Caregiver Jobs in Los Banos, CA
Los Banos is the west side of Merced County: a commuter city of 49,255 where nearly half the workers leave the county every day and someone has to be home with grandma. Family postings from Los Banos, Dos Palos and Gustine will appear here; build a free profile to be ready for them.
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Finding caregiver jobs in Los Banos
Los Banos is far enough from Merced that it hires its own caregivers. The city is an incorporated community on Highway 152 and the mean journey to work is 55 minutes (ACS 2020–2024), the longest of any town on this site; 8,276 of its 17,344 workers are employed outside Merced County. Those long commutes are the reason families here post for daytime help: a working daughter in a car at 5 a.m. cannot also be with her father until 7 p.m. A caregiver who lives in Los Banos, Dos Palos or Gustine and does not have to make that drive is exactly who they want.
Nobody has registered on CaregiverConnect from Los Banos yet, so there is no local competition and no local postings; the first caregivers to set up a profile with the 93635 ZIP code will be seen by every west-side family who later posts. Write for them: Spanish (48.6% of residents speak it at home and 73.4% are Hispanic or Latino), early-morning or evening availability that matches a commuter's day, whether you can take a parent to Memorial Hospital Los Banos on West I Street, and any experience from the city's care homes. Searches for "caregiver jobs Los Banos CA" and "in home care Los Banos" both show up in Google's suggestions, which tells you families here are already looking.
Open caregiver opportunities near Los Banos, CA
Real postings from families on CaregiverConnect, matched to Los Banos by distance.
No open postings in Los Banos right now
No family within 50 miles has an open posting today. Nearest current postings: California, CA, about 99 miles away. A profile created now is visible to Merced County families as soon as they join, and they can send you a direct request.
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Types of caregiver jobs in Los Banos
Typical west-side requests: early-morning and after-work blocks for a parent whose children commute, personal care and companionship for widowed parents in Dos Palos and Gustine (where 21.8% and 17.3% of residents are 65 or over), help after a discharge from Memorial Hospital Los Banos, and dementia supervision. Overnight cover is requested more often here than in Merced because of the commute; live-in is still unusual.
- Senior caregiving: day-to-day help so an older adult can stay at home.
- Personal care: bathing, dressing, grooming, transfers.
- Companion care: company, errands, appointments, light help.
- Dementia care: routine-based support for memory loss.
- Respite care: cover so a family caregiver can rest or work.
- Live-in: room and board as part of the arrangement.
- Overnight: supervision through the night.
- Part-time and full-time: set by day and time block on your profile.
Caregiver pay in Los Banos
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Merced, CA metro (Merced 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, Merced, CA metro (Merced County) | $16.50 median ($16.82 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 4,990 jobs; concentration 2.27× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Merced County | $17.50 | CDSS; effective January 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
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.
Merced County projection: 4,650 aide jobs in 2023 to 5,830 in 2033 (+25.4%), about 8,810 openings over the decade including replacements (California EDD, 2023–2033 projections). Openings are not the same as net new jobs.
Los Banos shares Merced County's $17.50 IHSS rate and the metro's $16.50 employed median, and has no city minimum-wage ordinance of its own. Two local facts push private rates up: household incomes are a little higher than the county's ($68,171 median), and the supply of caregivers who do not commute is thin, so a reliable local caregiver can price early-morning, evening and overnight blocks above the IHSS rate. Mileage to Merced or Fresno for appointments should be agreed separately.
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 Los Banos
State rules only. Non-medical care hired directly by a Los Banos family needs no licence; Home Care Aide Registry listing is required for agency aides and optional for independents ($35, Live Scan); CNA and Home Health Aide certificates come from CDPH. IHSS enrolment for west-side providers still runs through the Merced County IHSS Public Authority in Merced, (209) 383-9504, so allow for one trip east for orientation and fingerprints. Mandated reporting applies to every paid caregiver of an older adult; Merced County Adult Protective Services is (209) 385-3105. More in the California requirements guide.
Training and career resources near Los Banos
Everything below is in Los Banos itself unless stated.
- Merced College Los Banos Campus, Nurse Assistant (ALLH-63)22240 Highway 152, (209) 826-3495. The CNA course runs here as well as in Merced: 16 weeks in spring and fall, nine in summer; minimum age 16.
- Prospero Job Centers in Los BanosBreaking Barriers, 445 I Street, Building A, (209) 710-6043; Merced College campus, Room A120, (209) 710-6140. Orientation, job-search help and training scholarships from the county workforce board.
