Caregiver Jobs in Manteca, CA
Manteca calls itself the Family City, and with two hospitals and an older population than Tracy, its families regularly look for help at home. Make a free profile, choose your travel radius and apply to the households you want to work for.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Manteca
Manteca grew up as a farm town between Interstate 5 and State Route 99, and the Route 120 bypass turned it into a home base for families priced out of the Bay Area. Two hospitals anchor the city: Doctors Hospital of Manteca on East North Street and Kaiser Foundation Hospital Manteca on West Yosemite Avenue. Plenty of Manteca requests begin when one of these hospitals discharges someone and a parent who needs help bathing, dressing and getting to follow-up visits for a few weeks, and some of those arrangements turn into regular weekly work.
Manteca job posts land above as families publish them, each labeled with its mileage from town, and a wider radius will also reach Lathrop, Ripon, Stockton and Tracy. Commutes are long for many residents (a third of Manteca workers, 32.4%, have jobs outside San Joaquin County and a quarter, 25.0%, spend at least an hour on the way in, ACS 2020–2024), so families often want a caregiver who can arrive early and stay until a working son or daughter gets home. In your profile, say which side of town you can reach, whether you have a car, and which hours you can work. Spanish is spoken at home by 21.4% of residents aged five and over, and another 7.0% speak other Indo-European languages, so list any language you share with older clients.
Families looking for private caregivers near Manteca, CA
Real postings from families on CaregiverConnect, matched to Manteca by distance. 2 caregivers within 50 miles already have profiles here.
No open postings in Manteca right now
No family within 50 miles has an open posting today. Nearest current postings: California, CA, about 65 miles away. A profile created now is visible to San Joaquin County families as soon as they join, and they can send you a direct request.
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Types of caregiver jobs in Manteca
Common Manteca requests are post-hospital help, daytime companionship and supervision for a parent who lives with a commuting family, help with meals and housekeeping, rides to the senior center or to appointments, and respite for a spouse. New caregivers can start with companionship, errands and light housework; families asking for transfers, incontinence care or dementia supervision usually want previous work or a nursing assistant certificate.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Caregiver pay in Manteca: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Stockton–Lodi, CA metro (San Joaquin 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, Stockton–Lodi, CA metro (San Joaquin County) | $16.50 median ($17.17 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 12,580 jobs; concentration 1.57× national |
| IHSS provider wage, San Joaquin County | $18.97 | CDSS; effective January 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
| Nursing assistants, Stockton–Lodi, CA metro (San Joaquin County) | $22.37 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.
Manteca is missing from the Berkeley Labor Center's tally of city wage ordinances, so households here pay at least the California minimum of $16.90. The San Joaquin County IHSS wage is $18.97 from January 1, 2026, against a metro-wide aide median of $16.50 (mean $17.17) and $22.37 for nursing assistants. Manteca's median household income is $97,055 (ACS 2020–2024), and private families commonly expect to pay at or above the IHSS wage, with more for driving, dementia care or weekend hours. State law adds time and a half for personal attendants beyond nine hours daily or 45 weekly.
How to enroll as a provider in San Joaquin County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS San Joaquin 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 Manteca
For non-medical help hired directly by a Manteca household, California asks for no license, and independent caregivers may join the Home Care Aide Registry by choice; agency aides must be registered. Manteca IHSS cases are run out of the county Human Services Agency offices in Stockton. Its Public Authority, 1-800-491-1996, enrolls providers, tracks Live Scan fingerprint results and keeps a registry that matches available caregivers with IHSS recipients; the registry line for recipients is (209) 468-3397. Work in a hospital or skilled nursing facility needs a CDPH nursing assistant certificate. Suspected elder abuse goes to county APS at (209) 468-3780, staffed day and night. More in the requirements guide and the IHSS provider guide.
Training and career resources near Manteca
Training, job help and city services for Manteca caregivers, confirmed on official pages in October 2026.
- San Joaquin Delta College, Nurse Assistant and Home Health AideIn Stockton at 5151 Pacific Avenue, (209) 954-5151. A 10-week program in spring and fall that prepares you for the state CNA and HHA exams; you apply online and places go by random selection. Typical tuition is $322 for 7 units, plus about $90 for books; fingerprinting is paid by the college.
- Manteca Education & Training Center (METC)Manteca Unified's adult school at 2271 W. Louise Avenue, 209-858-7330. English as a Second Language, adult basic education, high school equivalency and career technical classes; registration is in person and some classes charge fees. It does not list nursing assistant training.
