Home Health Aides, The Fastest Growing Occupation, Make An Average of 9.70 An Hour.

America's Fastest Growing Job Pays Poorly by Annalyn Kurtz.  CNN Money.  March 11, 2013.

Taking daily care of the demographic tide of elderly baby boomers is not proving lucrative for those directly involved in care.  About 40% of home health aides are on Medicaid.  A provision of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1974 places the aides in the same category as babysitters exempting them from the minimum wage required and overtime regulations.  The industry is under pressure to keep costs low and has resisted efforts to apply FLSA standards to home health aids.