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South El Monte, California · Los Angeles County
Caregiver Jobs in South El Monte, CA
South El Monte is a Los Angeles County city of 19,489 people with a community hospital, two hospices, a home health agency and two dialysis clinics inside its limits. Requests that families in 91733 publish show up above, newest first.
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State licensing records are the fastest way to see who employs aides in this small city. CDPH's facility listing, dated October 16, 2026, puts Greater El Monte Community Hospital at 1701 Santa Anita Avenue with 104 general acute beds and an 11-bed skilled nursing unit operated as a distinct part of the hospital. At 1170 Durfee Avenue, Outreach Home Health Services and the Essential Care Group hospice occupy neighboring suites. Soul Hospice and Fresenius Medical Care El Monte, a dialysis clinic licensed for 17 stations, both have Rush Street addresses, and DaVita's Greater El Monte Dialysis Center, licensed for 14, sits on Tyler Avenue. Hospice and home health teams come and go on scheduled visits, and the hours in between are where a private caregiver fits.
The non-medical side looks different. Community Care Licensing files show no home care organization, assisted living home or adult day program under a South El Monte address, so inside the city most personal-care work is arranged directly: a household hiring you, or an IHSS recipient naming you as provider. Language carries real weight in those hires: in the 2020–2024 ACS, Spanish is the household language for 61.8% of South El Monte residents over age four, and Asian or Pacific Island languages for another 17.9%, most of whose speakers (about 72%) report weaker than "very well" English. Lead your profile by listing each language you use, and note whether you can read a discharge sheet or a pharmacy label in it.
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Types of caregiver jobs
Types of caregiver jobs in South El Monte
Typical South El Monte requests: a few hours a day for someone home from Greater El Monte after an admission, sitting with a parent on hospice so the family can sleep or work, help on dialysis days, or late-morning company that ends with the 11:30 senior lunch on Central Avenue. The city's free Dial-A-Ride lets a personal care attendant travel with a rider, which makes escort work to medical visits practical even without a car. If you are new, start with companionship, meals and errands, and build references before taking on transfers.
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Pay
Caregiver pay in South El Monte: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim MSA (Los Angeles and Orange 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, Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim MSA (Los Angeles and Orange counties) | $16.50 median ($17.25 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 385,530 jobs; concentration 2.22× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Los Angeles County | $19.64 | CDSS; effective January 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
| Nursing assistants, Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim MSA (Los Angeles and Orange counties) | $22.78 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.
EDD's estimates for August 2025 through August 2026 average 5.5% unemployment for South El Monte, the monthly readings running from 5.0% to 6.3%. That is a tenth of a point over Los Angeles County's 5.4% and only slightly above California's 5.3%, among a local labor force of roughly 8,900. IHSS is one steady source of paid care hours: Los Angeles County providers earn $19.64 per authorized hour. Sign-up for providers is covered in our Los Angeles County IHSS walkthrough.
UC Berkeley's Labor Center inventory, last modified September 30, 2026, has no South El Monte entry, which leaves the state's $16.90 as the lowest hourly pay a household here may offer. The county's $18.47 rate, in force since July 1, 2026, is limited to unincorporated areas and does not reach this incorporated city. Household budgets are modest, with a $72,990 median income and 20.9% of residents under the poverty line in the 2020–2024 survey, so ask early whether a client already has IHSS hours approved. Personal attendants hired straight by a family are owed overtime pay for any tenth hour in a day and for each hour beyond 45 in the week.
How to enroll as a provider in Los Angeles County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Los Angeles 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 South El Monte
South El Monte sets no rules of its own for caregivers, so state law decides what you need. Families can hire you for non-medical personal care without any license. Agencies licensed by CDSS as home care organizations may place only aides listed on the Home Care Aide Registry. The hospital's skilled nursing unit and the home health agency need certified nursing assistants or home health aides with CDPH credentials. Hospices follow their own CDPH license rules, so ask each one which aide certificate it requires. Becoming an IHSS provider means an orientation and fingerprinting arranged by the county's DPSS. One Live Scan site in the city appears on the Attorney General's county list: Zamora Services on Durfee Avenue, by appointment. Suspected abuse of an older client must be reported under California law. Read the state requirements guide and the Los Angeles County page for detail.
Local resources
Training and career resources near South El Monte
Training, nearby employers and transport, confirmed from each organization's page or from state licensing data in October 2026.
