Paid caregivers in New Mexico receive a median hourly wage of $10.89, less than the state’s minimum wage of $12 an hour, according to data from PHI National. Caregivers are
Those who take care of others, such as personal care assistants, home health aides, and nursing attendants, fall under a category called direct support workers. In New Mexico, they make an average of $11 an hour. But proposed legislation would change that.