Caregiver Jobs in Avenal, CA
Avenal is a Kings County city of 13,142 residents, and about a quarter of the people the census counts there live in group quarters, which include the state prison. Build a free profile with ZIP 93204 to reach Avenal households; the postings above update as families publish them.
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Read Avenal's census numbers with the prison in mind. In ACS 2020–2024, 3,365 of the 13,608 people counted (24.7%) live in group quarters, a count that takes in Avenal State Prison at #1 Kings Way, which CDCR says opened in 1987 as the first all-new state prison in 20 years. That is why 63.2% of residents are male and why city-wide age figures understate older residents in ordinary homes. Looking only at households: 545 of Avenal's 2,802 households (19.5%) include someone 65 or older, 108 older residents live alone, and 45.8% of the 611 residents 65 and over who live outside institutions report a disability.
Those households are mostly Spanish-speaking: Spanish is used at home by 75.3% of Avenal residents over four years old, and a third (33.2%) speak it with limited English, so bilingual applicants should lead with it. A caregiver who lives in Avenal has a clear edge: the survey finds no residents commuting by public transit, 71.7% driving alone and 23.1% carpooling, and an average trip to work of 36.4 minutes. Put your ZIP code, whether you have a car, and the hours you can reliably cover in your profile.
About 10.6% of Avenal's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates. Kings County averaged 9.0% and California 5.3%, and Avenal's monthly rate ranged from 9.4% to 12.0%. In a town where 42.8% of employed residents work in agriculture, an IHSS provider job paid by Kings County IHSS gives a resident steady hours caring for a relative or neighbor.
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Types of caregiver jobs in Avenal
Avenal requests tend to be home help for a parent living with family: meals, bathing, medicine reminders, company while relatives work, and rides to the clinics on Kings Street or to appointments out of town. State facility data list no hospital, nursing home or licensed elder care home in Avenal, so there is no local employer of aides of that kind, and most paid care is private or through IHSS. Start with companion care and housekeeping if you are new; list CPR or a CNA certificate if you hold one.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Caregiver pay in Avenal: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Hanford–Corcoran, CA metro (Kings 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, Hanford–Corcoran, CA metro (Kings County) | $16.50 median ($16.62 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 3,250 jobs; concentration 2.4× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Kings County | $17.50 | 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.
The Hanford–Corcoran metro covers all of Kings County, so the BLS aide figures above include Avenal. With no Avenal ordinance recorded by UC Berkeley's Labor Center, private work here starts at the $16.90 state minimum. Kings County IHSS pays $17.50 an hour from January 1, 2026; a client who lives across the county line in Fresno County, in Coalinga or Huron for example, is paid at Fresno County's $18.75, because the rate follows the client's county. Local means are limited: ACS puts Avenal's median household income at $54,741, 28.1% of households received food stamp benefits, one in five older residents outside institutions (20.5%) is poor by the federal measure, and the median gross rent is $1,015. As a private personal attendant you earn 150% of your rate beyond nine hours a day or 45 a week, and any driving to Hanford should be priced in before you agree.
How to enroll as a provider in Kings County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Kings 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 Avenal
No license is required for non-medical work you do for a family that pays you itself; agency jobs bring in the Home Care Aide Registry, and nursing assistant jobs need CDPH certification. To become an IHSS provider for an Avenal client, the client reports the hire to the Kings County IHSS Public Authority (559-852-4615, or 1-855-800-3021 toll-free), which then mails you the fingerprint form and new-provider paperwork. Orientation is a county video in English or Spanish, followed by a signed SOC 846, and hours are logged electronically, not on paper. Avenal has no entry on the Attorney General's Kings County Live Scan list; the Lemoore Police Department, 657 Fox Street, books appointments Tuesday to Thursday afternoons for $20, and the other listed sites are in Hanford. Every paid caregiver is a mandated reporter; Kings County's APS hotline, 1-559-852-4000, is staffed at all hours. The requirements guide has the state detail.
Training and career resources near Avenal
Avenal options for classes, IHSS enrollment and buses, read from each provider in October 2026.
- Avenal Adult School (Reef-Sunset Unified)205 N. Park Avenue, (559) 386-1369. Weekday ESL with a computer lab from 8 to 11 a.m., adult basic education and math tutoring from noon to 3, and high school diploma study from 8 to 3; evening ESL and basic education Monday to Thursday. Finishing a diploma here opens the door to Coalinga College's CNA course, which requires one.
