Care employees in United States
United States: Care employees was 40,693 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Care employees in United States, 2003–2025
Source: International Labour Organization.
Analysis
In 2025, care employees in United States 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 peaked at 40,693 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 29,466, in 2003.
That places United States 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, year by year
| 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% |
United States compared with similar countries
- United States's 40,693 is above the median for high income countries, which is 452.36, 90.0× the median. (16 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | 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
More gender data for United States
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 57,835 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.4626 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 297,814 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 297,814 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 0.6312 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 1.79 million (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 1.88 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 1.80 million (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 1.89 million (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 1.83 million (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is care employees in United States?
- Care employees in United States was 40,693 in 2025, according to International Labour Organization.
- What is the highest care employees recorded in United States?
- The highest recorded value was 40,693 in 2025.
- What is the lowest care employees recorded in United States?
- The lowest recorded value was 29,466 in 2003.
- How does United States rank for care employees?
- United States ranks 1st out of 60 countries with data for 2025.
- Is care employees rising or falling in United States?
- 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 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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About this data
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.