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Rodeo, California · Contra Costa County
Caregiver Jobs in Rodeo, CA
Rodeo is an unincorporated community of about 9,000 people in West Contra Costa, with a cluster of six-bed care homes and IHSS pay of $20.03 an hour. Postings from Rodeo families appear above as they are published.
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Rodeo never incorporated. Contra Costa County's own page for the community calls it an unincorporated area adjacent to Highway 80, between Hercules and Crockett, and describes it as an industrial and bedroom community whose residents work across the Bay Area. The county governs it directly through the District 5 supervisor, with the Rodeo Municipal Advisory Council as an advisory body; the council meets on the fourth Thursday of each month at the Rodeo Senior Center, 189 Parker Avenue. The Census Bureau treats Rodeo as a census-designated place.
For caregivers, two things stand out. First, the care employers here are small residential homes rather than agencies: the May 2025 CDSS file lists three licensed residential care homes for the elderly and five licensed adult residential facilities in 94572, almost all licensed for six residents, plus one more application pending. Second, Rodeo shares WestCAT, the small transit authority serving Pinole, Hercules, Rodeo and Crockett, so a caregiver living anywhere on that stretch can reach clients here by bus. Put 94572 in your profile, list any residential care experience, and say whether you also take clients in Hercules or Pinole.
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Families looking for private caregivers near Rodeo, CA
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Types of caregiver jobs
Types of caregiver jobs in Rodeo
Private requests from Rodeo households usually cover help with bathing and dressing, meals, housekeeping, rides to appointments and company for a parent at home. ACS 2020–2024 counts 1,531 residents aged 65 and over, and 36.5% of households include someone in that age group. The residential homes hire for shift work, including nights and weekends. If you are new, companionship, errands and meal preparation are realistic first jobs; the care homes are a good place to learn transfers and personal care under supervision.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Pay
Caregiver pay in Rodeo: 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.
About 7.9% of Rodeo's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates. That is well above Contra Costa County's 4.7% and California's 5.3%. EDD derives figures for census-designated places like Rodeo, with a labor force of about 4,358, from county totals, so the number and its monthly range of 6.8% to 8.9% are approximate. IHSS offers steady local hours at $20.03 in Contra Costa County (see the Contra Costa IHSS guide). Minimum wage is a point to watch on this side of the county. Richmond's own minimum is $19.18 from January 1, 2026, according to the UC Berkeley Labor Center, but neither Rodeo nor unincorporated Contra Costa County appears in that inventory, so a job located in Rodeo has the $16.90 state floor. The BLS median of $17.28 covers five Bay Area counties.
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 Rodeo
No state license is needed to give a family non-medical help directly. Residential care homes, which CDSS licenses, set their own training rules, so ask each one before your first shift; licensed home care agencies must enroll their aides on the Home Care Aide Registry. For IHSS, the Contra Costa IHSS Public Authority handles enrollment and the registry: its steps include an application, a face-to-face interview, reference checks and a Department of Justice Live Scan. Hospital and nursing-home jobs need CDPH nurse assistant certification. Any paid caregiver must report suspected elder abuse; Contra Costa APS is staffed 24 hours: 1 (800) 510-2020 from county landlines, (925) 229-8434 from cell phones. The requirements guide covers the details.
Local resources
Training and career resources near Rodeo
Employers, transport and services that matter to caregivers in Rodeo, checked in October 2026.
- Residential care homes in 94572CDSS (May 2025) lists three licensed elderly care homes, Loving Hands Care Home, Priority Care Home I and Villa Board and Care Home, each for six residents, and five licensed adult residential facilities with four to six beds each. Call or visit to ask about open shifts.
- Home health and hospice in HerculesCDPH licenses Blize Healthcare as a home health agency and Hospice by Blize Healthcare at 750 Alfred Nobel Drive in Hercules, which the county names as Rodeo's neighbor. CDPH lists no home health agency or hospice in Rodeo itself.
- WestCATWestern Contra Costa Transit Authority, formed in 1977, runs local and express buses, the Lynx Transbay service to San Francisco and Dial-A-Ride across a service area of about 20 square miles covering Pinole, Hercules, Rodeo, Crockett and nearby communities.
- Rodeo LibraryContra Costa County Library branch at 220 Pacific Avenue with an assistive technology computer; open Wednesday to Saturday, with Thursday hours from 2 to 8 p.m. (510) 799-2606.
- Contra Costa IHSS Public Authority registryRegistry providers earn $20.03 an hour with overtime and travel time available, and can attend free trainings on topics such as Alzheimer's and dementia and mental health and grief.
The area
Rodeo in numbers
The ACS 2020–2024 estimate for Rodeo CDP is 8,976 residents (±848), with a median age of 41.8; 17.1% are 65 or older and 113 are 85 or older. Rodeo is mixed: 31.8% of residents are Hispanic or Latino, 14.1% are Black and 11.5% are Filipino, and 39.5% of those five and up speak something other than English at home, Spanish (20.0%) most of all. Four in ten homes (41.0%) are rented, at a median gross rent of $2,190, and the median home value is $663,200. Median household income is $91,484 and 8.4% of residents live in poverty. Six percent of households have no vehicle, and workers average 38.1 minutes to their jobs.
That 38-minute average fits the county's description of a bedroom community, and it means many working adults are away all day while an older parent stays home. For bigger job markets nearby see Richmond and Vallejo; the Contra Costa County page covers pay, training and hospitals across the county.
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Caregiver jobs near Rodeo
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Rodeo 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 2026-10-16):
- California EDD, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), 12-month average August 2025 to August 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 data profiles DP02–DP05, Rodeo CDP
- Contra Costa County, Rodeo Municipal Advisory Council (RMAC)
- Contra Costa County, Rodeo MAC information (meeting place and time)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing facility files (file date May 25, 2025)
- CDPH, healthcare facility locations (data date October 16, 2026)
- WestCAT, About Us
- HRSA, health center service delivery sites (data download)
- Contra Costa County Library, Rodeo
- Contra Costa IHSS Public Authority, become a registry provider
- Contra Costa EHSD, Adult Protective Services
- BLS OEWS May 2025, San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county (IP Effective 10-1-2026 sheet)
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances (modified 2026-09-30)
- California DIR, minimum wage FAQ
Questions
Caregiver jobs in Rodeo: frequently asked questions
Does Richmond's higher minimum wage apply in Rodeo?
No. Richmond's $19.18 rate covers work inside Richmond. Rodeo has no city government to pass a wage law, and unincorporated Contra Costa County is not in the UC Berkeley Labor Center inventory, so the state's $16.90 is the floor for private jobs here.
Who hires caregivers in Rodeo itself?
Mostly small residential homes. CDSS lists three licensed elderly care homes and five adult residential facilities in 94572, almost all with six beds. CDPH lists no home health agency in Rodeo; the nearest in its file are in Hercules.
Is there a clinic in Rodeo?
Yes. LifeLong Medical Care runs the LifeLong Rodeo Health Center at 25 California Street, a CDPH-licensed community clinic; HRSA lists it as open about 10.5 hours a week.
Why is unemployment higher in Rodeo than in the county?
EDD does not say why. Its approximate estimate for Rodeo averaged 7.9% in the year to August 2026, against 4.7% for Contra Costa County. Care work through IHSS, at $20.03 an hour, is one local option.
Can I reach Rodeo clients by bus?
WestCAT runs local and express buses through Pinole, Hercules, Rodeo and Crockett, so a caregiver who lives in one of those communities can get to a Rodeo client by bus; check schedules for early or late shifts.
Where do Rodeo families post?
On the Rodeo family page, which lists caregivers nearest 94572 first.
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