Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) for Home Care in Brownsville, TX

The nearest Medicare-certified nursing homes to Brownsville are Fox Hollow Post Acute in Brownsville (3.7 mi), Brownsville Nursing And Rehabilitation Center in Brownsville (4.0 mi), Las Alturas Nursing & Transitional Care Brownsvill in Brownsville (4.5 mi). Nursing homes employ many of the area’s CNAs, and CNAs who want home care work often come from them.

Aides in Texas earn a median $11.65 an hour (BLS, May 2025, home health and personal care aides). Texas's minimum wage is $7.25 an hour (U.S. Department of Labor table, updated July 1, 2026).

Brownsville has about 2,858 residents aged 85 or older, the group most likely to need hands-on help with bathing, transfers and toileting.

At the Texas median aide wage of $11.65 an hour, 20 hours of help a week comes to about $1,010 a month in wages, which is 40% of the $2,532 monthly median income of Brownsville households headed by someone 65 or older. Private rates are agreed directly with the caregiver, so yours may be higher or lower. Texas's minimum wage is $7.25 an hour (U.S. Department of Labor table, updated July 1, 2026).

Hiring directly, you agree the rate with the caregiver and usually become the household employer (U.S. Department of Labor rules). Some families qualify for programs that pay for care at home; see STAR+PLUS in Texas: using consumer directed services to pay a family caregiver.