Caregiver Jobs in San Diego, CA

The San Diego metro employed 57,080 home health and personal care aides in May 2025, about a third more concentrated than the national average (location quotient 1.34), at a median $16.97 an hour (mean $17.71), above the California median of $16.50. California's EDD projects aide jobs in the county to grow from 52,820 in 2023 to 69,580 in 2033, a 31.7% increase and more than three times the 8.8% projected for all occupations, with 105,890 total openings over the decade when exits and transfers are included. Health care and social assistance employment grew 5.0% in the year to August 2026 while the county's unemployment rate was 4.9%.

In-Home Supportive Services providers in San Diego County earn $20.40 an hour under the county rate effective 1 March 2026, the highest IHSS wage of the counties on this site. The San Diego County IHSS Public Authority, 401 Mile of Cars Way, Suite 200, National City, (866) 351-7722, runs the provider registry and enrolment for more than 44,000 caregivers and 48,000 recipients; new providers attend the state-mandated orientation at the Public Authority Training Center, 5473 Kearny Villa Road, Suite 120, which trains over 600 providers a month. Private work found on CaregiverConnect sits alongside IHSS for many caregivers.

San Diego College of Continuing Education offers a free 230-hour Personal Care Assistant/Caregiver certificate (10 weeks, about 23 hours a week) at its Harbor View campus, combining HLTH 609 Healthcare Careers and HLTH 610 Personal and Home Care Aide. CNA training, for those who want certified roles (nursing assistants in the metro earned a median $23.11 an hour in May 2025), is available at Southwestern College, MiraCosta College and the Grossmont Health Occupations Center in Santee. The San Diego Workforce Partnership's career centres, including the Metro Career Center at 4389 Imperial Avenue, offer no-cost job-search help to residents 16 and older; call (619) 319-WORK.

San Diego County had about 3.34 million residents on 1 January 2026 and the City of San Diego about 1.42 million. 15.4% of county residents are 65 or older and the state projects that share to reach 18.6% by 2030 and 21.6% by 2040; the 85-and-over population is projected to more than double, from about 55,600 in 2020 to about 130,800 in 2040. 34.6% of county residents are Hispanic or Latino and 24.1% speak Spanish at home, so bilingual caregivers are in demand. CDSS's May 2025 licensing file lists 230 licensed Home Care Organizations in the county (104 in the city) and 581 residential care facilities for the elderly, so agency and facility work are also available here, unlike in the Imperial Valley.

Caregivers who drive clients are valued across a county this size. For clients without a car, MTS Access paratransit costs $6 per one-way scheduled trip as of 1 October 2026 ((888) 517-9627), and FACT's RideFACT offers $5–$20 curb-to-curb rides for seniors and people with disabilities in all 18 cities ((888) 924-3228). The Southern Caregiver Resource Center (891 Kuhn Drive, Suite 200, Chula Vista, (858) 268-4432) and Alzheimer's San Diego ((858) 492-4400) support family caregivers and are good places to be known.