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La Mirada, California · Los Angeles County
Caregiver Jobs in La Mirada, CA
La Mirada is a Los Angeles County city of 47,998 where more than two in five households include someone 65 or older. Families in 90638 post their hours and tasks here, and the list above updates as new requests come in.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in La Mirada
Licensed care employers in La Mirada cover several kinds of setting. CDPH's October 16, 2026 facility list puts a 118-bed general acute care hospital, Vista Specialty Hospital of La Mirada, on Imperial Highway, along with two skilled nursing facilities on La Mirada Boulevard: Sunny Hills Post Acute with 142 beds and Imperial Healthcare Center with 99. Five home health agencies and three hospices have La Mirada addresses, among them the home health and hospice services of Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital at 15050 Imperial Hwy. Add four six-bed ICF-DD homes (intermediate care for adults with developmental disabilities) and the 31-station Telegraph Dialysis clinic, and a caregiver here can build experience on clinical teams as well as in private homes.
Smaller residential settings matter too. The current CDSS licensing layer counts nine residential care facilities for the elderly in ZIP 90638, all licensed for six residents, and 21 adult residential facilities with 94 places between them. A separate CDSS file dated May 25, 2025 listed six licensed home care organizations at La Mirada addresses. When you apply to any of them, state plainly which nights and weekends you can cover. In a private-client profile, list the neighborhoods or cross streets you can reach and whether you drive.
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Families looking for private caregivers near La Mirada, CA
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Types of caregiver jobs
Types of caregiver jobs in La Mirada
Some private requests you may see in La Mirada follow a hospital or nursing-home stay: a few weeks of help after a parent comes home from rehab, then a steady schedule of bathing, meals, medication reminders and rides to appointments. Many families also want a companion for a parent who lives alone; ACS counts 1,685 La Mirada residents 65 and over in one-person households. With no training yet, companion and errand work, plus meal preparation, are the realistic place to start.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Pay
Caregiver pay in La Mirada: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim MSA (Los Angeles and Orange counties); 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, Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim MSA (Los Angeles and Orange counties) | $16.50 median ($17.25 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 385,530 jobs; concentration 2.22× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Los Angeles County | $19.64 | CDSS; effective January 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
| Nursing assistants, Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim MSA (Los Angeles and Orange counties) | $22.78 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.
About 5.1% of La Mirada's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates. That sits below both the Los Angeles County rate of 5.4% and California's 5.3%; the monthly figures ran from 4.6% to 5.7% for a labor force of roughly 23,650. What shapes pay for care work here is less the jobless rate than who hires: IHSS clients pay through the county at $19.64 an hour, and the Los Angeles County IHSS guide explains how to enroll as a provider.
La Mirada is an incorporated city, and La Mirada does not appear among the cities with their own wage law in the UC Berkeley Labor Center list, which leaves California's $16.90 as the hourly minimum inside city limits. The county's $18.47 rate covers only unincorporated areas and does not reach La Mirada addresses. Nursing assistants in the metro earn a $22.78 median, well above the $16.50 aide median, a gap worth weighing if you are deciding whether to take a CNA course. Household-employed personal attendants qualify for overtime at 1.5 times pay once a shift tops nine hours, or the week tops 45. The city's median household income in ACS 2020–2024 was $109,288; agree the rate in writing before the first shift.
How to enroll as a provider in Los Angeles County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Los Angeles 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 La Mirada
No city rule sits on top of state law in La Mirada. A family can employ you directly for non-medical help without a license. Before a home care organization in the city can send you to clients, your name has to be on the state's aide registry, which costs $35 and requires Live Scan fingerprints. The two skilled nursing facilities and the specialty hospital hire certified nurse assistants, which means finishing a state-approved course and passing the certification exam. IHSS providers enroll through Los Angeles County DPSS, outlined on the county page. State law makes you a mandated reporter if you suspect a client who is an elder or dependent adult is being abused. The California caregiver requirements guide covers the rest.
Local resources
Training and career resources near La Mirada
Training and transport that La Mirada caregivers can use, each checked against the provider's website or a state dataset this October.
