Caregiver Jobs in San Benito County
This page covers all of San Benito County: Hollister, San Juan Bautista, and the unincorporated ZIP codes around Tres Pinos and Paicines. Requests from any address in the county appear above, and the list changes as families post.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in San Benito County
The Department of Finance's count for January 1, 2026 is 68,111 people in San Benito County. Almost two thirds of them, 44,233, live in Hollister, which the city describes as the county seat. San Juan Bautista, the only other incorporated city, has 2,081 people, and the remaining 21,797 live on unincorporated land. IHSS, the Public Authority, Adult Protective Services and the job center all share one Health and Human Services Agency address on San Felipe Road in Hollister.
That makes the county easy to learn but not always easy to cover. Most clients are in or near Hollister, while homes past Tres Pinos, where the county Dial-A-Ride zone ends, can mean long unpaid drives between visits. In the 2020–2024 American Community Survey, 73.3% of employed residents commuted alone by car, only 0.8% rode a bus or train, and a typical trip to work took 36.6 minutes. If your current job means a long daily drive, a care client close to home can give some of that time back. Spanish is spoken at home by 40.3% of residents aged five and older, and 15.7% speak Spanish with limited English, so bilingual caregivers should list both languages first.
Families looking for private caregivers in San Benito County
Real postings from families on CaregiverConnect, matched to San Benito County by distance. 1 caregiver within 60 miles already have profiles here.
No open postings in San Benito County right now
No family within 60 miles has an open posting today. Nearest current postings: California, CA, about 95 miles away. A profile created now is visible to San Benito County families as soon as they join, and they can send you a direct request.
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Caregiver jobs by city and town
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- Caregiver jobs in Hollisterpop. 44,233
The communities of San Benito County
Where clients live in San Benito County. Only Hollister has a separate page, so for the other communities use the ZIP code in your search.
- Hollister (95023)Home to 44,233 of the county's 68,111 residents, the hospital, both skilled nursing facilities and every county office involved in IHSS.
- San Juan Bautista (95045)A city of 2,081 with a Hazel Hawkins community health center on The Alameda; County Express Intercounty buses stop here between Hollister and Gilroy, and Dial-A-Ride reaches it.
- Tres Pinos (95075)An unincorporated community at the edge of the Dial-A-Ride zone, which runs as far as Tres Pinos; past it, plan on driving yourself.
- Paicines (95043)Unincorporated land outside every transit zone; fewer, longer shifts beat short daily visits.
Types of caregiver jobs in San Benito County
The Public Authority's registry flyer groups IHSS work into three kinds of task: domestic work such as vacuuming, changing linens and laundry; meal preparation, feeding, food shopping and going along to medical appointments; and personal care, meaning bathing, oral hygiene, grooming, dressing and bowel and bladder care. Private families post similar requests.
- 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 San Benito County: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara, CA metro (Santa Clara and San Benito 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 Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara, CA metro (Santa Clara and San Benito counties) | $18.09 median ($18.92 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 49,610 jobs; concentration 1.58× national |
| IHSS provider wage, San Benito County | $19.35 | CDSS; effective January 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
| Nursing assistants, San Jose–Sunnyvale–Santa Clara, CA metro (Santa Clara and San Benito counties) | $27.33 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 no wage table for San Benito County alone. Instead the county is folded into the San Jose metro area, where BLS found 49,610 aide jobs in May 2025, most of them in Santa Clara County, paying an $18.09 median and an $18.92 mean. San Benito County pays IHSS providers $19.35 an hour from January 1, 2026, above both the metro median and the $16.90 state minimum. That state figure is the floor in Hollister, San Juan Bautista and unincorporated areas alike; none of the three has its own wage ordinance in UC Berkeley's Labor Center list. Nursing assistants in the metro earned a $27.33 median, a reason to weigh CNA training. If a household employs you itself, state domestic worker law requires the overtime rate for anything over nine hours in a day or 45 in a week.
EDD estimates that about 6.4% of San Benito County's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, against California's 5.3%. With joblessness above the state rate, IHSS hours for a relative or neighbor give a steady paycheck close to home. The San Benito County IHSS guide walks through enrollment.
How to enroll as a provider in San Benito County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS San Benito 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 San Benito County
Non-medical care paid for directly by a family needs no California license; the $35 Home Care Aide Registry becomes compulsory the day a licensed home care organization hires you. San Benito County runs IHSS from its Children and Adult Services division at 1111 San Felipe Road, Suite 205, in Hollister, weekdays 8 to 5, phone (831) 636-4190. To become a paid provider through the county's Public Authority registry, call (831) 634-0784; its flyer lists a registry application, a provider orientation and a background check. Skilled nursing employers will want to see your CDPH nurse assistant certification. Paid caregivers are also mandated reporters, so if you believe a client 65 or older, or a dependent adult, is being mistreated, you must tell APS. More detail: California caregiver rules.