- Memorial Hospital Los Banos520 West I Street, (209) 826-0591. Sutter Health hospital with 38 licensed beds and 24-hour emergency services; the source of most post-discharge care requests on the west side.
- Los Banos senior lunch, Living Well Cafe1248 Santa Barbara Drive, weekdays, for residents 60 and over; Merced County Rescue Mission for the Area Agency on Aging, (209) 626-7595.
- The Micro Bus and LB CommuterOn-demand Micro Bus (app or phone, $1.50) across Los Banos, Dos Palos, Gustine and Santa Nella, connecting to the LB Commuter fixed route to Merced; seniors, veterans and ADA riders travel free. Paratransit (209) 384-3111.
- Merced County IHSS Public Authority2115 W. Wardrobe Avenue, Merced, (209) 383-9504. Provider enrolment and registry for the whole county, including the west side.
Los Banos in numbers
The Department of Finance estimates 49,255 residents for January 2026, making Los Banos the county's second city. It is young (median age 30.3) and 10.9% of residents are 65 or over, but 26.2% of households include someone that age, and the small cities around it skew older. Residents are 73.4% Hispanic or Latino and one in four was born abroad; 48.6% speak Spanish at home and 23.9% speak English less than very well, so a caregiver without Spanish is writing off a large share of households. Agriculture is a smaller employer here than in the east of the county (5.8% of workers) because so many residents work elsewhere.
What the numbers mean for a caregiver: the client base is local, the competition is thin, and the days are shaped by other people's commutes. The nearest pages are Merced, an hour east, and the Merced County hub, which covers Dos Palos, Gustine and Santa Nella.
How to find caregiver work in Los Banos on CaregiverConnect
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Caregiver jobs near Los Banos
Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.
Los Banos is part of Merced County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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Useful reading before you apply
California caregiver requirements: HCA registry, IHSS and CNA explained
Which rules apply to a caregiver in California depends on who pays them. A plain-language map of the Home Care Aide Registry, IHSS provider enrolment and CNA/HHA certification, with the official sources.
What caregivers earn in California and Arizona: BLS, IHSS and minimum wage (2026)
Median hourly pay for home health and personal care aides by metro area from the May 2025 BLS survey, county IHSS wages, state minimum wages, and how private rates relate to them.
How to find private caregiver jobs without an agency
Where families who hire directly actually look, how to be found, what to put in writing, and the legal basics of being a household employee.
Caregiver interview preparation: questions families ask and how to answer them
What a family interview for private caregiving work really covers, the questions to expect, the questions you should ask, and what to bring.
- California Department of Finance, E-1 2026 population estimates
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 data profiles and B08007, Los Banos city
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Merced, CA (31-1120)
- California EDD, 2023–2033 occupational projections, Merced County
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- Merced County Human Services Agency, IHSS Public Authority and APS
- Merced College, Nurse Assistant program and Los Banos campus
- Prospero Workforce, job center locations
- Memorial Hospital Los Banos (Sutter Health)
- HCAI facility profile, Memorial Hospital Los Banos
- Merced County Rescue Mission, Senior Nutrition Program
- The Bus, The Micro Bus and Los Banos routes
- Google Autocomplete, Los Banos caregiver queries (presence only)
Caregiver jobs in Los Banos: frequently asked questions
Do Los Banos families really hire separately from Merced?
Yes. Merced is an hour away by Highway 152, so west-side families look for caregivers in Los Banos, Dos Palos, Gustine and Santa Nella first. Set your radius to 15 miles and you cover all of them.
Can I get a CNA certificate without leaving Los Banos?
Yes. Merced College teaches its Nurse Assistant course on the Los Banos campus at 22240 Highway 152 in spring, summer and fall.
What hours do Los Banos families post?
Early mornings and evenings more than anywhere else in the county, because so many adults commute out; overnight supervision is also requested after discharges from Memorial Hospital Los Banos.
Do I have to go to Merced to enrol in IHSS?
The Public Authority is on West Wardrobe Avenue in Merced, so expect at least one trip for orientation and fingerprints. Once enrolled, the $17.50 rate is the same anywhere in the county.
How do I get around without a car?
The Micro Bus takes you anywhere inside Los Banos, Dos Palos, Gustine and Santa Nella for $1.50 by app, and the LB Commuter runs to Merced. Rural addresses still need a vehicle.
Is Spanish essential here?
Nearly half of Los Banos residents speak Spanish at home, and almost a quarter speak limited English, so a Spanish-speaking caregiver reaches many more families. List every language you speak.
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