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Alameda, California · Alameda County
Caregiver Jobs in Alameda, CA
The City of Alameda counted 80,023 residents in the state's January 2026 estimate and has its own 101-bed hospital, seven nursing facilities and a city wage floor of $17.76. Requests from families in 94501 and 94502 show up in the postings above as they are published.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Alameda
Alameda has a long list of care employers inside its own limits. The state health facility list (data date October 16, 2026) shows seven skilled nursing facilities in 94501 with 700 licensed beds between them. Three sit on Willow Street: Bay View Rehabilitation Hospital (170 beds), Alameda Healthcare & Wellness Center (166) and South Shore Convalescent (26), a unit of Alameda Hospital. West Shore Post Acute on Westline Drive has 151 beds, Park Bridge Rehabilitation and Wellness Center on Blanding Avenue 120, Marina Garden Nursing Center on Fernside Boulevard 32, and the hospital keeps a 35-bed skilled nursing unit at its Clinton Avenue building. The same list puts seven home health agencies and four hospices at Alameda addresses, most of them on Marina Village Parkway or Harbor Bay Parkway.
Non-medical work is the other route in. The state's community care file (May 2025) lists ten licensed home care organizations with an Alameda address, among them FirstLight Home Care of Alameda, Visiting Angels, Home Care Pros, Premier Homecare Angels and Alice Home Care, plus seven licensed elderly care homes (RCFEs), the largest being Cardinal Point at Mariner Square (153 beds), Waters Edge Lodge (120) and Oakmont of Mariner Point (80). Private households fill in the rest. In your profile, state your home ZIP, how you get around, and each language you could use through a whole shift. ACS 2020–2024 finds a language besides English in the homes of 34.5% of residents aged five and up. The biggest share, 19.6%, speaks an Asian or Pacific Island language, with Spanish at 7.1% and other Indo-European languages at 6.5%.
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Types of caregiver jobs
Types of caregiver jobs in Alameda
Typical requests involve an older parent who still lives at home: help with a morning shower and dressing, lunch and pill reminders, a ride to a medical appointment, and evening or overnight cover in the weeks after a stay at Alameda Hospital or one of the Willow Street rehabilitation centers. With 2,231 residents aged 85 or older in the ACS, some families want long days and help with transfers. If you are new to paid work, start with company, shopping and meals, or get supervised hours at a licensed agency with an Alameda office.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Pay
Caregiver pay in Alameda: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont, CA metro (San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Marin counties); private rates on CaregiverConnect are agreed between each caregiver and family and are not tracked by any agency.
| Measure | Hourly | Source and coverage |
|---|---|---|
| Home health and personal care aides, San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont, CA metro (San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Marin counties) | $17.28 median ($18.66 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 119,120 jobs; concentration 1.81× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Alameda County | $22.10 | CDSS; effective July 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
| Nursing assistants, San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont, CA metro (San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Marin counties) | $26.96 median | BLS OEWS, May 2025 (certified roles, for comparison) |
Who is the employer. A family that hires you directly is your employer under California's Domestic Worker Bill of Rights. The state minimum wage ($16.90 an hour from 1 January 2026; some cities set more, for example $17.75 in the City of San Diego) is the legal floor, and a personal attendant earns overtime at 1.5× after 9 hours in a day or 45 in a week. The main exceptions are IHSS recipients and an employer's own parent, spouse or child. Source: California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ.
About 4.7% of Alameda's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates. That is slightly higher than Alameda County's 4.5% and lower than California's 5.3%. The labor force averaged about 40,200, the monthly figure ranged from 4.0% to 5.2%. Pay floors matter more to a caregiver. Under Municipal Code Chapter 4-60, the City of Alameda requires $17.76 an hour from July 1, 2026 for any employee who performs at least two hours of work in a given week within city boundaries, with no exemption by employer size; the rate is adjusted each July 1 for cost of living, capped at 5% a year. The notice is silent on workers hired directly by a household, so ask the city on 510-747-6859 if that is your case.
IHSS pays above the city floor. The county wage table gives Alameda County providers $22.10, effective July 1, 2026, and the rate depends on where the person receiving care lives; the Alameda County IHSS guide covers enrollment. The BLS median of $17.28 describes aides across a five-county metro, not this city alone. A family that employs you as a personal attendant must pay time-and-a-half for hours beyond 9 on a single day or 45 in a single week, under the Domestic Worker Bill of Rights.
How to enroll as a provider in Alameda County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Alameda County guide. IHSS wages for every county we cover, with effective dates, are in the IHSS pay by county guide.
How the public numbers relate to private rates, and what affects them, is covered in the caregiver pay guide.
Rules
Caregiver requirements in California, applied to Alameda
Bathing, meals, errands and company for an Alameda household that pays you directly need no state license. If one of the ten licensed home care organizations in town hires you, it must first enter you in California's Home Care Aide Registry ($35 to apply). Jobs at the nursing facilities on Willow Street, Westline Drive and Blanding Avenue, and aide visits for the home health agencies, normally require a nurse assistant or home health aide certificate from CDPH. IHSS enrollment goes through the county and its Public Authority; the orientation, Live Scan and registry steps are on the Alameda County page. If you suspect that an older or dependent adult in your care is being harmed, California law makes reporting it your duty; the county APS line, 1-866-CALL-APS or (510) 577-3500, is answered around the clock. Statewide rules are collected in the requirements guide.
