Care employees in United States of America

United States of America: Care employees was 40,693 in 2025. ▲ Rising

Latest (2025)
40,693
Change on year
up 1.9%
World rank
1st
of 60 countries
All-time high
40,693
in 2025
All-time low
29,466
in 2003
Years of data
23
2003–2025

Care employees in United States of America, 2003–2025

010.0k20.0k30.0k40.0k2003201420252003: 29.5k2004: 30.0k2005: 30.5k2006: 31.3k2007: 32.1k2008: 32.9k2009: 33.3k2010: 33.4k2011: 33.4k2012: 34.0k2013: 34.2k2014: 34.7k2015: 35.6k2016: 36.2k2017: 36.5k2018: 37.1k2019: 38.1k2020: 36.4k2021: 37.0k2022: 38.1k2023: 39.1k2024: 39.9k2025: 40.7k

Source: International Labour Organization.

Analysis

In 2025, care employees in United States of America stood at 40,693. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

That represents a change of up 1.9% on the previous year and up 14.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, care employees in United States of America peaked at 40,693 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 29,466, in 2003.

That places United States of America 1st out of 60 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Care employees in United States of America, year by year

Annual values for Care employees in United States of America, 2003 to 2025.
Year Value Change
2003 29,466
2004 29,991 +1.8%
2005 30,544 +1.8%
2006 31,280 +2.4%
2007 32,143 +2.8%
2008 32,912 +2.4%
2009 33,272 +1.1%
2010 33,424 +0.5%
2011 33,410 -0.0%
2012 33,986 +1.7%
2013 34,219 +0.7%
2014 34,728 +1.5%
2015 35,637 +2.6%
2016 36,207 +1.6%
2017 36,535 +0.9%
2018 37,112 +1.6%
2019 38,108 +2.7%
2020 36,400 -4.5%
2021 36,951 +1.5%
2022 38,061 +3.0%
2023 39,107 +2.7%
2024 39,937 +2.1%
2025 40,693 +1.9%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 31,372 29,466 33,272 7
2010s 35,337 33,410 38,108 10
2020s 38,525 36,400 40,693 6

Countries ranked near United States of America

  1. 2 Brazil 18,870 compare
  2. 3 Japan 12,825 compare
  3. 4 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8,683 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is care employees in United States of America?
Care employees in United States of America was 40,693 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
What is the highest care employees recorded in United States of America?
The highest recorded value was 40,693 in 2025.
What is the lowest care employees recorded in United States of America?
The lowest recorded value was 29,466 in 2003.
How does United States of America rank for care employees?
United States of America ranks 1st out of 60 countries with data for 2025.
Is care employees rising or falling in United States of America?
Over the last ten years it is up 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this United States of America data come from?
The figures come from International Labour Organization, published as part of Care employees. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Care employees
Source
International Labour Organization
Licence
ILO Terms of Use (attribution required)
Coverage
60 places, 821 data points, 1991–2026
Last refreshed

With the aim of promoting international comparability, statistics presented on ILOSTAT are based on standard international definitions wherever feasible and may differ from official national figures. This series is based on the 13th ICLS definitions. For time series comparability, it includes countries that have implemented the 19th ICLS standards, for which data are also available in the Work Statistics -- 19th ICLS (WORK) database. Employees are all those workers who hold paid employment jobs, which are those where the incumbents hold employment contracts which give them a basic remuneration not directly dependent upon the revenue of the unit for which they work. For more information, refer to the Worker and Sector Profiles (PROF) database description.