Caregiver Jobs in Plumas County
This page covers all of Plumas County: Portola, Quincy, Chester, Greenville, Graeagle and the smaller places between them. When a family in any of the county's twelve residential ZIP codes posts a request, it is added to the list above.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Plumas County
Plumas County had 18,471 residents on January 1, 2026, by the Department of Finance estimate, and the City of Portola describes itself as the only incorporated city in the county. Portola holds 2,087 of those people, so roughly 16,400 live in unincorporated towns and rural areas. Social Services runs IHSS from Quincy, while the three hospitals are spread out: Eastern Plumas Health Care in Portola, Plumas District Hospital in Quincy and Seneca Healthcare District in Chester. Each one also runs a skilled nursing unit inside the hospital.
Plumas County's population skews old. The median resident is 52.0 years old in ACS 2020–2024, and 31.5% of residents (6,114 people) are 65 or older. Half of all households (50.8%) include someone that age, and about 1,510 households are a person 65 or over living alone. List in your profile every community you will cover; a caregiver based in Quincy and one in Portola reach different families.
Families looking for private caregivers in Plumas County
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Caregiver jobs by city and town
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- Caregiver jobs in Portolapop. 2,087
The communities of Plumas County
Plumas County has one city and many unincorporated communities. Portola has a separate page; for other communities, use the ZIP code search.
- PortolaThe only incorporated city, with the Eastern Plumas Health Care hospital, nursing facility and clinic, and a senior lunch site at the Veterans Hall.
- QuincyBase of county Social Services (IHSS and APS), Plumas District Hospital, Feather River College and the Plumas Transit office.
- Chester and Lake AlmanorSeneca Healthcare District's hospital, nursing unit and Lake Almanor Clinic, and a county senior meal site at Wildwood Village.
- Greenville and Indian ValleyA Plumas District Hospital rural health clinic and a county senior nutrition site, (530) 284-7765.
- Graeagle, Blairsden and MohawkEPHC runs the Graeagle Medical Clinic on Highway 89. Portola's nutrition kitchen delivers to the Mohawk Community Resource Center each Wednesday, and buses stop in Blairsden only on request.
Types of caregiver jobs in Plumas County
Most private requests here are for non-medical help at home: meals, light housework, bathing and dressing, shopping and rides. Plumas County IHSS pays a provider chosen by the client for the hours a county social worker authorizes, and the client may choose a family member. Facility work is the other path: Plumas District Hospital was advertising a full-time CNA job in its skilled nursing unit when this page was checked.
- 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 Plumas 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 (Plumas 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 (Plumas and nine other counties) | $16.50 median ($17.00 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 5,000 jobs; concentration 1.73× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Plumas 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 (Plumas 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 publishes its wage survey for Plumas only as part of a ten-county nonmetro region, together with Colusa, Glenn, Lassen, Modoc, Nevada, Sierra, Siskiyou, Tehama and Trinity. In May 2025 the region had 5,000 people employed as home health or personal care aides, with a $16.50 median and a $17.00 mean, and nursing assistants had a $22.66 median. Plumas County pays IHSS providers $18.50 an hour from January 1, 2026, $1.60 above the state minimum. No Plumas community appears in UC Berkeley's list of local wage ordinances, which leaves $16.90 as the lowest legal rate for private work, with overtime after nine hours in a day or 45 in a week for personal attendants. Facility pay can be higher: the Plumas District Hospital CNA posting listed a base rate of $23.54 to $33.56 an hour for benefited staff.
About 7.3% of Plumas County's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates, against 5.3% for California. The monthly rate ran from 5.4% to 10.7%. With work that uneven, the hours approved through IHSS in Plumas County give a provider steady income.
How to enroll as a provider in Plumas County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Plumas 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 Plumas County
California sets no license for a caregiver hired directly by a family for non-medical help. Registration with the state Home Care Aide Registry comes into play only when a licensed home care agency is your employer, and none of the home care organizations in CDSS's Community Care Licensing file has a Plumas County address. To work as an IHSS provider, start with Plumas County Social Services at 270 County Hospital Road, Suite 207, Quincy, phone (530) 283-6350, weekdays 8:00 to 5:00. CDSS lays out the order: an SOC 426 form delivered in person with a government photo ID and original Social Security card, a Department of Justice fingerprint review, the county orientation, and last the SOC 846 provider agreement. The county site does not describe a separate Public Authority, so direct every question to Social Services. Skilled nursing jobs generally need a CDPH nurse assistant certificate. Caregivers must report suspected elder abuse. Statewide detail: California caregiver requirements.
