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Post-surgery recovery care caregiver needed in Los Angeles, CA
$32.00/hr offeredPosted Oct 12, 2026
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Los Angeles, California · Los Angeles County
Caregiver Jobs in Los Angeles, CA
Private caregiving work in the City of Los Angeles, from the Valley to the harbor: family postings near you, an $18.42 city minimum wage since July 2026, IHSS pay of $19.64, and free job help at 14 WorkSource Centers. Create a free profile to apply.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Los Angeles
The City of Los Angeles had 3,806,201 residents on January 1, 2026, and it behaves like several cities stitched together. A caregiver in Sylmar, one in Boyle Heights and one in San Pedro are all "in Los Angeles", but none of them wants a daily commute to the others. Families post with their ZIP code and the postings above show distance from your own, so set a travel radius you will actually drive or ride at the hours a family needs. Mean travel time to work for city residents is 30.7 minutes (ACS 2020–2024); add the time it takes to park on a residential street.
A car helps but is not required. Metro's regular fare is $1.75 with a $5 daily cap, so a caregiver who lives near a rail line or a frequent bus can take postings a driver might skip because of parking. Your profile should state if you drive, and if you can take a client to appointments. At home, 56.4% of city residents five or older use a language besides English, and Spanish alone accounts for 39.3% of that age group; list every language you can use at the bedside. New city postings appear above as soon as a family publishes one.
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Families looking for private caregivers near Los Angeles, CA
Real postings from families on CaregiverConnect, matched to Los Angeles by distance. 3 caregivers within 50 miles already have profiles here.
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Personal care caregiver needed in Fullerton, CA
$20.00/hr offeredPosted Sep 30, 2026
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Types of caregiver jobs
Types of caregiver jobs in Los Angeles
City families post daytime personal care, companionship, meal preparation and errands for an older relative living alone, help for a few weeks after a hospital discharge, dementia supervision and overnight shifts. If you can help someone with walkers, transfers or stairs, say so plainly. Companionship and housekeeping are realistic first jobs without a certificate.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Pay
Caregiver pay in Los Angeles: 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.
Los Angeles County projection: 289,930 aide jobs in 2023 to 390,820 in 2033 (+34.8%), about 596,650 openings over the decade including replacements (California EDD, 2023–2033 projections published April 2026). Openings are not the same as net new jobs.
The number that matters most inside the city limits is the local minimum wage. On January 30, 2026 the Office of Wage Standards announced that the City's rate would rise by $0.55 to $18.42 an hour starting July 1, 2026, tied to the Los Angeles area CPI-W. The notice covers employees who perform at least two hours of work within the City for an employer and are owed the state minimum wage, and it asks employers to post the rate in 13 languages; questions go to (213) 847-2670. That puts the city floor above the $16.90 state rate and above the $16.50 median for employed aides across the two-county metro in May 2025. IHSS providers are paid $19.64. Private families agree a rate with you directly, and dementia care, nights, weekends and driving usually justify more than the floor.
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 Los Angeles
Which rules apply depends on who hires you. No state license is needed when you work for a family directly on non-medical tasks, though you can sign up for the Home Care Aide Registry by choice for $35. If you work through one of the county's 594 licensed Home Care Organizations (May 2025 state file), registry listing is mandatory. IHSS providers enroll through DPSS, the county social services department, in four steps that must be done within 90 calendar days: attending orientation in person, filing the SOC 426 (bring your original photo ID and Social Security card), the SOC 846 agreement, and DOJ fingerprinting. After that you can apply to the PASC registry. Nursing assistant certification from CDPH is needed for facility jobs. The law makes paid caregivers report suspected elder abuse; when you do, call the county line, (877) 477-3646. Every rule is set out in our California requirements guide.
Local resources
Training and career resources near Los Angeles
Free or low-cost help inside or near the city, checked on each organization's site.
- City of Los Angeles WorkSource Centers14 centers and 2 portal offices; services are free. Examples: Boyle Heights, 1505 E. 1st St., (323) 267-5930; Hollywood, 4311 Melrose Ave., (323) 454-6100; South LA, 5343 S. Crenshaw Blvd., (323) 730-7900; Vernon-Central/LATTC, 400 W. Washington Blvd., (213) 763-5951.
- Personal Assistance Services Council (PASC)Headquarters in Pasadena; call (877) 565-4477 and press 2, then 1, to book a registry recruitment meeting. Free provider trainings and a background check status hotline, (877) 565-4482.
- Los Angeles Harbor College, CNA/CHHANurse assistant course (6 units) leading to the state CNA exam, then a 2-unit home health aide course; one-day orientation required. Program office (310) 233-4368.
