Caregiver Jobs in Nipomo, CA
Nipomo is an unincorporated community in southern San Luis Obispo County with about 17,500 residents, a 122-place assisted living community and a county social services branch on West Tefft Street. Care requests posted from 93444 show up above once a Nipomo family publishes one.
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Without a city government, Nipomo relies on San Luis Obispo County for most public services, while the Nipomo Community Services District supplies water and sewer service. So there is no city senior department or city bus, and the work comes from households, a few licensed homes and county programs. In the CDPH facility listing (October 16, 2026 data) there is no hospital, skilled nursing facility or home health agency at a Nipomo address. What it does list are clinics: Community Health Centers of the Central Coast runs its Nipomo Health Center at 150 Tejas Place, and Pacific Central Coast Health Centers has two licensed sites, on West Tefft Street and on Mesa Road.
The bigger employers of aides are residential. CDSS's facility layer, last edited October 19, 2026, shows five licensed elder care homes (RCFEs) at Nipomo addresses with 144 places between them. The Oaks at Nipomo on Mary Avenue accounts for 122 of those; Villa Mariposa Senior Care on East Branch Street and Southland Home on Southland Street are small homes of six and four. The same layer lists four adult residential facilities with 16 places in all, homes that serve adults with disabilities. The May 2025 state home care file adds one licensed agency here, Family Home Care at 620 West Tefft Street.
Spanish is common at home here. ACS 2020–2024 puts it at 27.7% of residents five and older, and 11.6% are Spanish speakers whose English is rated less than very well. Bilingual caregivers should lead with that.
Families looking for private caregivers near Nipomo, CA
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Types of caregiver jobs in Nipomo
Typical Nipomo requests: daily visits to an older parent on their own, driving to appointments at the Tejas Place clinic or to specialists outside town, meal preparation, and nights at home for the first stretch after a discharge. Families also look for respite so a working daughter or son can keep a regular job; ACS puts the average commute for Nipomo workers at 28.0 minutes, and 82.6% drive alone. Companionship, errands and housekeeping are realistic starting points without experience. Families tend to want proof of training before they hand over lifting, transfers or dementia care.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Caregiver pay in Nipomo: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the San Luis Obispo–Paso Robles, CA metro (San Luis Obispo 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, San Luis Obispo–Paso Robles, CA metro (San Luis Obispo County) | $16.50 median ($17.65 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 4,160 jobs; concentration 1.23× national |
| IHSS provider wage, San Luis Obispo County | $21.40 | CDSS; effective January 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
| Nursing assistants, San Luis Obispo–Paso Robles, CA metro (San Luis Obispo County) | $22.52 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.
About 2.6% of Nipomo's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates. That compares with 4.4% for San Luis Obispo County and 5.3% for California over the same months. Nipomo is a CDP, and EDD builds estimates for places like it out of county totals, so the figure is approximate; its labor force averaged about 8,850 people and the monthly rate stayed between 2.1% and 2.9%.
For your rate, three numbers matter more. A provider caring for a Nipomo resident through IHSS is paid the county wage of $21.40 an hour (CDSS, effective January 1, 2026); our IHSS guide for San Luis Obispo County walks through enrollment. The July 23, 2026 wage inventory from UC Berkeley's Labor Center shows no local wage ordinance anywhere in San Luis Obispo County, incorporated or not; the floor for a Nipomo household employer is the state's $16.90. And Nipomo households are not poor by ACS measures: the median household income is $110,022 and 5.7% of residents live below the poverty line, while median gross rent is $2,106 and 50.0% of renter households pay at least 30% of income in rent. Anchor your quote to the IHSS figure and agree on mileage before the first drive.
How to enroll as a provider in San Luis Obispo County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS San Luis Obispo 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 Nipomo
A Nipomo family that employs you directly needs no state license from you as a companion or personal-care aide. Two kinds of local employer add a requirement. The West Tefft Street home care agency, like any licensed home care organization, may only place aides who are listed on the Home Care Aide Registry; registration costs $35 and is renewed every two years. A licensed elder care home trains its own staff to CDSS rules, so ask the administrator what is required before you apply. Paid care for someone on IHSS starts with the county Public Authority, (805) 474-2055: enrollment, orientation videos and a Live Scan fingerprint check. The county's Nipomo Social Services office, 681 West Tefft Street, Suite 1, is open weekdays 8 to 4 on (805) 931-1800. Under WIC §15630, a caregiver who suspects a Nipomo client is being harmed must report it; the requirements guide covers the rest.
Training and career resources near Nipomo
Training, local employers and transport for Nipomo caregivers, each checked at its source in October 2026.
