Caregiver Jobs in Alpine County
This page covers all of Alpine County: Markleeville, Woodfords, the Hung A Lel Ti community, Alpine Village, Mesa Vista, Kirkwood and Bear Valley. Requests posted under ZIP code 96120, the one residential ZIP in our registry for the county, show up above as families publish them.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Alpine County
Alpine County had 1,183 residents on January 1, 2026, by the Department of Finance estimate, and the county's draft 2025 Regional Transportation Plan calls it the least populous county in California. The plan describes about 740 square miles, almost 95% of it publicly owned, no incorporated cities, and Markleeville, Kirkwood, Bear Valley, Woodfords and Alpine Village as the main communities, with the tribal community of Hung A Lel Ti near Woodfords. County Health and Human Services, which runs IHSS and Adult Protective Services, is at 75A Diamond Valley Road in Markleeville.
Most working residents leave the county for their jobs. The plan reports that 98 of 903 employed residents work inside Alpine County, while the rest commute to El Dorado County or to Douglas and Washoe counties in Nevada. It also notes that in winter Bear Valley's only route out of the county is State Route 4 west to Calaveras County. Say on your profile which communities you can reach in every season.
Families looking for private caregivers in Alpine County
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Caregiver jobs by city and town
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The communities of Alpine County
Alpine County is all unincorporated and has no separate town pages here. The draft 2025 transportation plan names these communities.
- MarkleevilleHealth and Human Services, the MACT clinic, Behavioral Health and the Sheriff's Live Scan site are all here, and Dial-A-Ride serves it.
- Woodfords and Hung A Lel TiDial-A-Ride stops at both. The plan places the tribal community of Hung A Lel Ti near Woodfords, reached by Diamond Valley Road.
- Alpine Village and Mesa VistaResidential communities that the plan lists among those relying on local roads such as Emigrant Trail, Diamond Valley Road and Foothill Road to reach the state highways.
- KirkwoodOn the Dial-A-Ride service list.
- Bear ValleyNot served by Dial-A-Ride. County Behavioral Health sees clients by appointment at a site in the Bear Valley Library building, and in winter the only road out of the county from here is State Route 4 west.
Types of caregiver jobs in Alpine County
The county has no licensed hospital, nursing home or residential care home of its own, so paid care here is mostly in clients' homes. IHSS, which county Health and Human Services administers for CDSS, can cover housecleaning, meal preparation, laundry, grocery shopping, personal care, rides to medical appointments and protective supervision. Private families ask for similar help, plus company for an older relative who lives alone. The transportation plan expects people 65 and over to reach roughly 32.6% of the population by 2040.
- Senior caregiving: day-to-day help so an older adult can stay at home.
- Personal care: bathing, dressing, grooming, transfers.
- Companion care: company, errands, appointments, light help.
- Dementia care: routine-based support for memory loss.
- Respite care: cover so a family caregiver can rest or work.
- Live-in: room and board as part of the arrangement.
- Overnight: supervision through the night.
- Part-time and full-time: set by day and time block on your profile.
Caregiver pay in Alpine County: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area (Alpine and six other 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, Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area (Alpine and six other counties) | $16.52 median ($17.48 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 2,220 jobs; concentration 1.27× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Alpine County | $17.85 | CDSS; effective July 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
| Nursing assistants, Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area (Alpine and six other counties) | $22.79 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.
BLS reports no wages for Alpine County alone. It groups the county with Amador, Calaveras, Inyo, Mariposa, Mono and Tuolumne in the Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode nonmetropolitan area; in May 2025 that area's 2,220 home health and personal care aides earned a $16.52 median and a $17.48 mean, and its nursing assistants a $22.79 median. Alpine County's IHSS rate went to $17.85 an hour on July 1, 2026, according to CDSS, 95 cents above the $16.90 state minimum. UC Berkeley's ordinance inventory shows no local minimum wage in the county, so $16.90 is the floor for private jobs, and personal attendants employed by a household earn overtime after nine hours in a day or 45 in a week.
About 8.1% of Alpine County's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates, compared with 5.3% statewide. The labor force is only about 482 people, and the monthly rate swung from 6.6% to 10.4%. Against that, the hours authorized through IHSS in Alpine County are one of the more predictable sources of local pay.
How to enroll as a provider in Alpine County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Alpine 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.
Caregiver requirements in California, applied to Alpine County
You need no state license to give non-medical care to a family that hires you directly. The Home Care Aide Registry is required only when a licensed home care agency employs you, and the state licensing file lists none in Alpine County. For IHSS, call Health and Human Services on (530) 694-2235. CDSS lists the four enrollment steps, all due within 90 days: hand in form SOC 426 in person with photo ID and an original Social Security card, get fingerprinted for a Department of Justice check, attend the county orientation, and sign the SOC 846 provider agreement. The Attorney General's directory lists one Live Scan site in the county, the Alpine County Sheriff's Department in Markleeville. The county's pages do not describe a separate Public Authority, so direct provider questions to Health and Human Services. Suspected abuse of an elder or dependent adult must be reported. For the statewide rules, see California caregiver requirements.
