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Pacific Mountain WDA: Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, Thurston counties
Qualification: Demand SOC code: 399021 Personal Care Aides
Assist the elderly, convalescents, or persons with disabilities with daily living activities at the person's home or in a care facility. Duties performed at a place of residence may include keeping house (making beds, doing laundry, washing dishes) and preparing meals. May provide assistance at nonresidential care facilities. May advise families, the elderly, convalescents, and persons with disabilities regarding such things as nutrition, cleanliness, and household activities.
According to the Federal Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS), the typical level of education that most workers need to enter this occupation is: Less than high school. Additional training, experience, licenses or credentials may be required. Learn more at BLS.
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*How we calculate wages - Source data for wages come from the Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) survey and are subject to restrictions and limitations of the survey. Self-employment, private households and agricultural employment, except for agricultural services, are excluded from OES. All wage estimations are adjusted as of March 2013. Learn more.

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Qualification status for Personal Care Aides in the other WDAs included below, for relevant areas.
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QualificationSoc area
Demand All workforce development areas, all counties
Demand Snohomish WDA: Snohomish County
Demand Seattle King WDA: King County
Demand Pierce WDA: Pierce County
Demand Benton- Franklin WDA: Benton, Franklin counties
Demand Spokane WDA: Spokane County
Not in demand Northwest WDA I: Whatcom county
Demand Southwest WDA I: Cowlitz, Wahkiakum counties
Demand North Central WDA I: Chelan/Douglas counties
Demand South Central WDA I: Kittitas County
Demand Olympic Consortium WDA I: Kitsap county
Not in demand Northwest WDA II: Skagit county
Demand Southwest WDA II: Clark County
Demand North Central WDA II: Grant, Adams counties
Demand South Central WDA II: Klickitat County
Demand Olympic Consortium WDA II: Clallam, Jefferson counties
Not in demand Northwest WDA III: Island, San Juan counties
Demand North Central WDA III: Okanogan County
Demand South Central WDA III: Skamania County
Demand South Central WDA IV: Yakima County
Demand Eastern Washington WDA I: Stevens, Ferry, Pend Oreille, Lincoln counties
Demand Eastern Washington WDA II: Asotin, Garfield, Whitman counties
Demand Eastern Washington WDA III: Columbia, Walla Walla counties