Caregiver Jobs in Dos Palos, CA
Dos Palos is an incorporated city of 5,685 people in Merced County, and more than a fifth of its residents are 65 or older. Requests from ZIP 93620 appear above as families publish them.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Dos Palos
The Department of Finance counted 5,685 Dos Palos residents as of January 1, 2026. ACS 2020–2024 counts 1,257 residents aged 65 or older, 21.8% of the city, and 76 of them are 85 or over. In all, 819 of the 2,099 households (39.0%) include someone 65 or older, and 309 households are an older person living alone, 181 of them men. Of residents 65 and up, 37.8% report a disability, and 14.1% have incomes below the poverty line.
Families here are also more likely than most to live without a car. ACS finds 384 households, 18.3% of the total, with no vehicle available, and a caregiver with reliable transportation for clinic, pharmacy and grocery trips fills a real gap. Your profile should mention your car, if you have one, and your Spanish: 47.1% of residents over age four use it at home, and 29.9% speak English less than very well. Households are often multigenerational, with 582 "other relatives" living in them, so expect to meet the whole family at the first visit.
Families looking for private caregivers near Dos Palos, CA
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Types of caregiver jobs in Dos Palos
Typical requests are for help through the day with washing, getting dressed, cooking and remembering pills, rides and errands for a parent without a car, and a few hours of company and supervision so working relatives can keep their jobs. IHSS hours, often worked by a relative, are common. There is no licensed nursing facility or elder care home in town in the state files, so newcomers usually begin with private or IHSS clients rather than facility shifts.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Caregiver pay in Dos Palos: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Merced, CA metro (all of Merced 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, Merced, CA metro (all of Merced County) | $16.50 median ($16.82 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 4,990 jobs; concentration 2.27× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Merced 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.
Merced County projection: 4,650 aide jobs in 2023 to 5,830 in 2033 (+25.4%), about 8,810 openings over the decade including replacements (California EDD, 2023–2033 projections). Openings are not the same as net new jobs.
About 8.4% of Dos Palos's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates. Merced County as a whole averaged more, 9.5%, and well above California's 5.3%; across the months the rate ran from 7.5% to 9.7%, in a labor force of about 2,140. Steady caregiving hours matter in that setting, and Merced County IHSS pays a provider $17.50 for each hour it authorizes.
Clients just over the county line are paid on a different scale, because the IHSS wage follows where the recipient lives: Firebaugh and Mendota are in Fresno County, where the rate is $18.75. Dos Palos is not among the cities in UC Berkeley's tracker of local wage laws, so private pay starts at the state's $16.90, with time and a half owed to a personal attendant for hours past nine a day or 45 a week. With a median household income of $42,367 in ACS, many families here will budget carefully, which makes IHSS eligibility worth raising with them.
How to enroll as a provider in Merced County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Merced 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 Dos Palos
State rules cover all of it. Helping a Dos Palos family with daily living tasks as their own hire requires no state license; only agency-employed aides must register with CDSS. IHSS enrollment goes through Merced County; the Merced County IHSS guide lists the steps and contacts. Fingerprinting can be done locally, at the Dos Palos Police Department, 1546 Golden Gate Avenue, by appointment on weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 2 p.m., for $33 (cash is not accepted); call (209) 392-2177 to book. CNA certification from CDPH is needed for facility work. Any paid caregiver of an older adult has a legal duty to report suspected abuse; the California requirements guide has the rest.
Training and career resources near Dos Palos
Courses, clinics, buses and job help for Dos Palos caregivers, confirmed on the providers' websites this month.
- Merced College CNA program, Los Banos campusThe Nurse Assistant Training Program (ALLH-63) is taught in Merced and Los Banos, over 16 weeks in the spring and fall semesters or nine weeks in summer. For the Los Banos site on Highway 152, call (209) 826-3495.
- Golden Valley Health Centers, Dos PalosA community health center at 1405 California Avenue, open weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.; appointments on (209) 722-4842. Its network also includes Central Valley PACE and a senior health and wellness site in Merced.
- The Micro Bus and LB CommuterThe Micro Bus gives on-demand rides in Dos Palos, Los Banos, Santa Nella and Gustine for $1.50, booked in the app or on (209) 725-3813. Its free transfer to the LB Commuter, which stops at the Dos Palos Y on the way to Merced, costs $3 between cities; riders 62 and over travel free.
- Prospero Job Centers, Los BanosThe county's Prospero network runs job centers on I Street in Los Banos and in Room A120 of the college's Los Banos campus; call (209) 710-6043 or (209) 710-6140.
- Dos Palos Police Department Live ScanFingerprinting for IHSS enrollment by appointment at 1546 Golden Gate Avenue, Monday to Friday mornings and early afternoons. $33; checks are accepted, cash is not.
Dos Palos in numbers
ACS 2020–2024 counts 2,121 homes in Dos Palos with only 1.0% vacant, and 60.2% of the occupied ones belong to the household living there. The median gross rent is $1,125 and the median owner-occupied home is valued at $299,500. Hispanic or Latino residents are 70.6% of the population. Workers average 28.1 minutes to their jobs, 7.3% work from home, and agriculture and mining employ 11.7% of employed residents, while education, health care and social assistance employ 17.1%.
Health care in town is outpatient. CDPH's September 2026 listing shows two primary care clinics: Golden Valley Health Centers on California Avenue and the Dos Palos Apex Health Center at 1549 Golden Gate Avenue. The only CDSS-licensed residential home in the city is a 13-bed adult residential facility for adults with disabilities; the town's one elder care home, a 56-bed home on Marguerite Street, is listed as closed. The Merced County hub carries the countywide agencies; neighboring pages cover Los Banos and, in Fresno County, Firebaugh.
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Caregiver jobs near Dos Palos
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Dos Palos is part of Merced County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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 profiles DP02–DP05, Dos Palos city
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Merced, CA (31-1120)
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- California Attorney General, Live Scan locations, Merced County
- Merced College, Nurse Assistant program
- Golden Valley Health Centers, Dos Palos location
- The Bus (Merced County Transit), LB Commuter and The Micro Bus
- Prospero Workforce, job center locations
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date September 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing, facility files (file date May 25, 2025)
- City of Dos Palos, official website
Caregiver jobs in Dos Palos: frequently asked questions
How much does IHSS pay in Dos Palos?
Merced County providers earn $17.50 an hour, a rate set at the start of 2026. Serve a client living in Firebaugh and you are paid Fresno County's $18.75 instead.
Is there a Live Scan site in Dos Palos?
Yes, at the police department on Golden Gate Avenue, by appointment on weekdays. The Attorney General's list gives the fee as $33 and says cash is not taken.
Do any Dos Palos care facilities hire caregivers?
Not currently, according to the state files: CDPH lists clinics but no nursing facility, and the city's 56-bed elder care home is closed in the CDSS data. A licensed adult residential facility for adults with disabilities operates in town.
Is driving important for caregiving jobs here?
Often. Nearly one household in five has no vehicle, according to ACS 2020–2024, so families value a caregiver who can take a parent to the clinic or pharmacy. Agree on mileage before the first ride.
Where can I train as a CNA near Dos Palos?
Merced College runs its nurse assistant course at the Los Banos campus as well as in Merced, with 16-week spring and fall sessions and a nine-week summer session.
How do Dos Palos families find caregivers here?
Families publish their needs through the Dos Palos family page, which feeds the list on this page. You pay nothing to list yourself or to apply, and no fee is deducted from your earnings.
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