- Cuesta College Nursing Assistant (NAST 148 and 148L)A nine-week certificate course with a classroom half and a skills half, with clinical practice in local extended care facilities; classes run in fall, spring and summer. Cuesta's South County Center number is (805) 474-3913.
- The Oaks at Nipomo and other licensed homesCDSS lists The Oaks at Nipomo, 177 Mary Avenue, with 122 places, plus four small elder care homes and four adult residential homes in Nipomo. Ask each about caregiver openings and on-the-job training.
- Nipomo Health Center (Community Health Centers of the Central Coast)150 Tejas Place. Primary care, geriatric services, behavioral health, lab and a pharmacy; primary care is open weekdays 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. on (805) 929-3211.
- RTA Route 10 at Tefft and CarilloThe San Luis Obispo to Santa Maria route stops in Nipomo at Tefft at Carillo, between Arroyo Grande and Hancock College. The last two weekday evening runs end in Nipomo. Regular cash fare is $2.00.
- Nipomo Dial-A-RideOrigin-to-destination rides inside its Nipomo service area, Monday to Friday 7 a.m. to 6:30 p.m., $1.75 one way for seniors and riders with disabilities. Call (805) 929-2881, ideally two to three days ahead.
Nipomo in numbers
The Census Bureau's ACS 2020–2024 counts 17,516 people in the Nipomo CDP, with a margin of error of ±1,517. Just 26 people live in group quarters, which means institutions do not skew the ages. Nipomo skews younger than the county, with a median age of 37.8, and 2,746 residents (15.7%) are 65 or older, against 22.1% for San Luis Obispo County as a whole. Of those, 756 are 75 to 84 and 309 are 85-plus. Still, 2,114 of Nipomo's 5,693 households (37.1%) include someone 65 or older, and in 703 households an older person lives alone. A disability is reported by 30.7% of residents aged 65 and over.
About half of residents (51.6%) are Hispanic or Latino. Owners occupy 65.6% of homes, with a median value of $723,700. The ACS finds 22.1% of Nipomo's employed residents working in schools, health care or social assistance, and only 1.4% commute by transit. Nearby pages: Arroyo Grande, Grover Beach, Guadalupe and Santa Maria; Guadalupe and Santa Maria are in Santa Barbara County, where IHSS pays a different rate.
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Caregiver jobs near Nipomo
Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.
Nipomo is part of San Luis Obispo County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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- Caregiver jobs in Grover Beach, CA10 mi
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Elsewhere in San Luis Obispo County: Paso Robles · Shandon · Templeton
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
- California EDD, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), 12-month average August 2025 to August 2026
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- BLS OEWS May 2025, San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA (data.bls.gov OES table, area 0042020)
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances (July 23, 2026)
- California DIR, minimum wage FAQ
- CDSS, Home Care Services application fees (Home Care Aide Registry)
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date October 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing, facility files (May 25, 2025) and current facility layer (October 19, 2026)
- Community Health Centers of the Central Coast, Nipomo Health Center
- County of San Luis Obispo DSS, office locations (Nipomo Social Services)
- County of San Luis Obispo DSS, Public Authority (IHSS)
- Cuesta College, CNA program information
- SLO Regional Transit Authority, Route 10 and fares
- SLO Regional Transit Authority, Dial-A-Ride (Nipomo Dial-A-Ride)
- Nipomo Community Services District
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05 and table B26001, Nipomo CDP
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 DP05, San Luis Obispo County
Caregiver jobs in Nipomo: frequently asked questions
Is unemployment high in Nipomo?
No. EDD estimates average about 2.6% for Nipomo between August 2025 and August 2026, under the county's 4.4% and the state's 5.3%.
Who hires caregivers in Nipomo?
Mostly private households. Among licensed employers, The Oaks at Nipomo is the largest elder care home with 122 places, four smaller elder care homes and four adult residential homes are licensed here, and Family Home Care on West Tefft Street appeared as a licensed home care organization when the state published its May 2025 file.
Is there a nursing home or hospital in Nipomo?
Not according to CDPH's October 2026 file, which lists no hospital or skilled nursing facility at a Nipomo address. Nipomo's licensed health sites are clinics, including Community Health Centers on Tejas Place.
What does IHSS pay a caregiver in Nipomo?
The county provider wage: $21.40 an hour since January 1, 2026. For a client living over the county line in Santa Barbara County, that county's rate applies instead.
Does Nipomo have its own minimum wage?
No. Nipomo is unincorporated, and the Labor Center's July 2026 inventory lists no ordinance for San Luis Obispo County; employers here follow the $16.90 state minimum.
Can I get around Nipomo without a car?
Partly. RTA Route 10 stops at Tefft and Carillo, and Nipomo Dial-A-Ride runs weekdays inside its service area and connects with Route 10.
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