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Martinez, California · Contra Costa County
Caregiver Jobs in Martinez, CA
Martinez is a Contra Costa County city of 36,521 by the state's 2026 estimate, incorporated in 1876. When a family in ZIP 94553 publishes a private request, it is added to the listings above; widen your search radius if you want more to choose from.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Martinez
Start with the licensed health facilities, because Martinez has several. In CDPH's licensed facility file (data date October 16, 2026), Contra Costa Regional Medical Center is listed at 2500 Alhambra Avenue, a general acute care hospital licensed to the County of Contra Costa with 124 beds, plus a 43-bed acute psychiatric unit run as a distinct part of the same hospital. Two skilled nursing facilities sit in the city: Legacy Post Acute Care on Muir Road (96 beds) and Alhambra Post Acute on Ilene Street (44 beds). The same listing shows a Kaiser Foundation Hospital home health agency and a Kaiser hospice, both at 200 Muir Road. For a nursing assistant, those five licenses are the first doors to knock on.
Private home care is the other half of the market. Six licensed elder care homes have Martinez addresses in the state's community care file (May 25, 2025), each licensed for six residents, with a seventh application pending, and one licensed home care organization, Valor Home Care Services on Main Street. Three small adult residential homes and two licensed adult day programs for adults with disabilities, on Ferry Street and Las Juntas, round out the list. If you want to work for a household directly, lead your profile with 94553 and the neighborhoods you can get to before a morning shift starts.
Most Martinez workers drive: 64.3% commuted alone by car in ACS 2020–2024 and 2.5% used public transit, with an average one-way trip of 28.4 minutes. Another 22.3% worked from home, so some adult children are in the house during the day and want help with specific tasks rather than full cover. At home, 9.0% of Martinez residents five or older use Spanish; Asian and Pacific Island languages account for another 4.7%.
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Families looking for private caregivers near Martinez, CA
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Types of caregiver jobs
Types of caregiver jobs in Martinez
Martinez families tend to ask for early help with a shower and getting dressed, a midday check with lunch and medication reminders, rides to clinic appointments on Alhambra Avenue, and company for a parent who has stopped driving. Some requests are short: daily visits for a few weeks after surgery or a fall. With no paid experience yet, start with companionship, errands and meal preparation, take a CPR class, and ask the six-bed care homes whether they train new staff.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Pay
Caregiver pay in Martinez: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont, CA metro (San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Marin 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, San Francisco–Oakland–Fremont, CA metro (San Francisco, Alameda, Contra Costa, San Mateo and Marin counties) | $17.28 median | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 119,120 jobs; concentration 1.81× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Contra Costa County | $20.03 | 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.
EDD estimates put about 4.5% of Martinez's labor force out of work, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, slightly under Contra Costa County's 4.7% and California's 5.3%. Month by month it ranged from 3.8% to 5.0%, across a labor force of roughly 19,400. Any IHSS client living inside Contra Costa brings an hourly rate of $20.03, and our Contra Costa IHSS guide lists each enrollment step.
The $17.28 BLS median mixes five Bay Area counties, so treat it as a regional marker. UC Berkeley's Labor Center keeps a list of local wage ordinances, and Martinez is not on it; employers here therefore owe at least California's $16.90. Take a Benicia client and you are paid on the Solano scale, $18.10, since IHSS rates are set by the client's county of residence. For private work, ACS gives a median household income of $127,355 and a median home value of $859,800 in Martinez; price the hands-on tasks into your rate. A Martinez family employing you directly owes, by California's domestic worker overtime rule, 1.5 times your rate once a shift runs beyond 9 hours or the week tops 45.
How to enroll as a provider in Contra Costa County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Contra Costa 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 Martinez
Non-medical care arranged directly with a Martinez family needs no state license. Valor Home Care Services, like any licensed home care organization, must list each aide it employs on California's Home Care Aide Registry, and CDSS charges $35 to apply. Work at the county hospital, Legacy or Alhambra Post Acute calls for CDPH nursing assistant certification. IHSS registry entry runs through the county Public Authority at (800) 333-1081 and involves a written application, a face-to-face interview, checks with your references, Live Scan prints and an orientation; being listed does not guarantee a match. California law (Welfare and Institutions Code §15630) treats any person who cares for an elder or dependent adult, paid or unpaid, as a mandated reporter of abuse; from a mobile phone, Contra Costa APS takes calls 24 hours a day at (925) 229-8434. Statewide rules are summarized in our California caregiver requirements guide.
