Anaheim, California · Orange County

Caregiver Jobs in Anaheim, CA

Anaheim is the largest city in Orange County, and six in ten residents use a language besides English at home. Families here post in-home care directly; build a free profile and apply to the ones near you.

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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Anaheim

Anaheim runs from the neighborhoods west of the 5, through downtown and the resort district, east to Anaheim Hills along the 91, and care postings come from all of it. West and central Anaheim households are often multigenerational, with a parent who stays home while the rest of the family works; Anaheim Hills postings tend to come from older couples in single-family houses. Each posting above names the neighborhood city and distance, and the list updates as families publish.

The profile choices that matter most here are language and driving. 40.8% of Anaheim residents five and older speak Spanish at home, 12.8% an Asian or Pacific Islander language and 4.1% another Indo-European language; a quarter of residents (24.7%) speak English less than very well, so a family may be hiring precisely for the language. Say which languages you can use for personal care, not just conversation, and whether you have a car: many requests include rides to clinic visits or the pharmacy. The private jobs guide explains how to answer a posting.

Live postings

Families looking for private caregivers near Anaheim, CA

Real postings from families on CaregiverConnect, matched to Anaheim by distance. 5 caregivers within 50 miles already have profiles here.

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Personal care caregiver needed in Fullerton, CA

Fullerton, CA · about 5 mi from AnaheimTue, Mon, Wed, Fri, Thu · 2 hrs/day

$20.00/hr offeredPosted Sep 30, 2026

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Post-surgery recovery care caregiver needed in Los Angeles, CA

Los Angeles, CA · about 26 mi from AnaheimMonday through Friday · 4 hrs/day

$32.00/hr offeredPosted Oct 12, 2026

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Types of caregiver jobs

Types of caregiver jobs in Anaheim

Typical Anaheim requests: weekday daytime companionship and personal care while adult children are at work, meal preparation to a parent's diet, help after a stay at a nearby hospital, dementia supervision, and weekend or evening respite. Entry points without experience are companionship, errands and housekeeping. If you already work days, evening and weekend respite postings are the ones to watch.

Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time

Pay

Caregiver pay in Anaheim: how much caregivers make

Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA metro (Los Angeles and Orange 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, Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim, CA metro (Los Angeles and Orange counties)	$16.50 median ($17.25 mean)	BLS OEWS, May 2025; 385,530 jobs; concentration 2.22× national
IHSS provider wage, Orange County	$18.90	CDSS; effective January 1, 2026
California minimum wage	$16.90	effective January 1, 2026

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.

Orange County projection: 53,070 aide jobs in 2023 to 69,870 in 2033 (+31.7%), about 106,340 openings over the decade including replacements (California EDD, 2023–2033 projections (Anaheim–Santa Ana–Irvine Metropolitan Division)). Openings are not the same as net new jobs.

Anaheim gives its name to the BLS metro, but the $16.50 median covers Los Angeles County too; Orange County's own aide median, from EDD's projection file, is $17.11. On minimum wage, Anaheim is often misunderstood. Measure L, passed by city voters in 2018, set a living wage starting at $15 in 2019 and rising each year for hospitality businesses in the resort area that receive city subsidies; it does not apply to a family hiring a caregiver at home. Anaheim has no general citywide minimum wage (the UC Berkeley Labor Center's tracker of local wage laws does not list it), so private caregiving here starts from the state's $16.90, and IHSS pays $18.90.

How to enroll as a provider in Orange County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Orange 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 Anaheim

For a private, non-medical job in an Anaheim home, no state license is needed; the family decides what to check, which may include CPR, references and a background check you arrange yourself. Agency jobs require Home Care Aide Registry enrollment through CDSS. If you care for a relative or client on Medi-Cal through IHSS, enrollment runs through the county's IHSS Public Authority office on W. Walnut Street in Santa Ana, a short drive down the 5, and includes orientation videos, two state forms, an in-person visit and fingerprinting. Caregivers are mandated reporters of elder abuse; Orange County APS takes reports at (800) 451-5155, day or night. See the California requirements guide.

