Salary comparison
Home Health and Personal Care Aides: Grants Pass vs Mount Vernon
Grants Pass, OR pays about 24.4% more for home health and personal care aides on paper — $53,120 vs $42,690. But once you factor in what it costs to live there, Grants Pass comes out ahead by $10,430 a year in real buying power.
Grants Pass, OR
$53,120
$51,950
$53,120
$25.54
100
$53,120/yr
Median adjusted for local cost of living.
Mount Vernon, WA
$42,690
$39,020
$44,330
$20.53
100
$42,690/yr
Median adjusted for local cost of living.
What the numbers mean in practice
The headline gap is $10,430 a year (24.4%) in favor of Grants Pass. That is the raw salary difference before any living costs.
Grants Pass runs a cost index of 100 against the national baseline of 100; Mount Vernon sits at 100. After adjusting the median for those costs, Grants Pass is the better deal by $10,430 a year — that is what each paycheck actually buys locally.
If you are weighing a move from Mount Vernon to Grants Pass for this role, the raise needs to beat 24.4% to come out ahead after living costs. Anything below that and you are earning more on paper but keeping less.
Common questions
Where do home health and personal care aides earn more, Grants Pass or Mount Vernon?
Grants Pass pays $53,120 on median — about 24.4% more than Mount Vernon ($42,690). Based on BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.
Which city is the better deal after living costs?
Grants Pass. Once you divide each median by the local cost index, Grants Pass gives you roughly$53,120 of real buying power versus $42,690 in the other city.