- Los Angeles Southwest College, CNA/HHAA 10-week program that prepares students for state certification as a nursing assistant or home health aide; (323) 241-5327.
- Los Angeles Department of AgingOffices at 221 North Figueroa Street; (213) 482-7252. Group family caregiver education across the City on topics such as medication management, fall prevention and scam prevention.
- Alzheimer's Los AngelesFree dementia workshops and on-demand education; helpline (844) 435-7259.
The area
Los Angeles in numbers
ACS 2020–2024 counts 549,590 city residents aged 65 or over, 14.2% of the population, and 72,682 aged 85 or over. Someone 65 or older lives in 27.5% of city households, and 132,778 householders of that age live alone, which is the situation behind many companionship and check-in postings. Just over a third of residents, 35.7%, were born abroad. Median household income is $81,939 and median gross rent $1,933, with 54.6% of renting households paying 30% or more of income in rent; many families therefore combine a few IHSS hours with a smaller private arrangement.
EDD counted 889,200 health care and social assistance jobs in Los Angeles County in August 2026, 3.4% more than a year earlier, with county unemployment at 4.9%. Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center, 757 Westwood Plaza, has 520 inpatient beds and treats more than 50,000 emergency patients a year, and the county's Department of Health Services runs Los Angeles General Medical Center. Neighboring cities with their own pages include Glendale and Long Beach; the county page compares the regions.
How it works
How to find private caregiver jobs in Los Angeles (no agency)
CaregiverConnect is a marketplace, not an agency. Families post what they need, caregivers apply, and the two of you work out the arrangement directly.
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Applying to open postings and starting a new conversation are part of Caregiver Premium ($7.99/month, cancel anytime). Replying to a family who contacts you is always free. CaregiverConnect takes no cut of what you earn.
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Widen your search
Caregiver jobs near Los Angeles
Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.
Los Angeles is part of Los Angeles County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
- Caregiver jobs in Glendale, CA8 mi
- Caregiver jobs in Pasadena, CA11 mi
- Caregiver jobs in Torrance, CA15 mi
- Caregiver jobs in Long Beach, CA19 mi
- Caregiver jobs in Fullerton, CA25 mi
- Caregiver jobs in Garden Grove, CA27 mi
- Caregiver jobs in Santa Clarita, CA28 mi
- Caregiver jobs in Anaheim, CA28 mi
Elsewhere in Los Angeles County: Lancaster · Palmdale · Pomona
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 2026-10-14):
- City of Los Angeles Office of Wage Standards, July 1, 2026 minimum wage notice (January 30, 2026)
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (31-1120; 31-1131 via BLS public API)
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- California EDD, 2023–2033 occupational projections, Los Angeles County
- California EDD, Los Angeles County industry employment and labor force, August 2026
- California Department of Finance, E-1 2026 population estimates
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profile, Los Angeles city (via MCDC)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing open data, Home Care Organization file (May 25, 2025)
- LA County DPSS ePolicy, IHSS provider enrollment requirements
- Personal Assistance Services Council, registry providers, contact and background check hotline
- City of Los Angeles EWDD, WorkSource Centers
- Los Angeles Harbor College, CNA/HHA
- Los Angeles Southwest College, CNA/HHA
- Los Angeles Department of Aging, family caregiver resources
- LA County Aging & Disabilities Department (abuse hotline)
- LA Metro, fares
- UCLA Health, Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center
- LA County Department of Health Services, hospitals
- Alzheimer's Los Angeles
Questions
Caregiver jobs in Los Angeles: frequently asked questions
What is the minimum wage for caregivers in the City of Los Angeles?
$18.42 an hour from July 1, 2026, for work of at least two hours inside the City, under the Minimum Wage Ordinance. It rises each July 1 with the local CPI-W. The Office of Wage Standards answers questions at (213) 847-2670.
Does the city minimum wage apply if my client lives in Glendale or Long Beach?
No. The City ordinance covers work done within City boundaries; for a client outside them, the rule of that city or the $16.90 state rate applies.
Can I get caregiver work in Los Angeles without experience?
Companionship, errands, meal preparation and light housekeeping are reasonable first jobs. A CNA course at a community college or a dementia workshop from Alzheimer's Los Angeles adds something concrete to the profile.
How long does IHSS enrollment take?
DPSS gives applicants up to 90 calendar days to finish orientation, the two forms and the fingerprint check, with a possible 45-day extension for good cause. You cannot be paid until enrollment is complete.
Where do Los Angeles families post?
On the Los Angeles families page, where they also see anonymized caregiver cards near their ZIP code.
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