More than 3 million home care workers could lose the right to overtime pay and the federal minimum wage under a rule proposed by the Labor Department. In 2024, the national median wage for home care workers was $16.78 an hour, according to the Labor Department. Facing a silver tsunami, Nevada home health care workers demand a $20 minimum wage Home health care workers in Nevada are lobbying the state legislature to raise caregivers’ minimum wage from $16 to $20 an hour. Demand for home care workers to soarPHI estimates the home care workforce will add 681,000 jobs over the next decade. New York’s home care workers are actually in a better position than most.