Caregiver Jobs in Placerville, CA
Placerville is the El Dorado County seat, a city of about 10,400 people where one household in five is a person 65 or older living alone. Families in and around town post care needs here; build a profile for free and answer the postings that suit you.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Placerville
Placerville is small, but it is where the county's care system is based. IHSS, the IHSS Public Authority and the county's Employment Services all sit on Briw Road; the Area Agency on Aging, the senior center and The Club adult day program share Spring Street; and Marshall Medical Center is on Marshall Way. A caregiver living here is within a short drive of every office a client or provider needs. The postings above come from a wider circle that includes Diamond Springs, Camino, Pollock Pines and Shingle Springs, so name the communities you will cover and whether you are willing to drive rural roads in winter.
Placerville is also one of the few places in the county where you can work without a car for part of the day. Route 20 circles the city on weekdays from 6:30 a.m. to 7:25 p.m. and meets the other El Dorado Transit routes at Placerville Station; local fares are $1.50, or $0.75 for riders 60 and over. Still, 70.8% of working residents drove alone to work in the ACS 2020–2024 estimates, and most clients outside the center will expect you to arrive by car. Spanish is spoken at home by 9.6% of residents five and older, so bilingual caregivers should say so.
Families looking for private caregivers near Placerville, CA
Real postings from families on CaregiverConnect, matched to Placerville by distance. 1 caregiver within 50 miles already have profiles here.
No open postings in Placerville right now
No family within 50 miles has an open posting today. Nearest current postings: California, CA, about 109 miles away. A profile created now is visible to El Dorado County families as soon as they join, and they can send you a direct request.
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Types of caregiver jobs in Placerville
Typical requests: help with bathing, dressing and meals for someone living alone, rides to appointments at Marshall, short-term cover after a hospital discharge, and support for a person with dementia on the days they are not at The Club. Some families want a caregiver to bring a parent to adult day care and back. Housekeeping, errands and companionship are entry points for people new to the work.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Caregiver pay in Placerville: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Sacramento–Roseville–Folsom, CA metro (El Dorado 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, Sacramento–Roseville–Folsom, CA metro (El Dorado County) | $16.50 median ($17.20 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 60,350 jobs; concentration 2.02× national |
| IHSS provider wage, El Dorado County | $17.40 | 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.
The city has never adopted its own wage floor (it is missing from the Berkeley Labor Center list), so employers pay at least California's $16.90. El Dorado County IHSS pays $17.40 an hour from January 1, 2026, a little above the metro mean of $17.20 for home health and personal care aides. Incomes in the city are well below the county's: the ACS median household income is $67,274 against $108,845 countywide, 15.9% of residents live in poverty and 15.6% of households receive CalFresh. Expect a mix: IHSS cases for older residents on Medi-Cal, and private families, many of them in the surrounding hills, who pay more and often reimburse mileage.
How to enroll as a provider in El Dorado County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS El Dorado 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 Placerville
State rules apply here without a city layer. Private non-medical caregiving needs no license; the $35, two-year Home Care Aide Registry enrollment becomes compulsory only when an agency employs you. To become an IHSS provider, email IHSSPA@edcgov.us or visit the Public Authority at 3057 Briw Road, weekdays 8 to 5; bring photo ID and your Social Security card, complete the SOC 846 and SOC 426 forms and Live Scan, and book the state video orientation, which the Public Authority runs in Placerville three times a month. The Public Authority registry adds a DOJ check and four references. For hospital or nursing-home work you need a CDPH nurse assistant certificate. Report suspected elder abuse to APS on (530) 642-4800, staffed 24 hours. Read our El Dorado County IHSS guide plus the requirements guide.
Training and career resources near Placerville
Placerville resources for caregivers, each checked on the organization's website in October 2026.
- Folsom Lake College El Dorado Center, CNA lab site6699 Campus Drive, Placerville, (530) 642-5644. One of three lab sites for the eight-week NURSE 100 Certified Nurse Assistant course (7 units, no prerequisites, AH 311 as corequisite); students pay their own mileage to labs and clinical sites.
- IHSS Public Authority3057 Briw Road, (530) 621-6287. Enrollment, orientation, the provider registry, a timesheet calculator and free classes for caregivers. The union for county IHSS providers is UDW, (916) 751-2450.
- El Dorado County Employment Services3047 Briw Road, (530) 642-4850. Employment Resource Center with representatives from partner agencies such as Golden Sierra Job Training Agency.
- El Dorado Transit Route 20 and the 50 ExpressRoute 20 serves the city on weekdays from 6:30 a.m. to 7:25 p.m.; the 50 Express runs from Placerville Station to Folsom Lake College and the Iron Point light rail station from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monthly local pass $20.
- Marshall Medical Center1100 Marshall Way, a general acute hospital licensed for 111 beds per HCAI; discharges from here generate much of the short-term home care in town.
Placerville in numbers
The Department of Finance counted 10,428 Placerville residents on January 1, 2026; the county describes the city as its seat, 45 miles northeast of Sacramento. In ACS 2020–2024 terms it is older than the county around it: median age 46.8, 24.2% of residents 65 or older and 4.0% aged 85 or more. Of 4,775 households, 39.4% include someone 65 or over, and 963 are people 65 or older living on their own. Among residents 65 and up, 37.9% report a disability. Renters make up 41.7% of households; the median rent is $1,234, and 50.7% of renting households pay out 35% or more of their income for it.
For a caregiver, those numbers point to steady work with older people who live alone, a good share of it IHSS-funded, close to the hospital and county offices. Related pages: El Dorado Hills, Auburn and the El Dorado County hub.
How to find private caregiver jobs in Placerville (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Placerville
Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.
Placerville is part of El Dorado 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
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 (DP02, DP03, DP04, DP05), Placerville city
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances
- CDSS, Home Care Services application fees
- El Dorado County, IHSS Public Authority
- El Dorado County, Adult Protective Services
- El Dorado County, Employment Services
- El Dorado County, About Us (county seat)
- Folsom Lake College, Nursing (CNA program, El Dorado Center)
- El Dorado Transit, Route 20, 50 Express and fares
- HCAI facility profile, Marshall Medical Center
Caregiver jobs in Placerville: frequently asked questions
How much do caregiver jobs in Placerville pay?
IHSS cases pay the El Dorado County rate of $17.40 an hour. Private families set their own rates with you; the metro median for aides is $16.50 and the state minimum $16.90, and families in the hills outside town often add mileage.
Where is the IHSS office in Placerville?
3057 Briw Road. The county IHSS line is (530) 642-4800 and the Public Authority, which enrolls providers, is (530) 621-6287, open weekdays 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Can I get CNA training without leaving Placerville?
Partly. Folsom Lake College uses its El Dorado Center on Campus Drive as a lab site for NURSE 100, but clinical rotations listed by the college are in Folsom and Carmichael, so plan for some travel.
Can I reach clients in Placerville by bus?
Inside the city, yes: Route 20 runs every weekday until 7:25 p.m. and connects to other routes at Placerville Station. Clients in Camino, Pollock Pines or the Georgetown Divide generally need a caregiver with a car.
Is there a union for IHSS providers here?
Yes. The Public Authority names UDW Home Care Providers Union, (916) 751-2450, as the union for El Dorado County IHSS providers; questions about dues and health benefits go to the union.
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