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Meal preparation & homemaking caregiver needed in California, CA
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Fairfield, California · Solano County
Caregiver Jobs in Fairfield, CA
Fairfield is the Solano County seat, and the county offices that run IHSS and the caregiver registry are on Beck Avenue in town. Your profile is free; choose the distance you are willing to cover along I-80 and apply to the households whose hours suit you.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Fairfield
Most private care work in Fairfield comes straight from a household: an adult child lining up support for a mother or father who still lives in the house they raised children in, a spouse who can no longer manage transfers alone, or a military family with a relative who needs company while everyone else is at work. Those families publish a posting with their ZIP code (94533 or 94534), the tasks and the hours, and it appears in the list above as soon as it goes live. A larger radius brings in households in Suisun City, Vacaville or Vallejo too; many caregivers here take a mix of clients along the I-80 corridor.
Your profile does the first interview for you. Fairfield is a mixed city: about a third of residents are Hispanic or Latino, 18.1% are Asian and 14.5% are Black (ACS 2020–2024), and 35.9% of people over five speak a language other than English at home, Spanish for 21.8% of them. If you speak Spanish, Tagalog or another language, put it near the top. Say which neighborhoods you can reach before 8 a.m., whether you have a car you can use for errands, and what kind of care you have actually done, including memory loss, diabetes routines or help after a hospital stay.
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Families looking for private caregivers near Fairfield, CA
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Types of caregiver jobs
Types of caregiver jobs in Fairfield
Typical Fairfield requests include morning help with showering, dressing and medications; afternoon companionship and meal preparation; rides to appointments at NorthBay Medical Center on B. Gale Wilson Boulevard; and short-term overnight cover after discharge. Families with a parent who has early dementia often want the same person on the same days each week. If you are new to the work, start with errands, light housekeeping, cooking and company, and say plainly that you are learning; personal care such as bathing and lifting usually goes to applicants who hold a CNA certificate or can show references for that kind of work.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Pay
Caregiver pay in Fairfield: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Vallejo, CA metro (Solano 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, Vallejo, CA metro (Solano County) | $16.50 median ($17.89 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 7,850 jobs; concentration 1.97× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Solano County | $18.10 | CDSS; effective January 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
| Nursing assistants, Vallejo, CA metro (Solano County) | $23.51 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.
Fairfield does not appear in the UC Berkeley Labor Center's list of local minimum wage ordinances, so the state's $16.90 is the floor. Solano County IHSS providers earn $18.10 an hour from January 1, 2026, and the Public Authority pays emergency backup registry providers $20.10. Home health and personal care aides employed in the Vallejo metro, which covers all of Solano County, earned a median of $16.50 and a mean of $17.89 in May 2025, while nursing assistants had a median of $23.51; the county's location quotient of 1.97 means aide jobs make up nearly twice the national share of local employment. With a city median household income of $101,895 (ACS 2020–2024), a private Fairfield family can often pay more than the IHSS rate for nights, weekends or dementia experience. Overtime for personal attendants begins after nine hours in a day or 45 in a week, so agree the overtime rate before a long shift.
How to enroll as a provider in Solano County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Solano 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 Fairfield
When a Fairfield household employs you itself for companionship, errands or personal care, California asks for no license at all. Home care agencies must list each aide they employ on the CDSS Home Care Aide Registry; independent caregivers can register voluntarily for $35 using the PIN for independent aides. Paid IHSS work runs through offices in Fairfield itself: the Solano County IHSS Public Authority (707-784-8200, 275 Beck Avenue) signs up new providers in four steps: create an account online, sit an orientation at the county offices, clear the criminal background check and hand in the enrollment paperwork. To be referred to clients you do not already know, apply separately to the Public Authority registry, which asks for two work references and your own car. Hospital and nursing-home aide jobs require CDPH nurse assistant certification. Step-by-step detail sits in our Solano IHSS guide, with statewide rules in the caregiver requirements guide.
Local resources
Training and career resources near Fairfield
Courses, county programs and transit that matter to a Fairfield caregiver, verified on the providers' own pages in October 2026.
- Solano Community College, Certified Nursing Assistant and Home Health AideThe college's main campus sits on Suisun Valley Road in Fairfield (4000 Suisun Valley Road; switchboard (707) 864-7000). NURS 103 prepares you for the CDPH nurse assistant exam and starts with a mandatory orientation; NURS 104 adds the Home Health Aide course for work in clients' homes.
- Solano County IHSS Public Authority, provider enrollmentEnrollment line 707-784-8753. Book an orientation from the online list; if it shows no openings, look again on a first or third Tuesday morning, when the county posts fresh dates.
