Short answer
New York State's 2025 CareScout median for a non-medical caregiver/home health aide is $35/hour, or roughly $6,673/month at a full-time equivalent. There is no Staten Island-specific figure published anywhere.
The hours-per-week math
| Hours/week | Approx. monthly cost at $35/hr |
|---|---|
| 10 hrs/week | ~$1,517 |
| 20 hrs/week | ~$3,033 |
| 40 hrs/week | ~$6,067 |
| 60 hrs/week | ~$9,100 |
| 168 hrs/week (round-the-clock) | ~$25,480 |
The crossover point
New York's 2025 CareScout assisted living median is $7,110/month. At $35/hour, that is roughly 41 hours a week of in-home care -- once a parent needs meaningfully more supervision than that, a licensed community is often the less expensive option on paper, even before counting the value of round-the-clock staffing a single hired caregiver cannot provide alone.
Home health is different math entirely. Medicare-covered home health -- skilled,
intermittent nursing or therapy visits ordered by a physician -- is billed per visit, not hourly, and is
not a substitute for the custodial caregiver hours in the table above.
Source: CareScout Cost of Care Survey