Training and career resources near Plumas County
Where to train, who hires and how to get around, confirmed with each organization in October 2026.
- Feather River College nurse assistant trainingAt 570 Golden Eagle Avenue in Quincy, (530) 283-0202. The CDPH-approved nurse assistant course meets three days a week for eight weeks, about eight hours a day: two weeks in the classroom, then six weeks of clinical work in the local hospital. You need a two-step TB test (free at county Public Health with a student ID), a physical, immunizations and a Live Scan. The page still advertises the 2025 course, so ask the department for the next start date.
- Plumas County Social Services (IHSS enrollment)Social Services administers IHSS, Adult Protective Services and the Public Guardian from its Quincy office. Call (530) 283-6350 or the toll-free (800) 242-3338 to ask about provider enrollment and the next orientation. The county IHSS page also posts the recipient's provider designation form.
- Plumas District Hospital skilled nursing unitA 16-bed critical access hospital at 1065 Bucks Lake Road, Quincy, with 235 employees. Its full-time SNF nursing assistant posting asks for a California CNA certificate and CPR, offers three 12-hour shifts a week, and pays a hiring incentive of up to $7,500 for five or more years of experience.
- Eastern Plumas Health Care, Portola campusA nine-bed acute hospital and 27-resident nursing facility on the Portola campus, 500 1st Avenue, plus a second nursing facility in Loyalton. Main number (530) 832-6500; jobs are posted at jobs.ephc.org.
- Seneca Healthcare District, ChesterA critical access hospital in the Lake Almanor area with a 10-bed acute floor and a 16-bed distinct-part skilled nursing facility. The district is preparing to build a new hospital.
- Plumas Transit SystemsWeekday fixed routes link Quincy, Portola, Graeagle, Greenville and Chester, and the agency's fares page says all routes are free for now. Office at 711 East Main Street, Quincy, (530) 283-2538, weekdays 8:00 to 4:00.
Plumas County in numbers
ACS 2020–2024 counts 616 county residents aged 85 or older, and 42.2% of residents 65 and up report a disability. Median household income is $66,031 and median gross rent $1,194. Of 14,921 housing units, 46.0% were counted as vacant, compared with 16.1% in Portola. Workers average a 19.8-minute commute; 74.1% drive alone, 7.2% work from home, and the survey records no one commuting by public transit.
CDPH's licensed facility data (September 16, 2026) shows that the county has three general acute hospitals (9, 16 and 10 beds), three hospital-based nursing units (27, 36 and 16 beds), five rural health clinics in Quincy, Graeagle, Portola, Chester and Greenville, and one home health agency in Quincy. CDSS lists no open residential care home for the elderly. For town detail, see the Portola page; next-door markets are on the Lassen County and Butte County pages.
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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.
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- BLS OEWS May 2025, North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
- BLS OEWS, May 2025 metropolitan and nonmetropolitan area definitions
- 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
- Plumas County, Social Services
- Plumas County, Adult Services (APS, IHSS, Public Guardian)
- CDSS, Provider enrollment steps (SOC 847)
- Feather River College, Certified Nurse Assistant and Home Health Aide course
- Plumas District Hospital, About Us and CNA job posting
- Eastern Plumas Health Care, About Us, Skilled Nursing and Education pages
- Seneca Healthcare District, About and Hospital Services
- Plumas Transit Systems, fares, routes and office
- City of Portola, About
- 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, Plumas County
Caregiver jobs in Plumas County: frequently asked questions
What is the Plumas County IHSS phone number?
Plumas County Social Services handles IHSS on (530) 283-6350, or toll free on (800) 242-3338. The office is at 270 County Hospital Road, Suite 207, in Quincy and is open Monday to Friday from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
What is the IHSS hourly wage for Plumas County providers?
$18.50 an hour, effective January 1, 2026, in the CDSS county wage table. Pay follows the client's home county, so work for someone living outside Plumas is paid at their county's rate.
Can I take a CNA class without leaving the county?
Yes. Feather River College in Quincy runs an eight-week nurse assistant course approved by CDPH, with six of those weeks in the local hospital. The course is also the prerequisite for the college's vocational nursing program.
Do I need a car to work as a caregiver here?
Almost always. The census finds no Plumas County commuters using public transit, and clients are spread across many small communities. Plumas Transit's weekday buses are free for now.
Where do Plumas County families post?
On the Plumas County family page or the Portola page, which feeds the list at the top of this page. Caregivers pay nothing to join or apply, and keep every dollar they earn.
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