Caregiver Jobs in Greenfield, CA
Greenfield, CA is a Salinas Valley city in Monterey County with 20,918 residents by the state's January 2026 count, ZIP 93927. Requests from Greenfield households show up in the listings above when families post them; a wider radius brings in Soledad and King City.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Greenfield
The City of Greenfield is young and Spanish-speaking, and that shapes the work. The ACS 2020–2024 finds Spanish in the homes of 80.9% of Greenfield residents aged five and older, and 42.1% speak Spanish while telling the survey their English is less than very good. Bilingual applicants should lead with that fact. Households are large, at 4.56 people on average, so expect other relatives to be in the house while you work and to want a say in the care plan.
Licensed employers inside the city are few. In CDPH's October 16, 2026 listing, Greenfield has no inpatient beds, home health office or hospice, only two clinics: the Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas site at 808 Oak Avenue and a Mee Memorial rural health clinic at 467 El Camino Real. Greenfield addresses are also missing from the CDSS lists of elder care homes (RCFEs) and home care organizations. They do list Cielo Vista, an adult residential facility at 806 Elm Avenue licensed for 40 adults, and New Perspectives, Inc., an adult day program at 334 Elm Avenue licensed for 30. Beyond those two, look to private families and IHSS clients.
The nearest skilled nursing beds in CDPH's file are at Eden Valley Care Center on Main Street in Soledad (59) and the 48-bed distinct-part nursing unit at George L. Mee Memorial Hospital in King City. Your profile should name the towns you will travel to and whether you have a car.
Families looking for private caregivers near Greenfield, CA
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Types of caregiver jobs in Greenfield
Expect requests for bathing and dressing help in a house shared by several generations, rides to the Oak Avenue clinic or to appointments in King City and Salinas, meals and medication reminders while adult children are at work, and company for a parent who joins the city's chair yoga or monthly senior lunch. Newcomers can start with companionship, errands and housekeeping.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Caregiver pay in Greenfield: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Salinas, CA metro (Monterey 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, Salinas, CA metro (Monterey County) | $16.92 median ($17.53 mean) | BLS OEWS, survey wages aged to Q1 2026 by California EDD; 6,740 jobs |
| IHSS provider wage, Monterey County | $21.04 | CDSS; effective July 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
| Nursing assistants, Salinas, CA metro (Monterey County) | $24.10 median | BLS OEWS, survey wages aged to Q1 2026 by California EDD (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.
About 3.8% of Greenfield's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates, roughly half Monterey County's 7.4% and below California's 5.3%. The rate varies through the year: EDD's monthly estimates for the city ran from 2.8% to 5.5%, and the labor force averaged 9,508. ACS places 35.5% of working residents in its agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting and mining industry group. The steadier number for a caregiver is the IHSS rate: $21.04 an hour for any Monterey County client, explained step by step in our Monterey County IHSS guide.
The Salinas metro median for employed aides is $16.92 in EDD's first-quarter 2026 survey, and nursing assistants earn a $24.10 median. Because no Greenfield ordinance appears in UC Berkeley's July 2026 table, private employers in town owe at least California's $16.90. Greenfield households have a median income of $84,740 and pay a median $1,724 in rent (ACS). Agree a rate for each task before the first visit, and charge more for nights and heavy lifting.
How to enroll as a provider in Monterey County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Monterey 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 Greenfield
Hired straight by a Greenfield household for non-medical work, you need no state credential. An agency job is different, since a licensed home care organization may send out only aides who hold a $35 state registration as home care aides; independents can register or skip it. IHSS pay starts with Monterey County provider enrollment; besides Salinas, the county runs an IHSS office in King City, at 116 Broadway Street. After enrollment, the Public Authority will consider you for its referral list once you apply online, name two professional references and meet one of its social workers. Adult residential facilities such as Cielo Vista are licensed by CDSS, while nursing facility jobs call for CDPH nursing assistant certification. California's Welfare and Institutions Code, at §15630, treats paid caregivers as mandated reporters, so you must speak up if you think a Greenfield client is being harmed. Our California requirements guide has the details.
Training and career resources near Greenfield
South county schooling, the IHSS referral list and the buses that link Greenfield to clients, read on each provider's own pages this month.
- Hartnell College, King City Education Center117 North Second Street, King City, (831) 386-7100. The building opens at 8 a.m. on weekdays and stays open into the evening several nights a week, a south county place to start general education before a nursing program.
