Care work hourly wages are low.

Median hourly wage estimates using pooled data from 2017-2021. Massachusetts. This is the best available data for comparisons across the economy, but due to the multi-year lag, all estimates are lower than prevailing wages in each sector as of August 2022. See report text for examples of current wages in a couple of sectors

Hourly wage calculated by using annual earnings, usual hours worked per week, and number of hours worked over the past year. ACS reports the number of weeks worked as an interval (range) so the midpoint was used.
Source: ACS PUMS 2017-2021 Get the data