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title: "Aging-in-Place Specialist"
description: "Assesses and remodels homes with grab bars, ramps, curbless showers, wider doors and better lighting so older adults can stay living safely at home."
canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/aging-in-place-specialist"
last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z"
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# Aging-in-Place Specialist

**Category:** Construction and Extraction · **SOC code:** 47-2031 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 47-2031.00

Assesses and remodels homes with grab bars, ramps, curbless showers, wider doors and better lighting so older adults can stay living safely at home.

Also advertised as: Certified Aging-in-Place Specialist; CAPS Remodeler; Home Modification Specialist; Accessible Home Remodeler; Universal Design Remodeler.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $60,580 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $29.12/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $40,410 to $99,910, with the middle half between $48,510 and $76,830
- **Total US employment:** 670,090
- **Typical entry education:** High school
- **Preparation required:** Little or no preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +3.9% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035)
- **Annual job openings:** 62,800 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 62/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 670,090 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $40,410 |
| 25th | $48,510 |
| 50th (median) | $60,580 |
| 75th | $76,830 |
| 90th | $99,910 |
| Mean (average) | $65,630 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HI | $85,280 | $77,562 | 4,810 |
| IL | $79,000 | $79,033 | 19,570 |
| CA | $75,920 | $68,569 | 100,750 |
| MA | $75,200 | $71,106 | 18,540 |
| WA | $74,190 | $69,328 | 26,960 |
| AK | $73,860 | $72,158 | 2,560 |
| NY | $72,330 | $67,021 | 40,630 |
| MN | $64,930 | $65,838 | 14,930 |
| CT | $64,060 | $61,828 | 5,160 |
| NJ | $64,010 | $58,830 | 14,230 |
| MD | $62,960 | $59,985 | 9,770 |
| IN | $62,870 | $67,364 | 15,240 |
| OR | $62,870 | $60,826 | 15,110 |
| CO | $62,830 | $60,969 | 12,740 |
| VT | $62,400 | $63,701 | 3,080 |

39 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 54 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/aging-in-place-specialist/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/aging-in-place-specialist.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 889,700 in the 2025–2035 base year to 924,700 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 35,000 jobs, or +3.9%. About as fast as average: 3.9% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 62,800 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2025–2035.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** High school diploma or equivalent (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Little or no preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone 1-2: Very Little to Some Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** None.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** Apprenticeship.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | 52.4% |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 21.5% |
| Less than a High School Diploma | 17.7% |
| Some College Courses | 8.4% |

## What the work involves

- Assess homes for fall risks and accessibility barriers
- Talk with clients and families about health needs and goals
- Design modifications such as ramps, curbless showers and wider doors
- Install grab bars, railings, lever handles and better lighting
- Coordinate with occupational therapists on client abilities
- Prepare estimates and help clients find funding programs
- Manage subcontractors for plumbing and electrical work
- Check finished work for safety and usability

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Active Listening — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Reading Comprehension — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Coordination — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Quality Control Analysis — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Complex Problem Solving — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 3.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Operations Monitoring — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Operation and Control — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Social Perceptiveness — importance 2.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Building and Construction — importance 4.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administration and Management — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Mathematics — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Design — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Engineering and Technology — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Public Safety and Security — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Problem Sensitivity — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Visualization — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Manual Dexterity — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Finger Dexterity — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Near Vision — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Deductive Reasoning — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Realistic (R), Conventional (C), Social (S).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| R — Realistic | 6.75 |
| C — Conventional | 3.46 |
| S — Social | 3.18 |
| E — Enterprising | 2.92 |
| A — Artistic | 2.18 |
| I — Investigative | 1.91 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ISTJ | 76.2 |
| ISFJ | 71.3 |
| ESTJ | 71.3 |
| ISTP | 64.6 |
| ESFJ | 61.6 |

Best-fitting types: ISTJ, ISFJ, ESTJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Carpenter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/carpenter) — median $60,580
- [Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/drywall-and-ceiling-tile-installer) — median $58,930
- [Structural Iron and Steel Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/structural-iron-and-steel-worker) — median $62,780
- [Brickmason and Blockmason](https://nuecareer.com/careers/brickmason-and-blockmason) — median $62,120
- [Sheet Metal Worker](https://nuecareer.com/careers/sheet-metal-worker) — median $61,800
- [Structural Metal Fabricator and Fitter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/structural-metal-fabricator-and-fitter) — median $51,330
- [Cabinetmaker and Bench Carpenter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cabinetmaker-and-bench-carpenter) — median $46,680
- [Layout Worker, Metal and Plastic](https://nuecareer.com/careers/layout-worker-metal-and-plastic) — median $63,870
- [Helpers--Carpenter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/helpers-carpenter) — median $43,780
- [Helpers--Brickmason, Blockmason, Stonemason, and Tile and Marble Setter](https://nuecareer.com/careers/helpers-brickmason-blockmason-stonemason-and-tile-and-marble-setter) — median $47,550

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 31.0 Database, August 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2025–2035. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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