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American Canyon, California · Napa County
Caregiver Jobs in American Canyon, CA
American Canyon, a Napa County city, counted 22,619 people in the state's E-1 estimate for January 2026. Family requests for ZIP 94503 are listed above when posted; stretch the search radius to include Vallejo and Napa.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in American Canyon
American Canyon has more agency employers than its size suggests. Three licensed home care organizations have offices in the city, according to CDSS licensing records dated May 25, 2025: ABBA In-Home Care Services and Senior Helpers North Bay on Broadway, and Love and Joy Home Care on Northrup Lane. Each hires non-medical aides and must enter them on the state Home Care Aide Registry. CDPH's October 16, 2026 listing adds two home health agencies and two hospices: AtHome Healthcare Team and AtHome Hospice Care share an address at 100 Tower Road, and Home Now Healthcare Services holds both licenses on West American Canyon Road. Those offices are where CNAs and home health aides should apply.
Residential work is smaller in scale. The same CDSS file counts four licensed elder care homes with 41 beds; the largest is The Greenhills Care Home on Thayer Way, licensed for 24 and first licensed in 1994, and the rest take five or six residents. There are also six adult residential facilities and one licensed adult day program, A Bright Future Academy on Broadway. No hospital or nursing home is listed inside the city.
Language skills count for a lot in 94503. Two in five residents past age four (43.3% in ACS 2020–2024) are bilingual at home or speak no English there; Spanish accounts for 21.5% and Asian or Pacific Island languages for 18.5%. A quarter of the city (25.1%) is Filipino. If you speak Tagalog or Spanish, name it in your headline. Most workers here drive alone (74.8%), 1.8% ride transit and 11.7% work from home; the average commute is 29.7 minutes.
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Families looking for private caregivers near American Canyon, CA
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Types of caregiver jobs
Types of caregiver jobs in American Canyon
Typical requests: morning help with bathing and dressing, cooking, medication reminders, rides on Broadway or to appointments in Vallejo and Napa, and someone to sit with a parent through the workday. Agencies in town also staff in-home shifts, so applying to them is a practical way to gain your first paid hours. With no experience yet, offer companionship, errands and housekeeping, and say whether you can drive a client's car.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Pay
Caregiver pay in American Canyon: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Napa, CA metro (Napa County); 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, Napa, CA metro (Napa County) | $16.50 median ($19.48 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 2,900 jobs; concentration 1.35× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Napa County | $20.90 | CDSS; effective January 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
| Nursing assistants, Napa, CA metro (Napa County) | $24.21 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 4.6% of American Canyon's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates. The figure sits under the 5.3% California average and slightly over Napa County's 4.3%, in a labor force of roughly 11,900; the monthly readings ran from 3.8% to 5.2%. For your pay, the county line matters more. A client living in American Canyon falls under Napa County IHSS, $20.90 an hour, while a Solano County client, in Vallejo for example, is paid at Solano's $18.10. Details on enrolling are in the Napa County IHSS guide.
BLS treats Napa County as its own metro: the May 2025 survey found 2,900 aides there, paid $16.50 at the median and $19.48 on average, against $24.21 at the median for nursing assistants, a gap worth weighing if you are thinking about CNA training. Since the Labor Center at UC Berkeley records no American Canyon ordinance, the city's pay floor is the statewide $16.90. Families who employ you as a personal attendant must pay overtime past nine hours a day or 45 a week. ACS 2020–2024 reports $121,700 as the median household income and $2,537 as the median gross rent; set your private rate with your own rent in mind.
How to enroll as a provider in Napa County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Napa 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 American Canyon
For private, non-medical care paid by the family, California asks for no license. The three home care agencies in town are different: before one of them can place you with a client, you need a Home Care Aide Registry listing, $35 for two years through CDSS. Home health and hospice offices such as AtHome and Home Now work under CDPH licenses, where a nursing assistant or home health aide certificate is the usual entry ticket. IHSS providers in Napa County enroll online through the state portal and its mandatory videos, then bring their Social Security card and government photo ID to an orientation, where the Live Scan fingerprint form is handed out; a conviction within ten years may disqualify you. You are also a mandated reporter under WIC §15630: call Napa APS on 707-253-4398 on weekdays or 888-619-6913 at night and on weekends. See California caregiver requirements.
Local resources
Training and career resources near American Canyon
Enrollment, college programs and bus links for American Canyon caregivers, read on each agency's website this month.
