Caregiver Jobs in Chowchilla, CA
Chowchilla is in Madera County, not Merced County, which changes the IHSS rate and the offices you deal with. No family has posted from Chowchilla yet; the listings below are drawn from 50 miles around, and a free profile puts you in front of the first one that is.
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Finding caregiver jobs in Chowchilla
Chowchilla is an incorporated city of 19,057 (Department of Finance, January 2026) at the northern tip of Madera County on Highway 99, which its own website describes as "located between Fresno and Merced". That position matters for a caregiver. Merced, Le Grand and Planada are a short drive north and post to the same marketplace, so a profile radius of 20 miles takes in Merced and the south of Merced County as well as Madera to the south; the county line only matters for IHSS and county services, where Chowchilla residents deal with Madera County.
The city is quieter than Merced and older in feel though not in numbers: 10.0% of residents are 65 or over and 26.2% of households include someone that age. Half the population is Hispanic or Latino and 35.0% speak Spanish at home, a lower share than in Merced County's towns, so an English-only caregiver has more scope here. There is no caregiver or family registered on CaregiverConnect from Chowchilla; the first profiles will be seen by every local family who posts. The city's senior centre on West Robertson Boulevard is the place where the families who will need help already gather.
Open caregiver opportunities near Chowchilla, CA
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No open postings in Chowchilla right now
No family within 50 miles has an open posting today. Nearest current postings: California, CA, about 127 miles away. A profile created now is visible to Madera County families as soon as they join, and they can send you a direct request.
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Types of caregiver jobs in Chowchilla
Expect weekday personal care and companionship for a parent, lifts to appointments in Madera or Merced (there is no hospital in Chowchilla), respite for working adult children, and dementia supervision; a third of workers leave Madera County each day, so daytime cover is the usual need. Live-in requests are rare.
- 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 Chowchilla
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the California statewide (Chowchilla is in the Madera, CA metro; the metro figure was not retrieved); 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, California statewide (Chowchilla is in the Madera, CA metro; the metro figure was not retrieved) | $16.50 median | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 970,150 jobs |
| IHSS provider wage, Madera County | $17.90 | CDSS; effective July 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.
Two things are specific to Chowchilla. First, the IHSS rate is Madera County's, $17.90 an hour from 1 July 2026, forty cents above Merced County's; a provider who lives in Chowchilla and cares for a recipient in Merced is paid at Merced's rate, and the reverse. Second, we could not retrieve the Madera metro wage table, so the employment and median shown are California-wide figures for home health and personal care aides; the statewide median ($16.50) matches Merced's, and there is no reason to expect Chowchilla pay to differ from the surrounding valley. Private families here generally offer at or a little above the IHSS rate, more for nights and driving.
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 Chowchilla
California's rules apply, with Madera County as the administering county. No licence is needed for non-medical care hired directly by a family; the Home Care Aide Registry is mandatory for agency aides and voluntary ($35, Live Scan) for independents; CNA and Home Health Aide certificates come from CDPH. IHSS providers for Chowchilla recipients enrol through Madera County Department of Social Services Adult Services in Madera, not through Merced's Public Authority. Every paid caregiver of an older adult is a mandated reporter; Madera County Adult Protective Services is (559) 675-7839 and the state line is 1-833-401-0832. See the requirements guide for the detail.
Training and career resources near Chowchilla
Chowchilla has a senior centre; training and county offices are in Madera and Merced.
- Chowchilla Senior Center820 W. Robertson Boulevard, open weekdays 8:30 a.m. to noon; run for the city by the Chowchilla Memorial Healthcare District, (559) 715-3071. Drop-in and organised activities for area seniors.
- Madera County Department of Social Services, Adult Services (IHSS)The county IHSS office for Chowchilla residents, listed by CDSS as Madera County's IHSS programme site; provider enrolment and orientation.
- Fresno-Madera Area Agency on Aging2520 W. Shaw Lane, Suite 101A, Fresno, (559) 214-0299. Family Caregiver Support Program and Long-Term Care Ombudsman for Madera County.
- Valley Caregiver Resource Center5363 N. Fresno Street, Fresno, (800) 541-8614. Caregiver classes, support groups and respite for Madera County families; runs the Fresno-Madera Ombudsman programme.
- Merced College, Nurse Assistant (ALLH-63)3600 M Street, Merced, (209) 384-6000. The nearest CNA course north of the county line; 16 weeks in spring and fall, nine in summer.
Chowchilla in numbers
Chowchilla had 19,057 residents in January 2026 by the Department of Finance count. Its people are 50.3% Hispanic or Latino, 16.4% foreign-born and 57.9% English-only at home; 11.3% speak English less than very well. The mean commute is 26 minutes and 1,659 of 5,262 workers are employed outside Madera County. Median household income is $66,514, 19.6% of residents live in poverty and 10.6% of the labour force is unemployed; agriculture employs 11.3% of workers and health care, education and social assistance 23.9%. Madera County as a whole is older than Merced County (14.4% aged 65 or over, 34.7% of households with someone 65 or over), and the state projects its 65-plus population to grow from about 24,900 in 2025 to about 31,900 in 2040.
The nearest hospitals are Madera Community Hospital (1250 East Almond Avenue, Madera, 103 licensed beds, open) to the south and Mercy Medical Center Merced (186 beds) to the north. Neighbouring pages: Merced and the Merced County hub.
How to find caregiver work in Chowchilla on CaregiverConnect
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Caregiver jobs near Chowchilla
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Useful reading before you apply
California caregiver 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.
What caregivers earn 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.
How to find private caregiver jobs 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.
- California Department of Finance, E-1 2026 population estimates
- California Department of Finance, P-2B county projections by age (Vintage 2026), Madera County
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 data profiles and B08007, Chowchilla city and Madera County
- BLS OEWS May 2025, California (31-1120)
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- CDSS, county IHSS offices (Madera County)
- City of Chowchilla, Senior Center and directory
- Fresno-Madera Area Agency on Aging, elder abuse reporting (Madera APS)
- Valley Caregiver Resource Center
- Merced College, Nurse Assistant program
- HCAI facility profiles: Madera Community Hospital; Mercy Medical Center Merced
Caregiver jobs in Chowchilla: frequently asked questions
Is Chowchilla in Merced County?
No, it is in Madera County. IHSS enrolment, the IHSS rate ($17.90 from July 2026), Adult Protective Services and the Area Agency on Aging are all Madera County's, even though Merced is the nearer city for shopping and hospital care.
Can I take clients in Merced as well?
Yes; the marketplace does not stop at the county line. Set a radius of about 20 miles and you will see postings from Merced, Le Grand and Planada alongside any from Chowchilla and Madera.
Why does this page show a statewide wage instead of a local one?
We could not retrieve the Madera metro table from BLS this time, so the employment and median wage are California figures. The statewide median is the same $16.50 as Merced's.
Where do Chowchilla caregivers train?
The nearest CNA course is Merced College on M Street in Merced. There is no caregiver training course in Chowchilla that we could verify.
Is there public transport?
Merced County's The Bus does not serve Chowchilla, and we could not verify the city's own service from its website, so plan on driving to clients.
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