- Mission Trails ROP, CNA course (Salinas)A Salinas nursing assistant course with a fall 2026 flyer posted: 60 hours of classroom theory and 100 clinical hours, $1,700 including textbook, workbook and background check.
- Monterey County Public Authority RegistryFor active IHSS providers who want referrals. Registry providers keep their own availability current online, so you can mark Greenfield and nearby towns as the only places you will take clients.
- MST Line 33 GreenfieldA weekday loop through town about every 30 minutes, first bus 6:50 a.m., last arrival about 6:50 p.m., stopping at Greenfield Library, Greenfield Commons, Community Park and Patriot Park. It skips Saturdays and Sundays, plus Thanksgiving, Christmas Day and New Year's Day. Fare $2, discount $1.
- MST Lines 23 and 23X, Salinas to King CityThe valley route stops in Greenfield at El Camino Real and Walnut and shares stops with Line 33, so you can reach King City or Salinas clients without a car; Line 23 also runs on weekends.
Greenfield in numbers
The Department of Finance counted 20,918 residents on January 1, 2026, 366 more than a year before. The ACS 2020–2024 total is 20,232, of whom only 62 live in group quarters, so the age figures describe people living in homes. They show a young city: a median age of 28.8, 7,213 children under 18, and 1,774 residents aged 65 or over (8.8%), 68 of them past 85. Still, 1,197 of the 4,426 households (27.0%) have an older member, while an estimated 172 people over 64 live by themselves. Foreign-born residents make up 43.4% of the city, 55.0% of residents have public health coverage, and 10.6% have none. Only 3.7% of households lack a vehicle, and 11.6% of workers carpool.
For hospital care, the CDPH file points to King City, where George L. Mee Memorial Hospital holds 22 acute beds, and, in Salinas, Salinas Valley Health Medical Center and Natividad Medical Center. Neighboring pages: Soledad, King City and Salinas.

How to find private caregiver jobs in Greenfield (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Greenfield
Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.
Greenfield is part of Monterey County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
- Caregiver jobs in Soledad, CA8 mi
- Caregiver jobs in King City, CA10 mi
- Caregiver jobs in Gonzales, CA15 mi
- Caregiver jobs in Salinas, CA35 mi
Elsewhere in Monterey County: Monterey · Seaside · Castroville · Marina
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
- City of Greenfield, Senior Programs
- Clinica de Salud del Valle de Salinas, Greenfield clinic
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date October 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing, facility files (file date May 25, 2025)
- Hartnell College, King City Education Center
- Mission Trails ROP, Certified Nursing Assistant program
- County of Monterey, Public Authority for IHSS (archived September 14, 2025)
- County of Monterey, Adult Services: IHSS application offices (archived June 11, 2026)
- Monterey-Salinas Transit, Line 33 Greenfield (schedule effective August 29, 2026)
- Monterey-Salinas Transit, Lines 23 and 23X Salinas–King City (schedule effective August 29, 2026)
- California EDD, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), 12-month average August 2025 to August 2026
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county (IP Effective 10-1-2026 sheet)
- California EDD, OEWS 2009–2026 dataset (Salinas MSA, 2026 1st quarter, SOC 31-1120 and 31-1131), data.ca.gov
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances (July 1, 2026 table)
- CDSS, Home Care Services application fees
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05 and B26001, Greenfield city
Caregiver jobs in Greenfield: frequently asked questions
Is unemployment high in Greenfield?
No. EDD's estimate averages about 3.8% for the twelve months to August 2026, well below both Monterey County (7.4%) and the state (5.3%), though the monthly figure has swung between 2.8% and 5.5%.
How much does Spanish matter for Greenfield clients?
A lot. Spanish is the home language for roughly 81% of the city, and a caregiver able to go over a new prescription in Spanish with the client and the grown children has an edge.
Are there care homes in Greenfield that hire aides?
Not elder care homes: CDSS lists none at a Greenfield address. The licensed care settings in town are Cielo Vista on Elm Avenue, an adult residential facility for 40, and the New Perspectives adult day program; skilled nursing beds are in Soledad and King City.
What is the minimum wage in Greenfield?
California's $16.90. Greenfield has no local ordinance on the Labor Center list, and IHSS work for a client in Monterey County pays $21.04.
Is there a bus for getting around Greenfield to clients?
On weekdays, Line 33 circles Greenfield every half hour from 6:50 a.m. until early evening. For weekend shifts or trips to King City and Salinas, use Line 23, which stops at El Camino Real and Walnut.
Where do Greenfield families post?
On the Greenfield family page, under 93927. Those requests also appear here, and joining costs caregivers nothing.
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