- Nurse assistant training at Lemoore CollegeHS 61, the Kings County college's nurse assistant class, runs about two months, pairing lab skills with in-hospital training, and prepares students for the certification exam. 555 College Ave., Lemoore; 559-925-3000.
- Coalinga College Nurse Assistant TrainingCoalinga College, across the county line in Fresno County, admits students aged 17 or older who have finished high school or its equivalent, passed a physical and cleared fingerprinting; its nine weeks of theory, a skills lab and hospital clinical days lead to the certification exam.
- Kings County IHSS Public AuthorityNew providers whose client has chosen them, existing providers adding a client, and people who want to join the registry all start on 1-559-852-4615. Office at 1222 W. Lacey Blvd., Hanford.
- KART Route 12 (Avenal)Kings Area Regional Transit lists Route 12 among its out-of-town routes, and Avenal is in its service area; the timetable is posted as a downloadable map. A single ride is $1.75, or $0.85 with a KART-issued discount card for seniors 65 and over, Medicare cardholders and riders with qualifying disabilities.
Avenal in numbers
The Department of Finance estimated Avenal's population at 13,142 on January 1, 2026. Outside the prison, households are large, averaging 3.7 people, and 54.5% of homes are rented. Owner-occupied homes have a median value of $228,900 and 6.3% of households have no vehicle. Nearly four in ten residents (39.5%) were born abroad, almost all of them in Latin America. One in five employed residents (20.3%) works in education, health care or social assistance, and 36.3% hold farming, fishing or forestry jobs.
Health care in town is primary care. Aria Community Health Center, which CDPH lists under its former name, Avenal Community Health Center, runs a medical clinic and dental office at 148 E. Kings Street and further sites on Skyline Boulevard, and Adventist Health operates rural health clinics on East Fresno Street and East Kings Street. The Kings County Human Services Agency office for benefits such as Medi-Cal is at 590 Skyline Blvd. For hospital care and the rest of the county see the Kings County page and Hanford; nearby pages cover Coalinga, Huron and Lemoore.
How to find private caregiver jobs in Avenal (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Avenal
Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.
Avenal is part of Kings County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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Elsewhere in Kings County: Hanford
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
- California EDD, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), 12-month average August 2025 to August 2026
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profile, Avenal city (via MCDC)
- CDCR, Avenal State Prison (ASP)
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Hanford–Corcoran, CA
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- Kings County IHSS Public Authority, become an IHSS care provider
- Kings County IHSS Public Authority (phones, office, electronic timesheets)
- Kings County IHSS Public Authority, provider orientation
- Kings County Adult Protective Services
- Kings County Human Services Agency, office locations and hours
- California Attorney General, Live Scan locations, Kings County
- Avenal Adult School, class schedule (August 28, 2026)
- Lemoore College, Nurse Assistant Training Program
- Coalinga College, Nurse Assistant Training
- KART, Route 12 and fares
- Aria Community Health Center, Avenal locations
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date September 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing, facility files (file date May 25, 2025)
Caregiver jobs in Avenal: frequently asked questions
Why do Avenal's census figures look unusual?
Roughly a quarter of the people counted live in group quarters, mainly Avenal State Prison, which pulls the share of men up to 63% and distorts age averages. Household figures give a truer picture of the families who hire caregivers.
What does IHSS pay in Avenal?
$17.50 an hour, the Kings County rate effective January 1, 2026. If you also work for a client on the Fresno County side, in Coalinga or Huron, that client's hours are paid at $18.75.
Where do I get fingerprinted for IHSS if I live in Avenal?
The Attorney General lists no Live Scan site in Avenal. In Kings County, the Lemoore Police Department on Fox Street takes appointments on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday afternoons for $20, and several sites are listed in Hanford.
Can I improve my English before applying for caregiving work?
Yes. Avenal Adult School on North Park Avenue offers ESL classes on weekday mornings and Monday to Thursday evenings, along with diploma and basic education classes. Call (559) 386-1369.
Is there a bus out of Avenal?
Kings Area Regional Transit runs out-of-town Route 12 for Avenal; a one-way out-of-town ride is $1.75, or $0.85 with a KART discount card. Check the current timetable before relying on it for shift work.
Where do Avenal households post their requests?
Requests go up on the Avenal family page, and their requests then show up here. Listing yourself and applying are free for Avenal caregivers, with no fee taken from wages.
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