- IHSS Public Authority registry recruitmentRegistry providers are matched with IHSS clients across Solano County. You need matching photo ID and Social Security card, a background check, two reference forms and a car; CNA, HHA, First Aid and CPR are welcome but not required.
- Solano Community College, Travis AFB Center530 Hickam Avenue, Travis Air Force Base, (707) 863-7878. Courses and student services for active-duty personnel, veterans and their families, useful if you are a military spouse starting in care work.
- Napa/Solano Area Agency on Aging275 Beck Avenue, Fairfield, (707) 784-8960. Funds information and assistance, transportation, nutrition, family caregiver support and fall prevention services; a good way to learn what help your clients can already claim.
- FAST and FAST Connect ADAFairfield and Suisun Transit, (707) 434-3800. Clients who cannot ride the bus can apply for FAST Connect ADA through the Solano County Paratransit Eligibility Center, (707) 541-7184.
The area
Fairfield in numbers
The Department of Finance's January 1, 2026 estimate for Fairfield is 121,389 people. The city is younger than many Bay Area suburbs, with a median age of 36.9, but 14.9% of residents are 65 or older and 6.2% are 75 or older; a third of households (33.3%) include someone aged 65-plus, and in 3,496 homes a resident of that age lives by themselves (ACS 2020–2024). Disability is reported by 37.0% of Fairfield's over-65s. Military life is part of the city: 2,263 residents aged 16 and over are in the armed forces and 7.9% of civilian adults are veterans. Workers average a 30.7-minute commute, median gross rent is $2,266 and the median owner-occupied home is valued at $624,300.
NorthBay Medical Center, 1200 B. Gale Wilson Boulevard, is the city's general acute care hospital with 154 licensed beds, and Solano County's older adult services, from IHSS intake to Adult Protective Services, are run from 275 Beck Avenue. Neighboring pages: Vacaville, Vallejo, Napa and the Solano County overview.
How it works
How to find private caregiver jobs in Fairfield (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Fairfield
Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.
Fairfield is part of Solano County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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):
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Vallejo, CA metro (31-1120, 31-1131; via data.bls.gov OES query service)
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county (Solano $18.10 effective 1/1/2026, IP Effective 10-1-2026 sheet)
- Solano County, IHSS Public Authority
- Solano County, IHSS provider enrollment
- Solano County, Public Authority registry recruitment
- Solano County, Older and Disabled Adult Services
- California DIR, minimum wage FAQ
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights
- CDSS, Home Care Aide application process
- California Department of Finance, E-1 2026
- ACS 2020–2024 5-year profile, Fairfield city (Missouri Census Data Center)
- HCAI, NorthBay Medical Center hospital profile
- Solano Community College, Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
- Solano Community College, Fairfield Campus
- Solano Community College, Travis AFB Center
- Napa/Solano Area Agency on Aging
- FAST, FAST Connect ADA
Questions
Caregiver jobs in Fairfield: frequently asked questions
What does IHSS pay a provider in Fairfield?
$18.10 an hour from January 1, 2026, the Solano County rate. Registry providers who agree to act as emergency backups are paid $20.10. Compare other counties on the IHSS pay by county page.
Where do I enroll as an IHSS provider in Fairfield?
At the county complex on Beck Avenue, where the Public Authority has its office (Mail Stop 5-190). Questions about the steps go to the enrollment line, 707-784-8753, or IHSSProvEnrollment@solanocounty.gov.
Is a car required for registry work in Fairfield?
For the IHSS registry, yes. The Public Authority asks registry providers to use their own car to reach clients and to drive them to appointments and errands. Families hiring privately set their own expectations, so state on your profile whether you drive.
Where can I train as a CNA in Fairfield?
Solano Community College on Suisun Valley Road teaches NURS 103, which leads to the CDPH nurse assistant exam, and NURS 104 for Home Health Aide certification. Book the mandatory orientation before the class starts.
Is there a local minimum wage in Fairfield?
No local ordinance is listed for Fairfield, so California's $16.90 applies. Most private care in the city pays more, and IHSS work in Solano County pays $18.10.
Can a military spouse at Travis find caregiving work in Fairfield?
Yes; private families hire whoever suits them, and no license is needed for non-medical help. Solano Community College runs a center on Travis Air Force Base for service members, veterans and their families; the CNA course itself is taught through the college's nursing program.
Where do Fairfield families post their care needs?
On the Fairfield family page, where households describe hours and tasks and caregivers with a matching radius can apply.
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