Caregiver Jobs in Nevada County
This page covers the whole of Nevada County, from Grass Valley, Nevada City and Penn Valley in the west to Truckee in the east. Families in all nine of its residential ZIP codes can post, and each new request lands in the list shown first on this page.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Nevada County
The Department of Finance counted 99,983 people in Nevada County on January 1, 2026. Truckee (16,891), Grass Valley (13,238) and Nevada City (3,325) together hold about a third of them, so roughly 66,500 residents live outside those three towns. The county splits into two care markets. In the west, Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital (104 licensed beds) and four skilled nursing facilities sit in Grass Valley, and county Adult Services works out of Nevada City. In the east, Tahoe Forest Hospital in Truckee runs its own 37-bed long-term care unit and a home health agency.
The age profile is old. Half of all residents are older than 50.1 years, by ACS 2020–2024, which also counts 30,033 people aged 65 or older, 29.3% of the population, including 2,643 who are 85 or older. Nearly half of households (46.6%) include someone 65 or over, and 7,394 households are an older person living alone. Say in your profile which side of the county you work in and how far you will drive.
Families looking for private caregivers in Nevada County
Real postings from families on CaregiverConnect, matched to Nevada County by distance. 1 caregiver within 60 miles already have profiles here.
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Caregiver jobs by city and town
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- Caregiver jobs in Truckeepop. 16,891
- Caregiver jobs in Grass Valleypop. 13,238
- Caregiver jobs in Nevada Citypop. 3,325
The communities of Nevada County
Truckee, Grass Valley and Nevada City each have a page of their own. Elsewhere, enter the home's ZIP code.
- Grass ValleySierra Nevada Memorial Hospital, the four freestanding nursing facilities and the Brighton Greens public assistance office.
- Nevada CityHome of county Adult Services (IHSS, APS and the Senior Outreach Nurses) at the Eric Rood Administrative Center, 950 Maidu Avenue.
- TruckeeTahoe Forest Hospital with its long-term care center, home health agency and hospice, the Joseph Center county office and free TART buses within town.
- Penn Valley and Lake WildwoodServed by county bus Route 6 and a Western Sierra Medical Clinic site on Spenceville Road; CDSS lists one licensed elder care home here.
- North San JuanThe end of county bus Route 7, the North San Juan line, which runs weekdays only; check the route timetable before you rely on it for a regular shift.
- Soda Springs and FloristonSmall eastern communities that Tahoe Forest Home Health lists in its service area alongside Truckee.
Types of caregiver jobs in Nevada County
Private requests are mostly for non-medical help at home: personal care, meals, housekeeping, errands and rides to appointments. Nevada County IHSS authorizes the same kinds of tasks, and the county also names escort to medical visits and protective supervision among them. A recipient may choose a friend or relative as provider, or find one through the Connecting Point registry. With a CDPH nurse assistant certificate, the county's five nursing facilities are the other path.
- 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 Nevada County: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area (Nevada County and nine other 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, North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area (Nevada County and nine other counties) | $16.50 median ($17.00 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 5,000 jobs; concentration 1.73× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Nevada County | $18.50 | CDSS; effective January 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
| Nursing assistants, North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area (Nevada County and nine other counties) | $22.66 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.
BLS reports Nevada County only inside a ten-county nonmetro region, with Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Plumas, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity. Across that region, BLS counted 5,000 aides in its May 2025 survey, paid a $16.50 median hourly wage ($17.00 mean); nursing assistants had a $22.66 median. Both the county IHSS page and Connecting Point give the provider rate as $18.50 an hour from January 1, 2026. UC Berkeley's inventory of local ordinances, last modified September 30, 2026, lists no Nevada County city or town, which leaves California's $16.90 as the minimum for private jobs. Personal attendants also have overtime rights under the state's domestic worker law: past nine hours on any one day, and past 45 hours in one week, the rate rises by half.
About 4.8% of Nevada County's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates. For California as a whole the twelve-month figure was 5.3%, putting the county under it, and its monthly rate never left the 4.2% to 5.0% range. For a provider, IHSS adds steady local hours at a rate above the regional aide median; see IHSS in Nevada County.
How to enroll as a provider in Nevada County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Nevada 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 Nevada County
You can take non-medical work from a household with no California license at all. The aide registry is an agency matter, and CDSS's licensing file (May 25, 2025) shows three licensed home care organizations in the county, two in Grass Valley and one in Nevada City, with two more pending. Connecting Point runs IHSS provider enrollment for the county; its history page says the agency was set up in 2003, named then the Nevada-Sierra Regional IHSS Public Authority, and that it serves Plumas and Sierra counties as well. Call (530) 274-5601 to book an in-person appointment, bring an unexpired state-issued ID plus the original Social Security card, both in exactly the same name, then complete the Department of Justice Live Scan. Once cleared, you get a provider number and must use online or telephone timesheets. Nursing facility jobs generally require a CDPH certificate. Caregivers are mandated reporters of elder abuse. More: California caregiver requirements.