Local resources

Training and career resources near Anaheim

Training and job help inside Anaheim or a short drive away, checked on each organization's site.

NOCE Anaheim Campus, Personal Care Aide Certificate1830 W. Romneya Drive, Anaheim, CA 92801 (CTE office, 5th floor). Tuition-free noncredit courses in bathing and personal care, body mechanics, basic nutrition and infection control; completable in about four months. CTE (714) 808-4915; students pay for books, scrubs and parking.
Anaheim Workforce ConnectionThe City of Anaheim's workforce office, 201 S. Anaheim Blvd., 2nd Floor, Anaheim, CA 92805; (714) 765-4350. Call to ask about job-seeker services.
IHSS Public Authority of Orange CountySanta Ana office at 2020 W. Walnut St.; call (714) 825-3195 to enroll or (714) 825-3202 about the registry. Provider training topics include fall prevention, Alzheimer's disease and recognizing abuse.
Santa Ana College School of Continuing EducationAdult-education campus at 2900 W. Edinger Ave. in Santa Ana, (714) 241-5700; its classes are tuition-free for California adults.
OC Bus and OC ACCESSOC Bus $2.00 a ride, with daily fare capping on the Wave card. If your client uses OC ACCESS ($3.60 a trip), you ride free as their personal care attendant.

The area

Anaheim in numbers

With 340,433 people in the Department of Finance's January 1, 2026 estimate, Anaheim is the most populous city in Orange County. It is younger than the county as a whole: its median age is 36.2 and only 13.0% of residents have reached 65 (ACS 2020–2024). Yet 29.6% of households include someone 65 or older, and 34.6% of older residents report a disability, above the county's 29.2%, which points to older parents living inside larger family households and needing hands-on help. Median gross rent is $2,175 and the median home value $831,200, both below the county medians, and the average commute is 27.4 minutes.

AHMC Anaheim Regional Medical Center at 1111 W. La Palma Avenue runs an emergency department; if you have helped someone through the first days home from a hospital stay, say so on your profile. Neighboring pages: Fullerton to the north, Garden Grove and Santa Ana to the south, and the Orange County hub.

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How it works

How to find private caregiver jobs in Anaheim (no agency)

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Widen your search

Caregiver jobs near Anaheim

Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.

Anaheim is part of Orange County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.

Elsewhere in Orange County: San Clemente · Laguna Niguel · Mission Viejo · Lake Forest

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

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Questions

Caregiver jobs in Anaheim: frequently asked questions

Does Anaheim's Measure L raise pay for caregivers?

No. Measure L covers hospitality businesses in the resort area that receive city subsidies. A caregiver hired by an Anaheim family is covered by the California minimum of $16.90, or $18.90 through IHSS.

Are there caregiver jobs in Anaheim with no experience?

Yes, mainly companionship, errands, meal preparation and housekeeping. To add personal-care skills, NOCE's Personal Care Aide Certificate on W. Romneya Drive is tuition-free.

Do Anaheim families want Spanish-speaking caregivers?

Many do; 40.8% of residents speak Spanish at home. Another 12.8% speak an Asian or Pacific Islander language, so list each language you can use with a client.

How do I become a paid IHSS caregiver in Anaheim?

The IHSS Public Authority's enrollment desk is in Santa Ana on W. Walnut Street; phone (714) 825-3195 to start. The recipient must already be approved for IHSS by the county.

Do I need a car for caregiver work in Anaheim?

Not always, but it widens your options; many families ask for rides to appointments. Without one, OC Bus costs $2.00 a ride, and you ride OC ACCESS free as a certified client's attendant.

Where can I look for job-search help in Anaheim?

Anaheim Workforce Connection, the city's job center at 201 S. Anaheim Blvd., (714) 765-4350, is the place to start; call ahead for current services.

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