Training and career resources near Alpine County
Offices, services and rides for Alpine County caregivers, confirmed with each organization in October 2026.
- Alpine County Health and Human Services (IHSS)At 75A Diamond Valley Road, Markleeville, (530) 694-2235, weekdays 8 to 5. Contact it about IHSS eligibility and provider enrollment; it also runs Adult Protective Services and a delivered-meal program for vulnerable older adults.
- Live Scan at the Alpine County Sheriff99 Water Street, Markleeville. Fingerprinting is by appointment on weekdays from 8:00 to 5:00; call (530) 694-2231, extension 331. The site charges a $25 rolling fee, and other fees may apply. CDSS advises waiting for the county's fingerprint instructions before booking.
- M.A.C.T. Health Clinic, MarkleevilleMACT Health Board runs the county clinic at 75B Diamond Valley Road, (530) 999-6658, weekdays 8 to 5. Services include general medical care, lab work, EKG, vaccinations and diabetes prevention and care, and it does pre-employment exams.
- Alpine County Dial-A-RideRun by Community Development, by appointment, Monday to Friday 8:00 to 5:00, serving Markleeville, Woodfords, Hung A Lel Ti, Kirkwood, Minden, Gardnerville, Dresslerville, South Lake Tahoe and the Carson City area. One-way fares were $2 to $5 in the draft 2025 plan. It does not serve Bear Valley or run under chain controls.
- Del Oro Caregiver Resource Center educationDel Oro lists Alpine among the 13 counties where it offers free educational sessions open to the public. Its office is in Citrus Heights; (916) 728-9333.
Alpine County in numbers
Census survey figures for a county this small carry wide margins: ACS 2020–2024 estimates 1,616 residents, well above the state's 1,183. With that caution, the survey finds 21.1% of residents 65 or older, a median age of 39.8, and 49.0% of households with someone 65 or over. Median household income is $105,521, and 72.1% of the 1,558 housing units were counted as vacant. Workers average 32.7 minutes to their job and 18.3% work from home. The draft transportation plan reports residents as 71% white, 19% Native American and 7.4% Hispanic, and names the Hung A Lel Ti Community Council of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California as the one federally recognized tribe in the county.
CDPH's licensed facility file (data date September 16, 2026) lists no licensed health facility of any kind with an Alpine County address (the MACT clinic in Markleeville does not appear in it), and the state's community care files list no residential care home for the elderly. Related pages: El Dorado County, Amador County and Calaveras County.
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Useful reading before you apply
How to become a caregiver in California: requirements, HCA registry, IHSS and CNA explained
Which rules apply to a caregiver in California depends on who pays them. A plain-language map of the Home Care Aide Registry, IHSS provider enrolment and CNA/HHA certification, with the official sources.
How much do caregivers make in California and Arizona? BLS, IHSS and minimum wage (2026)
Median hourly pay for home health and personal care aides by metro area from the May 2025 BLS survey, county IHSS wages, state minimum wages, and how private rates relate to them.
Private caregiver jobs near you: how to find them without an agency
Where families who hire directly actually look, how to be found, what to put in writing, and the legal basics of being a household employee.
Caregiver interview preparation: questions families ask and how to answer them
What a family interview for private caregiving work really covers, the questions to expect, the questions you should ask, and what to bring.
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
- BLS OEWS, May 2025 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area definitions
- California EDD, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), 12-month average August 2025 to August 2026
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- Alpine County Health and Human Services, Adult Services (IHSS, APS, senior meals)
- Alpine County Public Health
- Alpine County, M.A.C.T. Health Clinic
- Alpine County, Bear Valley Behavioral Health Services
- Alpine County Local Transportation Commission, DRAFT 2025 Regional Transportation Plan
- CDSS, Provider enrollment steps (SOC 847)
- California Attorney General, Live Scan locations, Alpine County
- Del Oro Caregiver Resource Center
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date September 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing, facility files (file date May 25, 2025)
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05, Alpine County
Caregiver jobs in Alpine County: frequently asked questions
What is the Alpine County IHSS phone number?
Call Alpine County Health and Human Services on (530) 694-2235. The office is at 75A Diamond Valley Road in Markleeville and is open Monday to Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
How much does IHSS pay in Alpine County?
$17.85 an hour, effective July 1, 2026, in the CDSS county wage table. The rate is set by the county where the client lives.
Where can I get Live Scan fingerprints in Alpine County?
At the Sheriff's Department, 99 Water Street, Markleeville, by appointment on weekdays. It is the only Alpine County site in the Attorney General's directory and charges a $25 rolling fee.
Are there facility caregiving jobs in the county?
Not inside it, according to state licensing data: no hospital, nursing home or assisted living facility is licensed at an Alpine County address. Facility jobs mean commuting to another county, which is already how most employed residents work.
Can a client without a car get to appointments?
Dial-A-Ride runs weekday trips by appointment and, on Thursdays, medical and Social Security trips to Reno, Truckee, Placerville and Sacramento that must be booked at least seven days ahead. It does not serve Bear Valley.
Where do Alpine County families post?
On the Alpine County family page, which feeds the list at the top of this page. Caregivers pay nothing to join or apply and keep all they earn.
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