The State Chart Book On Wages For Personal And Home Care Aides, 1999-2006, prepared by PHI, provides information on the wages received by Personal and Home Care Aides (PHCA) in all 50 states and the nation over a 7-year period. The Chart Book was prepared for the Center for Personal Assistance Services, at the University of California San Francisco, with funding support from the National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research (Grant No. H133B031102).

The Chart Book provides a first-of-its-kind look at wages and wage trends for PHCAs, the second fastest-growing occupation in the country, and a key job title within the direct-care workforce. Prepared as a resource guide on wages for advocates and policymakers concerned with the direct-care workforce, the data underscore the problem of low and declining real wages for PHCAs, factors which contribute to workforce instability and near-poverty incomes for this high-demand workforce.