changed.

Dementia caregivers

People living with Alzheimer's and other dementias need more hours of help for more years than most care recipients. These figures come from the Alzheimer's Association's 2026 Facts and Figures.

The 12.7 million caregivers, 19.6 billion hours and $446.3 billion are the Alzheimer's Association's 2025 estimates, built from CDC BRFSS caregiver data. The lifetime cost figure comes from a published study the report cites, adjusted to 2024 dollars.

Unpaid eldercare: who provides it and how much time it takes

The Bureau of Labor Statistics measures unpaid care for people 65 and older through the American Time Use Survey, which counts anyone age 15 and older and records time from a one-day diary.

Share of each age group providing unpaid eldercare, 2023-2024
  • 15 to 24 5.6%
  • 25 to 34 7.6%
  • 35 to 44 11.4%
  • 45 to 54 18.8%
  • 55 to 64 24.1%
  • 65 and over 16.8%

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Unpaid Eldercare in the United States, 2023-2024 (American Time Use Survey), Table 1. Chart: BestRatedDocs, free to reuse with a link to this page.

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15 to 245.6%
25 to 347.6%
35 to 4411.4%
45 to 5418.8%
55 to 6424.1%
65 and over16.8%

BLS eldercare providers (38.2 million, age 15+, caring for someone 65+ in the previous 3 to 4 months) are a different population from AARP/NAC's family caregivers (adults 18+ caring for an adult or child of any age).

Sandwich generation, young and military caregivers

Some caregivers carry the role alongside raising children, before adulthood, or for a service member or veteran. Each group is measured by a different study with its own definition.

Share of U.S. adults in the sandwich generation, by age, 2025
  • All adults 25%
  • 18 to 29 8%
  • 30 to 39 25%
  • 40 to 49 54%
  • 50 to 59 45%
  • 60 and over 10%

Source: Pew Research Center, 54% of Americans in their 40s have both an aging parent and own child. Chart: BestRatedDocs, free to reuse with a link to this page.

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All adults25%
18 to 298%
30 to 3925%
40 to 4954%
50 to 5945%
60 and over10%

Pew's sandwich generation is defined by family structure (a parent 65+ and a minor or financially supported adult child), not by caregiving. BLS's 7.6 million counts parents who actually provide eldercare. RAND's caregiver definition is broad (91.3 million civilian caregivers, 35% of adults), so its 14.3 million is not a subset of AARP/NAC's 63 million.

An aging population and future care demand

The number of older Americans, and especially of those 85 and older, is growing much faster than the number of working-age adults who could care for them.

Population counts for 2025 come from the Vintage 2025 estimates; anything after 2025 is from the 2023 National Population Projections main series. The two are produced separately and do not match exactly (the projection for 2025 is 63.3 million age 65+, the estimate is 64.6 million).

Methodology

Caregivers are counted several ways, and the totals differ. AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving (NAC) count adults who gave ongoing care in the past 12 months to an adult or child with a complex medical condition or disability. CDC's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) counts adults who gave regular care in the past 30 days to a friend or family member with a health problem or disability. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' American Time Use Survey counts people age 15 and older who gave unpaid care to someone 65 or older in the previous 3 to 4 months. Each figure on this page names its source and population, and we never add figures from different surveys together.

Caregiving in the US 2025 (AARP and NAC, released July 2025) is a nationally representative online survey of 6,858 family caregivers on the Ipsos KnowledgePanel, fielded August to October 2024, so its figures are labelled with 2024 as the data year. Most of its detailed percentages describe the 59 million caregivers of adults 18 and older, not all 63 million. The 2025 wave also counts family caregivers paid through Medicaid, VA or state programs, which the 2015 and 2020 waves did not, so part of the rise since 2015 reflects that wider definition. Where the report's summary and its tables disagree (for example 40% or 44% in high-intensity care, a third or 31% who stopped saving), we use the tables and figures.

Out-of-pocket costs come from AARP's 2026 Caregiving Out-of-Pocket Costs Study (October 2026), a June 2026 survey and one-week expense diary from 2,538 caregivers of adults. AARP notes that part of the rise from $7,242 in 2021 reflects a longer list of expense categories and pandemic-suppressed spending in 2021. The economic value of care is from AARP's Valuing the Invaluable 2026 (March 2026), which values each hour of care by state and by task. AARP says its editions used different data and methods, so the trend chart is approximate, and its state figures should not be compared with earlier editions.