- El Monte-Rosemead Adult School, Nursing AssistantIts medical department runs a nursing assistant program alongside Nurse Assistant Recertification, Medical Assistant and Medical Billing sequences. The 2026 special summer class ran five weeks, June 15 to July 17, weekdays from 8 a.m.; the school fee was $170, with a $300 medical exam, $135 in license fees and $146 of supplies on top. Orientation is required. 10807 Ramona Blvd., El Monte; 626-258-5800.
- Greater El Monte Community HospitalCDPH licenses it for 104 general acute beds plus an 11-bed distinct-part skilled nursing unit at 1701 Santa Anita Avenue, the only hospital that file lists in the city.
- Home health and hospice agencies in the cityCDPH lists Outreach Home Health Services (1170 Durfee Ave., Suite J, 626-618-0448), the Essential Care Group hospice (Suite K in the same building) and Soul Hospice (10926 Rush St., Unit B, 626-421-6101).
- South El Monte Dial-A-RideNo-fare shared rides, Monday to Friday between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., for residents aged 60-plus and disabled residents, inside city limits and up to 15 miles out for medical visits. One attendant may ride with each client but must file an application too; drivers do not act as attendants. 626-448-0131.
- South El Monte Senior Center care managementHuman Services Association sends a social worker to 1556 Central Ave. on the first and third Thursday, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., to assess older residents at home and link them to programs at no cost. Book through the front desk, (626) 448-0131.
The area
South El Monte in numbers
California's Department of Finance estimated the city's population at 19,489 for January 1, 2026. Five-year survey data show a median age of 37.2, with 2,986 residents aged 65 or older (15.5%), 862 aged 75 to 84 and 377 aged 85 or more. Households are large, averaging 3.79 people, and 2,064 of the 5,087 households (40.6%) have a member aged 65-plus, and 359 consist of one older person by themselves. Disability is reported by 36.1% of the city's seniors. Foreign-born residents make up 45.6% of the population, owners occupy 50.5% of homes, valued at a median $601,000, and renters pay a median $1,752 a month.
Workers living in the city spend 27.3 minutes on an average commute; 72.6% drive alone, 13.0% carpool and 3.0% use transit. Education, health care and social assistance employ 15.3% of them, slightly more than manufacturing at 12.6%. Primary care inside the city includes two AltaMed medical group sites, one on Santa Anita Avenue and one on Vacco Street, and a Buddhist Tzu Chi free clinic, also on Vacco. Nearby pages: El Monte, Montebello, Baldwin Park and Pico Rivera.
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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 2026-10-20):
- California EDD, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), 12-month average August 2025 to August 2026
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Los Angeles–Long Beach–Anaheim MSA
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances (modified September 30, 2026)
- LA County DCBA, minimum wage for unincorporated areas from July 1, 2026
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date October 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing, facility files (file date May 25, 2025) and current facility layer (October 19, 2026)
- El Monte-Rosemead Adult School, Nursing Assistant summer class flyer (2026)
- El Monte-Rosemead Adult School, Health Science, Medical Technology and Patient Care
- City of South El Monte, Dial-A-Ride brochure (2025)
- City of South El Monte, Social Services (HSA care management)
- City of South El Monte, Senior Services
- California Attorney General, Live Scan locations, Los Angeles County
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05, South El Monte city
Questions
Caregiver jobs in South El Monte: frequently asked questions
Who employs aides inside South El Monte?
CDPH's October 2026 listing shows Greater El Monte Community Hospital and its skilled nursing unit, Outreach Home Health Services, two hospices (Essential Care Group and Soul Hospice) and two dialysis clinics. Call each and ask which aide roles are open and what certificate is needed.
Are there non-medical home care agencies based in the city?
None appear under a South El Monte address in the CDSS licensing files. Most non-medical work in town is hired directly by families or through IHSS; agencies elsewhere in the county can still send registered aides here.
Does South El Monte have a higher local minimum wage?
No. The Labor Center inventory lists no city ordinance, so California's $16.90 is the floor for private caregiving here. The $18.47 county figure covers only unincorporated land.
Can I ride Dial-A-Ride with my client?
Yes, if your client is registered. The brochure allows one personal care attendant per rider, who must board and leave at the same stops and fill out an application. Rides are free, weekdays from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.; allow one to two weeks for processing.
Can I stay with my client at the senior center?
Yes. The city says the center is not a day care and has no medical staff, and that seniors are welcome to bring an attendant or caregiver to help them take part. Lunch is at 11:30 on weekdays for members 60 and older.
Is there nursing assistant training close to South El Monte?
El Monte-Rosemead Adult School on Ramona Boulevard runs nursing assistant classes and a recertification course; its 2026 summer session cost $170 before exam, license and supply costs. Call 626-258-5800 for the next start date.
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