Training and career resources near San Benito County
County-wide courses, job services and buses; we read each provider's own pages in October 2026.
- San Benito County IHSS Public Authority registryKeeps a registry of screened providers and sends IHSS clients lists of available caregivers. Its flyer mentions shifts of up to 66 hours a week, paid sick leave, and dental and vision benefits; its pay figure is from 2021, so confirm benefits and go by the CDSS wage above. 1111 San Felipe Road, Suite 205, Hollister; (831) 634-0784.
- Gavilan College, Certified Nursing Assistant courseAH 280, Fundamentals of Nursing—Convalescent, combines classroom, skills lab and required clinical hours and is accredited by CDPH. A companion course, AH 282 Home Health Care, prepares students for care in the home. Expect a mandatory orientation, a $57 Live Scan, health clearances, AHA CPR and full attendance. Gavilan runs a Hollister campus at 505 Fairview Road, (831) 636-3783.
- America's Job Center of California, San Benito CountyThe county's job center sits in the same Health and Human Services complex, 1111 San Felipe Road, Suite 107, open weekdays 8 to 5 with a noon-to-one lunch closure. Call (831) 637-5627 to ask about training funds before you pay for a course.
- Del Mar Caregiver Resource CenterServes families in Monterey, Santa Cruz and San Benito counties who care for someone with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's, stroke, brain injury or other memory loss, and runs the CareNav online portal. Phone (800) 624-8304.
- County Express Intercounty busWeekday buses link Hollister, San Juan Bautista and Gilroy, with stops at Gavilan College (school year only, with a connection to VTA) and the Gilroy Caltrain station. Adults pay $2.00 one way; seniors and riders with disabilities pay $1.25.
San Benito County in numbers
ACS 2020–2024 counts 9,234 residents aged 65 and over, 13.7% of the population, and 1,061 who are 85 or older. Half the county is younger than 36.1. About a third of older residents (34.9%) report a disability, 32.1% of the county's 20,561 households include someone 65 or older, and in 1,717 households an older person lives alone. Median household income is $114,394, and the median gross rent is $1,992, numbers to have in hand before you quote a family a private rate.
In CDPH's licensed-facility data (September 16, 2026 extract), the county has a single general acute hospital, Hazel Hawkins Memorial Hospital in Hollister: 25 licensed beds, operated by the San Benito Health Care District and marked as critical access. The same district operates the county's two skilled nursing facilities, with 62 and 57 licensed beds on Sunset Drive, and a rural health clinic in San Juan Bautista. The only home health agency in the file is a private firm in Hollister. For town detail, see the Hollister page; neighboring markets are on the Monterey County and Santa Clara 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, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
- 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
- San Benito County HHSA, Children and Adult Services (IHSS, Public Authority, APS)
- San Benito County HHSA, Hours and Locations
- San Benito County Public Authority for IHSS, registry provider flyer
- City of Hollister, History (county seat)
- Gavilan College, CNA course and admissions
- Gavilan College, Hollister campus
- Del Mar Caregiver Resource Center
- San Benito County Express, Intercounty, Dial-A-Ride and fares
- Hazel Hawkins Healthcare, Emergency Services and Skilled Nursing Facilities
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date September 16, 2026)
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05, San Benito County
Caregiver jobs in San Benito County: frequently asked questions
How much does IHSS pay in San Benito County?
CDSS lists $19.35 an hour for San Benito County providers, in effect since January 1, 2026. IHSS pay is tied to the client's home county, so a client over the line in Santa Clara or Monterey County brings that county's wage instead.
Which number do new IHSS providers call here?
The Public Authority, on (831) 634-0784, weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The general IHSS office number at the same suite on San Felipe Road is (831) 636-4190.
Is there CNA training in San Benito County?
Gavilan College, which has a Hollister campus on Fairview Road, offers the CDPH-accredited AH 280 nursing assistant course. Clinical placements are assigned at approved facilities and students arrange their own transport, so ask the college where the current cohort trains.
Can I take the bus to client homes outside Hollister?
Partly. County Express Dial-A-Ride covers Hollister, San Juan Bautista and the area as far as Tres Pinos, weekdays 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and weekends 9 to 3, booked on (831) 636-4161. Homes farther out need a car.
Where do San Benito County families post requests?
On the San Benito County family page or the Hollister page. Their posts show up among the requests above; applying is free and caregivers keep their full pay, with no commission taken.
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