- WorkNet Center at El Concilio, Manteca1215 W. Center Street, Suite 105, (350) 241-6106. San Joaquin County's job center in Manteca for job-search help and access to funded training, weekdays 8:00 to 4:30.
- San Joaquin County IHSS Public Authority1-800-491-1996 (phone only, no walk-ins). Handles sign-up for new IHSS providers, fingerprint results and registry placement, and organizes CPR and First Aid classes.
- Manteca Senior CenterPart of Parks, Recreation and Senior Center at 295 Cherry Lane, 209-456-8600; the senior center opens at 7:30 every weekday morning. A useful place to meet the older residents and staff you will work alongside.
- Manteca Transit Dial-a-RideShared door-to-door rides for clients who are 62 or older, disabled or on Medicare, once certified by Access San Joaquin (209-242-9965); Manteca Transit Center, 220 Moffat Boulevard, 209-456-8888.
Manteca in numbers
At the start of 2026 the Department of Finance (E-1) put Manteca at 96,511 people. Half are older than 36.8, one in seven (14.2%) is at least 65, 5.5% have reached 75, and 41.2% identify as Hispanic or Latino, per ACS 2020–2024. Most homes are owner-occupied (72.4%), with a median value of $589,900 and median rent of $2,065. The city's 2022 financial report listed Amazon (1,139 employees), Tennant Sales and Service (800), Manteca Unified (751), the City of Manteca (408), Doctors Hospital of Manteca (401) and Kaiser Permanente (351) among the largest employers.
Doctors Hospital of Manteca, 1205 East North Street, has 73 licensed beds and Kaiser Foundation Hospital Manteca, 1777 West Yosemite Avenue, has 61; both run basic emergency departments. ACE commuter trains stop at the Lathrop/Manteca station, heading toward San Jose in the morning. Nearby pages: Tracy, Stockton, Modesto and the San Joaquin County hub.
How to find private caregiver jobs in Manteca (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Manteca
Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.
Manteca is part of San Joaquin County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Stockton-Lodi, CA (31-1120, 31-1131), via BLS public data API
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- California DIR, minimum wage FAQ
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights
- California Department of Finance, E-1 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year (S0101, S0801, DP02, DP03, DP04, DP05), Manteca city
- Wikipedia, Manteca, California (history, employers, transit)
- HCAI, Doctors Hospital of Manteca facility profile
- HCAI, Kaiser Foundation Hospital - Manteca facility profile
- San Joaquin County HSA, In-Home Supportive Services
- San Joaquin County IHSS Public Authority
- San Joaquin County HSA, Adult Protective Services
- San Joaquin Delta College, Nursing Assistant (CNA) and Home Health Aide (HHA)
- San Joaquin Delta College, Nurse Assistant Training FAQ
- Manteca Education & Training Center, general information
- San Joaquin County WorkNet, locations and centers
- City of Manteca, Dial-a-Ride service (and Parks, Recreation & Senior Center contacts)
Caregiver jobs in Manteca: frequently asked questions
Which hospitals generate caregiver work in Manteca?
Doctors Hospital of Manteca on East North Street and Kaiser Foundation Hospital Manteca on West Yosemite Avenue. Families often post as a parent is about to come home from one of them, so a radius that covers both is a sensible start.
How much does IHSS pay in Manteca?
Manteca providers earn $18.97 an hour, the county IHSS wage in force since January 1, 2026. The San Joaquin County IHSS guide explains how to enroll and how payroll works.
Does the Manteca adult school offer CNA training?
Not on its current program list. The Manteca Education & Training Center offers ESL, basic education, high school equivalency and career technical classes; for nursing assistant training, apply to the 10-week program at San Joaquin Delta College in Stockton.
Can I work as a caregiver in Manteca with no experience?
Yes. Manteca families hire beginners for company, cooking, shopping trips and tidying. Build your experience with those jobs, take CPR and First Aid, and then apply for the personal-care work that pays more.
How do Manteca clients get around if I do not drive?
Seniors 62 and over can be certified for Manteca Transit Dial-a-Ride, which offers door-to-door rides within city limits and to the Lathrop/Manteca ACE station. Certification goes through Access San Joaquin at 209-242-9965, and the Manteca Transit Center answers questions at 209-456-8888.
Where do Manteca families look for caregivers?
On the Manteca family page, which shows the caregivers whose travel radius covers the city.
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