Fulton, Illinois · Whiteside County

Caregiver Jobs in Fulton, IL

Fulton is a Whiteside County city on the Mississippi River where Census estimates put 22.3% of residents at 65 or older. The list above shows private and in-home caregiver postings as families publish them, with the town of each and its straight-line distance.

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The City of Fulton counts 3,647 people at the 2020 Census on 2.3 square miles, and the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025 estimate is 3,540 for July 1, 2025. Its 2020–2024 American Community Survey profile gives the city a median age of 44.6 and 826 residents aged 65 or more (22.3%, margin ±5.0 points), of whom 225 are 75 to 84 and 108 are 85 or older. Of Fulton's 1,664 households, 39.1% include someone past 65. Just over a quarter of older residents (27.1%) report a disability; margins are wide in a town this small.

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Personal care caregiver needed in Fulton, IL

Fulton, IL · in townTue, Fri · 4 hrs/day

$15.00/hr offeredPosted Oct 28, 2026

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Types of caregiver jobs

Types of caregiver jobs in Fulton

Families who hire privately usually ask for one of a few things: a weekday visitor who checks on a parent, cooks lunch and keeps the house in order; hands-on help with showering, dressing and moving safely around the home; someone to drive to appointments and the pharmacy; or a set afternoon off each week for the family member who usually provides care. Companion work is the usual way in without a certificate; if you looked after a relative, name the tasks you did (transfers, medication reminders, dementia care).

Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time

Pay

Caregiver pay in Fulton: how much caregivers make

Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area (includes Whiteside 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, Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area (includes Whiteside County)	$17.99 median ($18.44 mean)	BLS OEWS, May 2025; 1,360 jobs; concentration 0.39× national
Community Care Program In-Home Service rate the state pays agencies (statewide, from January 1, 2026)	$30.80 an hour	Illinois Department on Aging, current CCP rates
Illinois minimum wage	$15.00	effective January 1, 2025
Nursing assistants, Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area (includes Whiteside County)	$19.06 median	BLS OEWS, May 2025 (certified roles, for comparison)

Who is the employer. A family that hires you directly is your employer. The Illinois minimum wage is $15.00 an hour (effective January 1, 2025); the federal minimum of $7.25 and federal overtime rules apply to directly employed caregivers unless the work is exempt companionship under the FLSA. Source: US Department of Labor, direct care workers; the state source is listed at the end of this page.

BLS publishes no aide wages for Fulton or Whiteside County by themselves. In its May 2025 survey the county sits in the Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area with Bureau, Carroll, Jo Daviess, LaSalle, Lee, Ogle, Putnam and Stephenson counties. Across those nine counties BLS counted 1,360 aides with a $17.99 median and an $18.44 mean; the bottom tenth made under $15.45 and the top tenth over $21.37. Statewide the median is $18.30. The 0.39 location quotient means aide jobs are scarcer here, relative to all jobs, than in the country as a whole. Nursing assistants in the area (1,990 jobs) had a $19.06 median. The $30.80 the state pays an agency for each In-Home Service hour covers the agency's costs too; it is not what the aide takes home.

Rules

Caregiver requirements in Illinois, applied to Fulton

Illinois training rules are written for licensed agencies. Under the Illinois Department of Public Health's agency code, a licensed home services agency must give each home services worker at least ten hours of training, five before the first assignment and five within 30 days, then ten hours every year, and the worker may not have a disqualifying record under the state's background check law for health care workers unless a waiver applies. Nurse aides in nursing homes and home health agencies must be certified. For direct hires, the Illinois Department of Labor explains that the Minimum Wage Law was amended to cover domestic workers as the Domestic Workers Bill of Rights Act defines them (caregiving and companion services included), with no overtime exclusion and no separate live-in rule.

Local resources

Training and career resources near Fulton

Classes, offices and rides for caregivers working around Fulton; every detail below was read on the provider's site on October 28, 2026.