Local resources
Training and career resources near Alameda
Alameda employers and job help, checked against state records or their own websites in October 2026.
- Skilled nursing facilities in 94501Seven on the CDPH list: Bay View Rehabilitation Hospital and Alameda Healthcare & Wellness Center on Willow Street, West Shore Post Acute, Park Bridge Rehabilitation and Wellness Center, Marina Garden Nursing Center, and two units licensed to Alameda Hospital.
- Home health agencies and hospices with Alameda officesCDPH lists seven home health agencies, including Sutter Care at Home, CenterWell Asian American Home Health, Aveanna Healthcare, Baypoint Home Health and Golden Pacific Home Health, and four hospices: Sutter Care at Home, Pathways Home Health and Hospice, Bridge Palliative and Hospice Care, and Cherishaven Hospice. They send certified aides on visits to patients' homes.
- Licensed home care organizationsTen held an active license at an Alameda address in the CDSS file dated May 25, 2025, for example FirstLight Home Care of Alameda and Affinity Care Group on Marina Village Parkway, Visiting Angels on Santa Clara Avenue and Home Care Pros on Harbor Bay Parkway. Each must register its aides with the state.
- City of Alameda job-seeker pageA list of openings that local employers submit, updated weekly; in October 2026 AEC Living was on it, recruiting caregivers and CNAs. It also links the College of Alameda One-Stop Career Center for resume and interview help.
- City minimum wage officeQuestions and complaints about the $17.76 rate go to the Base Reuse and Economic Development Department, 950 West Mall Square, Room 205, on 510-747-6859. The ordinance protects employees who assert their right to it from retaliation.
The area
Alameda in numbers
ACS 2020–2024 puts 13,824 Alameda residents (17.9%) at age 65 or above; half the city is older than 41.0. In 9,422 of the city's 29,988 households (31.4%) at least one member is 65-plus, and 2,457 of the 3,411 older residents living by themselves are women. Among people 65 and up outside institutions, 28.8% report a disability. Incomes and rents run high: a $137,697 median household income, a $2,474 median gross rent, and 49.3% of homes rented. Only 44.2% of workers drive to work alone and 10.0% ride transit, so some clients will count on you to drive them. About 1,280 people live in group quarters, under 2% of the total, so these figures mainly describe private households.
Alameda Hospital, at 2070 Clinton Avenue and listed among Alameda Health System's locations, holds 101 licensed beds in HCAI's profile and runs a basic emergency department; Discharges from there and from Willow Street create short jobs that can turn into regular hours. For more work close by, see Oakland and San Leandro.
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How to find private caregiver jobs in Alameda (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Alameda
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Alameda is part of Alameda County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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Elsewhere in Alameda County: Fremont · Livermore · Pleasanton · Dublin · Union City
Guides
Useful reading
How to become a caregiver in California: requirements, HCA registry, IHSS and CNA explained · How much do caregivers make in California and Arizona? BLS, IHSS and minimum wage (2026) · Private caregiver jobs near you: how to find them without an agency · Caregiver interview preparation: questions families ask and how to answer them
Sources (checked 2026-10-20):
- City of Alameda, Minimum Wage notice ($17.76 from July 1, 2026)
- City of Alameda, Resources for Job-Seekers
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances (July 1, 2026 table)
- HCAI, hospital profile: Alameda Hospital
- Alameda Health System, Alameda Hospital location page
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date October 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing, facility files (file date May 25, 2025)
- CDSS, Home Care Services application fees
- Alameda County Social Services Agency, Older Adult Abuse and Neglect (APS)
- California EDD, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), 12-month average August 2025 to August 2026
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- BLS OEWS May 2025, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05 and B26001, Alameda city
Questions
Caregiver jobs in Alameda: frequently asked questions
How high is Alameda's own minimum wage?
$17.76 an hour from July 1, 2026, for anyone doing at least two hours of work in a week within city limits, at any size of employer. The next adjustment is due July 1, 2027.
Which Alameda employers hire aides and CNAs?
State records show seven skilled nursing facilities, seven home health agencies, four hospices, seven elderly care homes and ten licensed home care organizations with Alameda addresses, along with Alameda Hospital. Call them; the lists do not show vacancies.
Does IHSS here pay more than the Alameda city minimum?
Yes. Since July 1, 2026, Alameda County IHSS providers are paid $22.10 an hour, $4.34 more than the city rate. A client living in Oakland or San Leandro is also in Alameda County, so the IHSS wage is the same there.
Is unemployment high in Alameda?
No. EDD's 12-month average for Alameda is about 4.7%, a little above Alameda County's 4.5% and under California's 5.3%.
Can I take clients to appointments without a car?
Sometimes. One Alameda worker in ten commutes by bus, train or ferry, according to the ACS, and 8.1% of households own no car. Holding a driver's license still opens more jobs.
Where do families in Alameda post their requests?
On the Alameda family page, and the same requests appear in the postings above. Caregivers join free and owe no commission on what a family pays.
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