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What personal support workers make
Median
$50,000
Lower end
$40,000
Upper end
$60,000
Job Bank's national figures for 2023 to 2024: a median of $24 an hour, about $50,000 a year at 40 hours a week, with a lower end of $19 and an upper end of $28.84 an hour. Many PSWs (personal support workers) do not get full-time hours. Ontario adds a permanent wage enhancement for PSWs (personal support workers) in publicly funded care: $3 an hour in long-term care and home care, $2 in public hospitals. Other provinces have their own top-ups.