Sauk Valley Community College, Nurse Assistant certificate (E93)173 IL Rt 2, Dixon. Eight credits (NRS 101 and NRS 103, with subacute clinical time) over eight or sixteen weeks, leading to the nurse aide and home health aide competency exam. Minimum age 16; a criminal background check comes before class. Health career advisor: (815) 835-6354.
Clinton Community College, Certified Nurse Aide (Eastern Iowa Community Colleges)1000 Lincoln Blvd., Clinton, Iowa. 50 classroom hours and 30 clinical hours over four weeks to three months, or an eight-week hybrid; it prepares you for Iowa's certification exam. To work as a CNA in Illinois afterward, IDPH requires you to be deemed competent on another state's registry under the federal training rules, with no findings or disqualifying convictions. EICC: 1-888-336-3907.
IDPH Health Care Worker RegistryShows a worker's background check status, CNA training and any administrative findings. Help desk 844-789-3676, weekdays 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Lifescape Community Services, Rock Falls office206 Dixon Ave., Rock Falls, 815-490-1125. The Department on Aging's designated Care Coordination Unit for Whiteside, Lee, Carroll and Ogle counties, which assesses older adults for the Community Care Program, and the designated Adult Protective Services agency for Whiteside County.
Whiteside County Senior Center1207 W. 9th St., Sterling, 815-622-9230, weekdays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Golden Meals lunch Monday to Thursday ($3.25 for people 60 and up), Medicare (SHIP) counseling, caregiver respite and gap funding help, an Alzheimer's support group and a dementia stress-busting class.
Reagan Mass Transit District (formerly LOTS)Curb-to-curb rides, weekdays 6 a.m. to 6 p.m., booked by 2 p.m. at least one business day ahead on (815) 288-2117. The district says it is expanding into Whiteside County (the old Whiteside County Public Transit web address now leads to it), and an aide helping a passenger rides free. NIAAA also lists the Whiteside County Senior Center, 815-626-7707, for rides.

The area

Fulton in numbers

The same ACS profile puts Fulton's median household income at $45,581 and its median rent at $954; 77.1% of homes are owner-occupied, typically worth $121,700. Nearly all residents (98.2%) speak only English at home. Factories employ 26.4% of employed Fulton residents and schools, clinics and social services 16.8%. The poverty estimate for people 65 and up is 21.9% (±12.1). The city counts two health clinics in town, and its newcomer page points to MercyOne's hospital in Clinton, Iowa, which has an emergency department.

Much paid in-home care in Illinois comes through the Department on Aging's Community Care Program. It serves people aged 60 and up whose countable assets do not exceed $17,500 and who are assessed as at risk of entering a nursing home; they pay nothing for the aide visits, and the aides work for provider agencies. In Whiteside County the program's local Care Coordination Unit, which assesses each applicant, is Lifescape Community Services. For adults under 60 with severe disabilities, the Illinois DHS Home Services Program lets the person receiving care pick, employ and direct a personal assistant. The Northwestern Illinois Area Agency on Aging (Rockford, 1-815-226-4901) covers Whiteside and eight other counties and its Home Care Guide lists licensed home care and hospice agencies by county: a ready list of places to apply.

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Questions

Caregiver jobs in Fulton: frequently asked questions

What is the minimum wage in Fulton, IL?

The Illinois rate: $15.00 an hour for workers 18 and older since January 1, 2025, plus overtime pay once a workweek passes 40 hours, the Illinois Department of Labor says. Clinton, Iowa, across the state line, follows Iowa's rate, which the U.S. Department of Labor lists at $7.25.

Does a live-in caregiver hired by a family get overtime in Illinois?

The Department of Labor's domestic worker guidance says the state Minimum Wage Law was not amended to exclude domestic workers from overtime, and it does not treat live-in workers differently. Under federal law a family may skip overtime for a live-in worker, though never the minimum wage, so the state rule is the stronger one. Log your own hours.

Will the state pay a relative to look after Mom or Dad in Whiteside County?

Through the Community Care Program, yes, as an agency employee. The Department on Aging's rule: a relative, friend or neighbor qualifies only after meeting its standards, clearing a background check and sitting through 24 training hours before the first shift, and then works as the employee of an In-Home Services agency, which supervises the care. Lifescape (815-490-1125) does the assessment for the program in Whiteside County.

I trained as a CNA in Iowa. Can I work as one in Illinois?

IDPH allows CNAs who are deemed competent on another state's registry, with training that meets the federal requirements and no findings of abuse, neglect or misappropriation or disqualifying convictions. Ask the Health Care Worker Registry help desk (844-789-3676) about the application before you take an Illinois job that requires certification.

Where do I report suspected abuse of a client?

Call the statewide Adult Protective Services hotline, 1-866-800-1409, which answers 24 hours a day (Illinois Relay 711). Lifescape Community Services is the designated APS agency for Whiteside County; it accepts reports by phone, including anonymous ones. In an emergency, call 911.

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