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Meal preparation & homemaking caregiver needed in California, CA
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Antioch, California · Contra Costa County
Caregiver Jobs in Antioch, CA
Antioch is an East County commuter city where many working families share a house with an older parent. Build a free profile, set the radius you can drive, and reply to the East County postings listed above.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Antioch
The Department of Finance counted 118,440 people in Antioch as of January 1, 2026. Households here are large, 3.10 people on average (ACS 2020–2024), and 32.2% of them include someone 65 or older, so care is often for a grandparent who lives with a son or daughter who leaves early for a long commute. Antioch workers who travel to a job spend 42.0 minutes getting there on average, which is why families often want a caregiver to arrive early, stay through the day or cover the evening until a relative is back. Postings for ZIP codes 94509 and 94531 appear above when families publish them, and families in Pittsburg, Oakley and Brentwood may also want someone who lives nearby.
East County is built around the car. Nearly two-thirds of Antioch commuters (65.6%) drive alone and only 4.8% use public transportation, so a reliable vehicle is often the first thing a family asks about. Your profile should mention your driving record and whether you can drive a client to Kaiser on Sand Creek Road or Sutter Delta on Lone Tree Way. Language also counts: a non-English language is spoken at home by 37.7% of Antioch people over age four, with Spanish at 23.4%, while Asia is the birthplace of 39.2% of the city's immigrants.
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Families looking for private caregivers near Antioch, CA
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Types of caregiver jobs
Types of caregiver jobs in Antioch
Common requests are before-work and after-work shifts for a parent who lives with the family, daytime companionship and meal preparation, showering and dressing help, trips to the doctor, and a few weeks of cover when someone comes home from Kaiser or Sutter Delta. Newcomers usually start with companionship, light housekeeping and errands; the evening CNA course in Pittsburg is the nearest route to personal care and facility work.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Pay
Caregiver pay in Antioch: 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, Contra Costa County | $20.03 | CDSS; effective January 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.
No Antioch ordinance shows up in the UC Berkeley Labor Center list of city and county wage laws, which leaves $16.90, California's 2026 rate, as the floor here, unlike Richmond at the other end of the county. The numbers that matter more are these: IHSS work in Contra Costa County pays $20.03 hourly, the May 2025 OEWS survey put East Bay and San Francisco area aides at a $17.28 median (mean $18.66), and CNAs across that metro reached $26.96 at the median. Those metro figures pool East County with San Francisco, Oakland and San Mateo County, so treat them as a reference point and compare any Antioch offer with the IHSS rate before you accept. For a private family, ask for overtime terms in writing: a California personal attendant is due overtime past the ninth hour of a workday or the 45th of a workweek.
How to enroll as a provider in Contra Costa County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Contra Costa 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 Antioch
For non-medical help paid by an Antioch household directly, California requires no license. Joining the CDSS aide registry is your choice when you work independently; it turns compulsory the day a licensed home care agency hires you. IHSS providers in Antioch enroll through the Contra Costa County Public Authority, (800) 333-1081, which also matches providers with recipients from its registry and helps with the Electronic Service Portal. Work in a skilled nursing facility, or any task that counts as nursing, calls for CDPH nurse assistant certification. Welfare and Institutions Code section 15630 makes you a mandated reporter if you suspect an older or dependent client is being harmed, and the county APS hotline answers 24 hours a day. Statewide details are in the California caregiver requirements guide.
Local resources
Training and career resources near Antioch
East County programs and contacts; confirm current start dates and fees with each one.
- Pittsburg Adult Education Center, Certified Nursing AssistantA 16-week evening course: theory Monday 5 to 9 pm on the PAEC campus (every night for the first three weeks), clinicals Tuesday to Thursday 4:30 to 8 pm at a long-term care facility, plus occasional Saturdays. The fee is $1,400, including books, CPR and fingerprinting. You need a California ID, Social Security card, physical, immunizations and Live Scan, and must attend an information session first.
- Los Medanos College Nursing (Pittsburg)A three-semester Vocational Nursing program and an RN degree with an LVN-to-RN option, at 2700 East Leland Road. Counseling appointments: (925) 473-7449; Brentwood Center (925) 513-1625.
- Contra Costa County IHSS Public AuthorityEnroll as an IHSS provider or join the registry on (800) 333-1081; payroll and timesheet questions go to (877) 335-2171.
- Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa CountyAmerica's Job Center of California / EASTBAY Works offers job search help, CalJOBS registration and training referrals for job seekers.
- Family Caregiver AllianceAs the Bay Area Caregiver Resource Center it runs workshops on dementia, stroke and other brain impairments for Contra Costa caregivers; (415) 434-3388.
The area
Antioch in numbers
According to the ACS 2020–2024 survey, 16,637 Antioch residents are 65 or older (14.3%) and 1,314 have reached 85; half the city is younger than 38.4. More than a third of residents 65 and up (37.2%) report a disability, and 2,917 older residents live alone. Most homes are owned (63.6%), with a median value of $629,700; renters pay a median $2,278 a month. Median household income is $97,465. In practice that means many clients live in single-family houses with relatives, and the care plan is built around the family's work hours.
Two hospitals send patients home to Antioch. Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch at 4501 Sand Creek Road is licensed for 150 beds, and Sutter Delta Medical Center at 3901 Lone Tree Way for 141, according to state HCAI profiles. Discharges from both generate short-term home care requests. Nearby pages: Concord, Walnut Creek, Stockton and the Contra Costa County page.
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Caregiver jobs near Antioch
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Antioch is part of Contra Costa 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 2026-10-15):
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates, January 1, 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profile, Antioch city (via MCDC)
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances
- BLS OEWS May 2025, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA (31-1120, 31-1131)
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- CDSS, Home Care Services Bureau
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights
- Contra Costa EHSD, In-Home Supportive Services
- Contra Costa EHSD, Adult Protective Services
- Pittsburg Adult Education Center, Certified Nursing Assistant
- Los Medanos College, Nursing
- Tri Delta Transit, Paratransit Services
- Workforce Development Board of Contra Costa County
- HCAI hospital profile, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Antioch
- HCAI hospital profile, Sutter Delta Medical Center
Questions
Caregiver jobs in Antioch: frequently asked questions
Does Antioch have its own minimum wage?
No Antioch wage ordinance is on the Labor Center's list, so employers there follow California's $16.90 hourly minimum for 2026.
Where can I take a CNA class near Antioch?
Pittsburg Adult Education Center runs a 16-week evening course costing $1,400 with books, CPR and fingerprinting included. Enrollment starts with an information session.
How much does IHSS pay in Antioch?
$20.03 an hour, the Contra Costa County rate in effect since January 1, 2026. It is the same anywhere in the county, from Antioch to Richmond.
Do I need a car for caregiving work in Antioch?
Usually. Two-thirds of local commuters drive alone and transit use is low, so families often ask caregivers to drive clients to appointments. Tri Delta Transit runs paratransit for riders who qualify.
Which hospitals in Antioch generate home care requests?
Kaiser Antioch on Sand Creek Road (150 licensed beds) and Sutter Delta Medical Center on Lone Tree Way (141 beds). Patients going home from either may need help for a few weeks.
Can I get paid by IHSS to care for my grandmother in Antioch?
If she is approved for IHSS, she can choose you as her provider. Enrollment goes through Contra Costa's Public Authority at (800) 333-1081; the Contra Costa IHSS guide explains the process.
Where do Antioch families post care needs?
On the Antioch family page, by ZIP code, with nearby caregiver profiles shown alongside.
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