Local resources
Training and career resources near Martinez
Classes, a career coach, a CNA course and buses for Martinez caregivers, as listed by each provider this October.
- Martinez Adult Education, CPR/AEDThe adult school at 600 F Street teaches a CPR and AED course that ends with an American Safety & Health Institute certification card, textbook included; it also covers recertification. Main office (925) 335-5890. The school's medical track is billing and coding, not nurse assistant training.
- WIOA career coach at Martinez Adult EducationA Rubicon Programs career coach based at the adult school helps job seekers check whether WIOA funding can pay for training, Monday to Wednesday in Martinez and later in the week at the Concord job center. Phone 925-202-2422.
- Mt. Diablo Adult Education CNA, ConcordA three-month nurse assistant course in Concord, weekdays 8:30 to 3:00, with clinical hours that can vary. You start by booking a CTE information session; call (925) 685-7340 ext. 67190 for the next start date. The fee had not been posted when we checked; the school mentions funding options and interest-free payment plans.
- Contra Costa IHSS Public Authority registryOn the registry you pick your clients and hours and are paid $20.03, plus overtime or travel time when they apply. Free homecare classes are offered too, including Alzheimer's and dementia care.
- County Connection Route 16Runs on weekdays from about 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., every 40 minutes, from the Martinez Amtrak stop past Contra Costa Regional Medical Center and along Alhambra Avenue to Concord BART. Routes 18, 19, 28 and 98X also start at Martinez Amtrak, and Route 316 covers Morello and Muir on weekends.
The area
Martinez in numbers
ACS 2020–2024 puts the 65-plus population of Martinez at 6,985 (18.9%), including 2,294 aged 75 to 84 and 636 past 85; the median age is 42.6. Of 14,723 households, 4,817 (32.7%) include someone 65 or older, and in about 1,635 an older person lives alone, 1,118 of them women. A third of the 65-plus population (32.7%) reports a disability. Housing is mostly owner-occupied (70.8%), median rent is $2,353, and 3.9% of households have no vehicle, which makes a caregiver with a car useful for errands and appointments.
Health care in town centers on Alhambra Avenue. Besides the county hospital, HRSA lists the county's Martinez Health Center family medicine and specialty clinics at the same address, and the George & Cynthia Miller Wellness Center on Allen Street. Nearby pages: Concord, Walnut Creek and Benicia.
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Caregiver jobs near Martinez
Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.
Martinez is part of Contra Costa 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):
- City of Martinez, History (incorporation 1876)
- City of Martinez, Martinez Senior Center
- Martinez Adult Education, Health & Safety (CPR/AED)
- Martinez Adult Education, Medical Programs
- Martinez Adult Education, WIOA Services
- EASTBAY Works, America's Job Center locations
- Mt. Diablo Adult Education, Certified Nursing Assistant
- Contra Costa IHSS Public Authority, become a registry provider
- Contra Costa EHSD, Adult Protective Services
- County Connection, routes
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date October 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing, facility files (file date May 25, 2025)
- HRSA, health center service delivery sites (data download)
- 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)
- BLS OEWS May 2025, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances (modified September 30, 2026)
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- CDSS, Home Care Services application fees
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05, Martinez city
Questions
Caregiver jobs in Martinez: frequently asked questions
Which employers in Martinez hire nursing assistants?
State data shows a county-run general hospital on Alhambra Avenue, two skilled nursing facilities with 140 beds between them, and Kaiser home health and hospice offices on Muir Road. Each of them needs CNA certification for hands-on roles.
Is unemployment high in Martinez?
No. EDD estimates average about 4.5% for the year to August 2026, under both the Contra Costa figure (4.7%) and the state's 5.3%.
Does Martinez set its own minimum wage?
Not according to the Labor Center's September 2026 inventory, so $16.90, the California rate, is the minimum. A Contra Costa IHSS client pays $20.03.
Can I train as a CNA in Martinez itself?
Martinez Adult Education does not list a nurse assistant course; it offers CPR/AED and medical coding. The closest program we found is Mt. Diablo Adult Education's three-month weekday course in Concord.
How do I get around Martinez without a car?
County Connection buses leave from the Martinez Amtrak stop on several weekday routes. Route 16 is the one that passes the county hospital and runs up Alhambra Avenue, until about 10 p.m.
If my client lives in Benicia, which IHSS rate applies?
The Solano rate of $18.10. Your own address does not matter; the county of the client sets the IHSS wage.
Where do Martinez families post?
Families use the Martinez family page and ZIP 94553, and each request is mirrored in the listings here. Building a profile costs caregivers nothing, and we take no cut of wages.
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