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Caregiver salary in California

Open caregiver jobs in California post a median of $21 an hour, the middle half $19–$22.50 (about $43,700 a year full time), $2 above the national posted median. From 149 jobs at 24 employers that state their pay.

$21
Median posted /hr
$19–$23
Middle half /hr
$43,700
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$16.50
BLS median in CA
May 2025

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What caregivers are paid in California

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Posted hourly rates of 149 open jobs in California. Lowest posted $14.50, highest $32.19.

Posted on open jobs in California

$19–$22.50/hr

Middle half of 86 employer rates (each employer's advertised range once), median $21. 80% of the 186 open caregiver jobs in California state an hourly rate.

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Caregiver pay by town in California

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Los Angeles$22$14.50–$32.1913 (6)
Thousand Oaks$21.50$14.50–$309 (4)
San Juan Capistrano$22.25$14.50–$307 (2)
San Francisco$23.50$17–$266 (4)
Rocklin$20$14.50–$306 (4)
Anaheim$19.75$18–$226 (4)
Sacramento$19$15–$306 (4)
San Rafael$23$17–$265 (4)
San Jose$22.50$14.50–$305 (3)
Santa Clarita$22$14.50–$305 (3)
Long Beach$20$18–$29.325 (4)
Davis$22.75$14.50–$304 (2)
Mission Viejo$22$14.50–$304 (3)
Escondido$20.75$16–$254 (3)
Foster City$22.50$14.50–$303 (2)
Sunnyvale$22.50$14.50–$303 (2)
Camarillo$22.25$14.50–$303 (2)
Costa Mesa$22.25$16–$293 (1)
Newport Beach$22.25$14.50–$303 (2)
Novato$22.25$14.50–$303 (2)
Palm Desert$22.25$14.50–$303 (2)
Rancho Cucamonga$22.25$14.50–$303 (2)
San Diego$21.50$19–$233 (2)
Encinitas$21$17–$273 (2)
Menifee$20.75$19–$253 (2)
Santa Ana$20.75$18.50–$29.323 (3)
Carmichael$20$15–$303 (3)
Torrance$19.25$18–$213 (2)
Citrus Heights$17.75$17–$183 (3)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Caregiver pay by employer in California

What each employer posts for caregivers here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
TheKey$21.50$17–$3075
CiminoCare$17.75$16.50–$2011
Silverado$21.75$16–$298
Jewish Family and Children's Services$24.25$23.50–$256
Kisco Senior Living$19.75$18–$256
Cogir Management, USA$19.25$18–$236
Compassus$20.50$20.50–$235
Transforming Age$22.50$18.58–$25.634
AltaMed Health Services$27.25$25–$32.193
Institute on Aging$23.50$19–$243
Cambrian Homecare$19$193
YoloCares$23.25$22–$242
Atria Senior Living$22.50$14.50–$302
Marshall Medical Center$22.50$21–$24.152
Aegis Living$20.50$18–$222
The Vered$19.75$18–$22.502
All Ways Caring HomeCare$18.50$17.80–$18.952
Asian Health Services$25.50$21.99–$29.201
Vista Community Clinic$24.50$23–$261
Healthy At Home Caregivers$21.50$19–$241
Access TLC$20$201
Kaweah Health$19.75$19.781
Oars Senior Living$18$181
Covenant Living$17$16.901

Median of each employer's jobs in California (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for caregivers nationwide when it has such a page.

Night shift caregiver pay in California

Where one employer posts both night and other caregiver jobs in the same state (12 such employers and states), the night jobs post the same base rate as the rest (the median gap is $0): most employers state their night differential apart from the base pay, so check the posting for it.

Employer, stateNight jobs, medianOther jobs, median
Silverado, CA$21.25 (2)$22 (6)
Kisco Senior Living, CA$21.50 (1)$19.50 (5)
Silverado, MO$20.50 (1)$21.25 (2)
Silverado, VA$20.50 (1)$21.25 (2)
Silverado, IL$20.50 (1)$21.25 (2)
Aegis Living, CA$21 (1)$20 (1)
All Ways Caring HomeCare, CA$19 (1)$17.75 (1)
Silverado, TN$22 (1)$22.50 (1)

A job counts as a night job when its title names nights ("Nights", "NOC", "7p-7a"). Jobs in brackets.

Best-paid open caregiver jobs in California

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in California

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, California. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (31-1120)$16.50 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$16.50 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$16.50 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$17.57 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)$18.87 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)970,150 (source: BLS OEWS, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Caregiver salary in California: common questions

How much does a caregiver make in California?

Open caregiver jobs in California that state an hourly rate post a median of $21, the middle half $19–$22.50 (149 jobs from 24 employers). Full time that is about $43,700 a year. BLS measured a median of $16.50/hr ($34,320 a year) for people employed in the occupation in California (May 2025).

Where in California do caregivers earn the most?

By the median rate open jobs post, in the towns with the most jobs stating pay: Los Angeles ($22), Thousand Oaks ($21.50), San Juan Capistrano ($22.25) and San Francisco ($23.50). The town table lists 29.

Which employers in California pay caregivers the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: AltaMed Health Services ($27.25), Jewish Family and Children's Services ($24.25) and Institute on Aging ($23.50).

How does California compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in California ($21) is $2 above the national posted median of $19. In the BLS survey California ranks 31 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 149 of 186 open caregiver jobs in California (80%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Caregiver pay in other states

Caregiver salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 24, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides (SOC 31-1120), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Caregiver salary in California. Data as of October 24, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/caregiver/california

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