- Napa County IHSS provider enrollmentRegular providers work for a client they already know; registry providers take extra training and sign an agreement so the Public Authority can refer them to new clients. Both start on the state enrollment site, then attend an orientation at 650 Imperial Way, Napa.
- Napa Valley College, Health OccupationsAt 2277 Napa-Vallejo Highway, a stop on Vine Route 11. Its listed programs include a three-semester psychiatric technician course with a paid apprenticeship track; a nursing assistant course is not among them.
- Solano Community College, CNA and HHAAcross the county line, the college teaches NURS 103 for nursing assistant certification and NURS 104 for home health aides, after a required orientation.
- Vine Route 11, Napa-Vallejo ConnectorRuns seven days a week and stops at the American Canyon Senior Center on Elliott Drive, Kaiser and Sutter hospitals in Vallejo, Queen of the Valley Medical Center and Napa Valley College. An adult ride costs $2.00; seniors, riders with disabilities and Medicare cardholders pay half.
- American Canyon Transit (ACT)A Monday-to-Saturday flex route around the city that can deviate to pick riders up at the door, with stops at the senior center, Napa Junction and American Canyon High School. Request rides in the Ride the Vine app.
The area
American Canyon in numbers
The ACS 2020–2024 estimates count 21,691 residents, 2,963 of them 65 or older (13.7%) and 306 aged 85-plus; the median age is 36.8. A third of households (2,010 of 5,988, or 33.6%) include someone 65 or over, though only about 261 older residents live alone. A disability is reported by 43.6% of the 65-plus group, and 10.2% of them have incomes under the poverty threshold. Housing is mostly detached homes (72.5%), but mobile homes make up 13.7% of units, and 74.3% of households own their home. Only 2.9% of households lack a car.
OLE Health runs an acute care clinic at 3431 Broadway for same- or next-day visits; routine checkups and chronic condition management are not offered at that site. From the Elliott Drive stop, Route 11 reaches the Kaiser and Sutter hospital stops in Vallejo one way and Queen of the Valley Medical Center in Napa the other. For clients just across the county line, see Vallejo, Benicia and Hercules; the Napa page covers the county seat.
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Caregiver jobs near American Canyon
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American Canyon is part of Napa County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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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 American Canyon, Active Adults (Active Adult Center)
- Vine Transit, Route 11 Napa-Vallejo Connector
- Vine Transit, American Canyon Transit
- Vine Transit, routes
- Vine Transit, fixed and flexible services (community shuttles)
- Vine Transit, fares
- OLE Health, American Canyon
- Napa County, I Want to be a Paid Care Provider
- Napa County, Adult Protective Services
- Napa Valley College, Health Occupations
- Solano Community College, CNA and Home Health Aide program
- California EDD, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), 12-month average August 2025 to August 2026
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county (IP Effective 10-1-2026 sheet)
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Napa, CA metro (31-1120, 31-1131), time series data file
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances (modified September 30, 2026)
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- CDSS, Home Care Services application fees
- CDSS Community Care Licensing, facility files (file date May 25, 2025)
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date October 16, 2026)
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05, American Canyon city
Questions
Caregiver jobs in American Canyon: frequently asked questions
Are there home care agencies in American Canyon?
Yes. Three licensed home care organizations had city addresses in the May 2025 state file, and two more companies hold CDPH home health and hospice licenses on Tower Road and West American Canyon Road.
Is unemployment high in American Canyon?
No. EDD's estimate averages about 4.6% for August 2025 to August 2026, under the 5.3% statewide figure though a little higher than Napa County's 4.3%.
Which IHSS rate applies if I live in American Canyon but my client is in Vallejo?
The client's county decides it. Napa County clients pay providers $20.90 an hour; a Vallejo client is under Solano County, at $18.10.
Is there a city minimum wage in American Canyon?
No. Without a local ordinance on the Berkeley list, the floor in American Canyon is California's $16.90.
Can I take the bus to clients in American Canyon?
Inside the city, ACT runs a flex route Monday to Saturday that can come to the door. Vine Route 11 runs daily between Napa and Vallejo with a stop at the senior center on Elliott Drive.
Where do American Canyon families post jobs?
On the American Canyon family page, filed under ZIP 94503; new posts appear in the list above. Caregivers sign up free and keep all of their pay.
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