- Norwalk-La Mirada Adult School, Nurse Assistant Pre-Certification (CNA)The adult school of the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District lists a nurse assistant pre-certification course among its medical career pathways, next to phlebotomy, pharmacy technician and medical assistant. 15711 Pioneer Blvd., Norwalk; (562) 210-3990.
- Biola University, Department of NursingA degree path for caregivers who want to become nurses. The department, on the La Mirada campus at 13800 Biola Ave., describes training that combines theory with clinical placements; the office is in the Lim Center, (562) 903-4850.
- Licensed employers on Imperial Highway and La Mirada BoulevardCDPH lists Vista Specialty Hospital of La Mirada (14900 Imperial Hwy., 562-944-1900), Sunny Hills Post Acute (12200 La Mirada Blvd., 562-947-8691) and Imperial Healthcare Center (11926 La Mirada Blvd., 562-943-7156), plus Presbyterian Intercommunity Hospital Home Health Services at 15050 Imperial Hwy. (562-902-7763).
- La Mirada TransitThe city's curb-to-curb shared-ride service is open to anyone for trips starting inside La Mirada, for work and medical visits among other purposes. Weekdays 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Saturdays 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; $1 a ride, 50 cents for riders 62 and older, disabled riders and Medicare cardholders. Book on (562) 943-6776.
The area
La Mirada in numbers
The Department of Finance counted 47,998 residents in La Mirada on January 1, 2026. In ACS 2020–2024, 9,936 people (21.1%) were 65 or older and 1,346 had reached 85, and half the population was older than 42.9. Those age figures take in the 2,300 people ACS places in group quarters. A household member is 65 or older in 6,702 of the city's 15,304 households (43.8%), and 27.4% of older residents not living in institutions report a disability. Owners occupy 76.1% of homes, the median rent is $2,217, and 6.2% of people have incomes under the poverty line.
The workforce leans toward care already: more than a quarter of working residents (26.1%) are employed in the education, health and social assistance industries. 46.0% of residents are Hispanic or Latino and 10.7% are of Korean descent; Spanish is the home language of 25.8% of those aged five or more, and the city prints its bus route maps in Korean as well as English and Spanish. Commutes average 32.0 minutes. Nearby city pages include Norwalk, Whittier, La Habra and Buena Park.
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How to find private caregiver jobs in La Mirada (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near La Mirada
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La Mirada is part of Los Angeles County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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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 2026-10-20):
- California EDD, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), 12-month average August 2025 to August 2026
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim MSA
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of city and county minimum wage ordinances
- LA County DCBA, minimum wage FAQs (unincorporated areas)
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- CDSS, Home Care Aide application process
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date October 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing, current facility layer (October 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing, Home Care Organization file (May 25, 2025)
- Norwalk-La Mirada Adult School, Medical Careers
- Biola University, Department of Nursing
- City of La Mirada, La Mirada Transit
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates (2026)
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05 and B26001, La Mirada city
Questions
Caregiver jobs in La Mirada: frequently asked questions
What is the lowest legal hourly pay for La Mirada care work?
$16.90 an hour, the California rate. La Mirada has no local ordinance in the Labor Center inventory, and the $18.47 county figure applies only in unincorporated areas, not inside city limits.
Which La Mirada employers hire nursing assistants?
CDPH lists Sunny Hills Post Acute and Imperial Healthcare Center, both skilled nursing facilities on La Mirada Boulevard, and Vista Specialty Hospital of La Mirada on Imperial Highway.
Is there nurse assistant training close to La Mirada?
Norwalk-La Mirada Adult School, on Pioneer Boulevard in Norwalk, offers a nurse assistant pre-certification course. Call (562) 210-3990 for start dates and prerequisites.
Are there small care homes in La Mirada that hire caregivers?
Yes. CDSS's current layer shows nine elder residential care homes of six beds each and 21 adult residential facilities in 90638. Contact each home directly about openings.
How do I get to a client's house without a car?
La Mirada Transit picks up anywhere in the city on request, Monday to Saturday, for $1 a trip. You can book it the same day or one day ahead.
Does IHSS pay the same in La Mirada as across the county line in Orange County?
No. A client living in La Mirada is paid at the Los Angeles County rate, $19.64 an hour since January 1, 2026. A client in Buena Park or La Habra falls under Orange County's rate instead.
How do La Mirada families find me?
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