Training and career resources near Nevada County
Where Nevada County caregivers enroll, train and find facility work; details confirmed with each source in October 2026.
- Connecting Point, IHSS enrollment and registryConnecting Point enrolls IHSS providers for Nevada, Plumas and Sierra counties. You can enroll to work for someone you already know, or apply to its registry and be matched with a recipient by availability, location and skills. The Nevada County employment specialists are on (530) 274-5601.
- Free online caregiving classesIHSS providers and recipients can take more than 900 Connecting Point online classes at no cost, many in Spanish, on topics from infection control to Alzheimer's disease.
- Sierra College nurse assistant courseThe 6.5-unit Precertification Nursing Assistant Training course covers the 60 theory and 100 clinical hours CDPH requires and leads to the state exam. For now the college holds every section in Rocklin; tuition is listed at $299.
- Skilled nursing facilities in Grass ValleyCDPH lists four open skilled nursing facilities in Grass Valley: Golden Empire (148 beds) and Crystal Ridge Care Center (99) on Dorsey Drive, Spring Hill Manor (86) on Joerschke Drive and Wolf Creek Care Center (59) on Catherine Lane.
- Live Scan fingerprinting in the countyThe Attorney General lists four Live Scan addresses in Nevada County: three in Grass Valley (on Banks Street, Brunswick Road and Nevada City Highway, with rolling fees of $29 to $50) and one in Truckee at 10183 Truckee Airport Road, open Tuesday and Wednesday mornings to booked appointments, $20 per rolling.
- Nevada County Connects busesCounty buses run weekdays from 5:30 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., with limited Saturday service and none on Sunday, on routes covering Nevada City, Grass Valley, Penn Valley and Lake Wildwood, North San Juan and Auburn. Riders 80 and over can get a free lifetime Golden Ticket. Office: 12350 La Barr Meadows Road, Grass Valley, (530) 477-0103.
Nevada County in numbers
By ACS 2020–2024, the county's median household income is $89,882, median gross rent is $1,677 and the typical owner-occupied house is worth $621,800. A quarter of workers (25.0%) work from home, 62.8% drive alone, and only 0.4% commute by public transit, with an average trip of 23.6 minutes. Of residents 65 and older, 26.8% report a disability. English is not the home language for 9.1% of residents aged five or more; 2.2% speak Spanish and have limited English.
CDPH's facility listing (data date September 16, 2026) shows two general acute hospitals, five skilled nursing facilities with 429 beds between them, two hospices and one home health agency, Tahoe Forest's. CDSS's May 2025 file lists eight licensed elder care homes with 517 places between them, and none of them is in Truckee. Town detail is on the Truckee, Grass Valley and Nevada City pages; neighboring markets are covered on the Placer County and Sierra County pages.
How to find private caregiver jobs in Nevada County (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Nevada County
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Useful reading before you apply
How to become a caregiver in California: 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.
How much do caregivers make 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.
Private caregiver jobs near you: how to find them 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.
- Nevada County, In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS)
- Nevada County, Adult Services and Adult Protective Services
- Nevada County, Public Assistance Offices
- Connecting Point, Become an IHSS Provider and Nevada County step-by-step
- Connecting Point, About, Health Benefits and Online Classes
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- BLS OEWS May 2025, North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
- California EDD, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), 12-month average August 2025 to August 2026
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- Sierra College, Precertification Nursing Assistant Training and catalog
- California Attorney General, Live Scan locations, Nevada County
- Nevada County Connects, routes, hours and fares
- Agency on Aging Area 4, Nevada County service providers
- Tahoe Forest Health System, Home Health and Long Term Care Center
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date September 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing, facility files (file date May 25, 2025)
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05, Nevada County
Caregiver jobs in Nevada County: frequently asked questions
Which office enrolls new IHSS providers in Nevada County?
Connecting Point, on (530) 274-5601. The county IHSS office in Nevada City, (530) 265-1639, handles applications from people who need care rather than from providers.
How much does Nevada County IHSS pay?
Since January 1, 2026, $18.50 an hour, a figure the county page and the CDSS table agree on. IHSS wages are set by the recipient's home county, so hours for someone living in Placer or Sierra County pay that county's rate instead.
Do IHSS providers here get health coverage?
Some do. Connecting Point offers a limited benefit plan to providers whose payroll shows at least 80 paid hours a month for two consecutive months.
Is there a CNA class in Nevada County?
Sierra College's nurse assistant course is currently offered only at its Rocklin campus, by its own notice. Tahoe Forest Hospital's long-term care center and the four Grass Valley nursing facilities employ CNAs once you are certified.
How do Nevada County families reach me?
They post on the Nevada County family page or one of the town pages, and the posts appear here. Joining is free for caregivers, and none of what families pay you goes to CaregiverConnect.
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