Stress, mental distress and health figures for caregivers compared with noncaregivers come from CDC's MMWR report of August 2024, which analysed BRFSS data from the 35 states and Puerto Rico that asked the caregiver questions in both 2015-2016 and 2021-2022. They are not strictly national. 'Burnout' has no standard national measure; we report what each source measured, such as self-rated emotional stress on a 5-point scale or 14 or more poor mental health days in the past 30.

Dementia caregiver counts, hours and value are the Alzheimer's Association's 2025 estimates in its 2026 Facts and Figures report, built from BRFSS caregiver data. Its stress figures come from a 2014 poll of dementia caregivers and are labelled with that year. Sandwich generation figures are from Pew Research Center's September 2025 survey of 8,750 adults, which defines the group by family structure (a parent 65 or older and a minor or financially supported adult child), not by caregiving. Military and veteran caregiver figures are from RAND's 2023 survey for the Elizabeth Dole Foundation.

Paid caregiver employment and wages come from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025), which counts wage and salary jobs and excludes the self-employed. Projections come from the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, which includes self-employed workers and so starts from a higher count. Population figures are Census Bureau Vintage 2025 estimates and the 2023 National Population Projections. Figures marked as a BestRatedDocs calculation were worked out by us from the cited source, and the arithmetic is in the CSV.

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Frequently asked questions

How many caregivers are there in the U.S.?

AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving count 63 million U.S. adults, 24% of all adults, who gave ongoing care to an adult or child with a medical condition or disability in their Caregiving in the US 2025 survey (fielded in 2024). Of those, 59 million cared for an adult and more than 51 million cared for someone 50 or older. Using a different definition, the Bureau of Labor Statistics counts 38.2 million people age 15 and older who gave unpaid care to someone 65 or older in 2023-2024.

What percentage of caregivers experience burnout?

No national survey measures burnout by name, so the closest measures are stress and mental distress. In Caregiving in the US 2025, 64% of family caregivers of adults reported moderate or high emotional stress and 38% reported high emotional stress. CDC survey data for 2021-2022 found 20.5% of caregivers had frequent mental distress (14 or more poor mental health days in the past 30), compared with 13.6% of noncaregivers.

How stressful is caregiving?

In AARP and the National Alliance for Caregiving's 2025 report, 64% of caregivers of adults reported moderate or high emotional stress, 45% reported moderate or high physical strain and 24% said they feel alone in the role. Among dementia caregivers, 59% rated the emotional stress of caregiving high or very high in a 2014 Alzheimer's Association poll. CDC data show 25.6% of caregivers had ever been diagnosed with depression, against 18.6% of noncaregivers, in 2021-2022.

How many hours a week do family caregivers spend caregiving?

Family caregivers of adults averaged 27 hours a week in Caregiving in the US 2025, and 24% gave more than 40 hours a week. Unpaid dementia caregivers averaged nearly 30 hours a week in 2025, according to the Alzheimer's Association. BLS time diaries show eldercare providers who gave care on a given day spent 3.9 hours on it in 2023-2024.

How much does family caregiving cost caregivers?

AARP's 2026 Caregiving Out-of-Pocket Costs Study found family caregivers of adults spent an average of $11,508 a year of their own money on caregiving, 31% of household income. Caregivers with household incomes under $40,000 spent an average of 76% of their income. In Caregiving in the US 2025, 47% of caregivers of adults reported at least one negative financial impact, such as stopping saving or taking on debt.

What is the economic value of unpaid family caregiving?

AARP's Valuing the Invaluable 2026 estimates that 59 million family caregivers of adults provided 49.5 billion hours of unpaid care in 2024, worth about $1.01 trillion. That is more than total Medicaid spending in 2024. Unpaid care for people living with dementia alone was worth an estimated $446.3 billion in 2025, according to the Alzheimer's Association.

What percentage of caregivers are women?

Women made up 61% of family caregivers of adults in Caregiving in the US 2025, and men 38%. In BLS's American Time Use Survey, women were 55% of the 38.2 million unpaid eldercare providers in 2023-2024.

How many paid caregivers are there?

Home health and personal care aides held 4.3 million jobs in May 2025, the largest occupation in the U.S., according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Their median wage was $17.21 an hour. BLS projects employment in the occupation to grow 18% from 2025 to 2035.

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