Caregiver Jobs in Truckee, CA
Truckee is an incorporated town in eastern Nevada County with about 16,900 residents and its own hospital. Posts from families in ZIP 96161 are added above as they come in; widen the radius to see requests from the rest of the county.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Truckee
The Town of Truckee incorporated in 1993, and the state's January 1, 2026 estimate (DOF E-1) is 16,891 residents. It is younger than the county around it. Its median resident is 42.0 years old in ACS 2020–2024, eight years younger than the county's 50.1, and 14.5% of residents (2,481 people) are 65 or older, 170 of them 85 or over. About a quarter of households (24.1%) include someone 65 or older, compared with nearly half across Nevada County, and 543 households are an older person living alone.
That means fewer older clients than elsewhere in the county. Apart from a surgery center, every Truckee facility in CDPH's licensing list belongs to Tahoe Forest: the hospital at 10121 Pine Avenue runs the town's long-term care center, a home health agency and a hospice, and its clinics sit along Donner Pass Road. In your profile, say whether you live in town, whether you keep a car, and whether you speak Spanish, since 7.3% of residents over age four speak it at home and speak English less than very well, by the census measure.
Families looking for private caregivers near Truckee, CA
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Types of caregiver jobs in Truckee
Families here hire privately for bathing, meals, housekeeping, company and rides. IHSS pays a provider the recipient picks, who may be a friend or relative, for hours the county authorizes. And the health system employs certified staff: CNAs give round-the-clock and restorative care in the long-term care center, and home health aides work on the home health team with nurses and therapists.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Caregiver pay in Truckee: 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 (includes Nevada County); 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 (includes Nevada County) | $16.50 median ($17.00 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 5,000 jobs; concentration 1.73× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Nevada 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 (includes Nevada County) | $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.
About 5.8% of Truckee's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates. Nevada County averaged 4.8% and California 5.3%, so Truckee sat above both; its monthly rate moved between 5.1% and 6.1%, in a labor force of roughly 9,760. Year-round hours are worth having in that setting, and a provider job through Nevada County IHSS pays $18.50 an hour for every authorized hour.
Living costs run well above the county's. ACS puts the median household income at $130,462, median gross rent at $1,961 and the median owner-occupied home at $947,900, against $1,677 and $621,800 county-wide. Truckee is absent from UC Berkeley's inventory of local wage laws. That makes $16.90 the bottom of the legal range for a private job, and a personal attendant is owed one and a half times pay for hours over nine in a workday, or over 45 in the week. Price your private rate with local housing costs in mind, and compare it with the $22.66 regional median for nursing assistants if you hold a CNA certificate.
How to enroll as a provider in Nevada County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Nevada 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 Truckee
Caregiving here follows state rules. Families who employ you themselves for daily living help need you to hold no license, and only an agency job brings the aide registry into play. In CDSS's May 25, 2025 licensing data, Truckee has one home care organization application pending and none licensed. To become an IHSS provider, call Connecting Point on (530) 274-5601 to start enrollment; you can do the fingerprint step in town, at the Live Scan site listed at 10183 Truckee Airport Road (the Town Hall address), which books Tuesday and Wednesday morning slots on (530) 550-2323 and charges a $20 rolling fee. Facility CNA work requires CDPH certification. State law also makes you, once paid to care, a mandated reporter of elder abuse. Full enrollment steps are on the Nevada County page; statewide rules are in the requirements guide.
Training and career resources near Truckee
Employers, training and transport for Truckee caregivers, read on each organization's site in October 2026.
- Tahoe Forest Hospital Long Term Care CenterA 37-bed, Medicare and Medi-Cal certified nursing facility attached to the hospital, which says it has earned a CMS five-star rating. Registered nurses, LVNs and CNAs provide 24-hour care, and CNAs also deliver restorative care. Call (530) 582-3251.
- Tahoe Forest Home Health ServicesIts team of nurses, aides, therapists and social workers treats patients at home on a doctor's orders, with care available around the clock. Its listed service areas are Truckee and Tahoe City, Incline Village and the North Shore, Soda Springs and Emigrant Gap, Floriston and Verdi, and the West Shore to Rubicon. (530) 582-3244.
- Sierra College CNA course (Rocklin)Sierra College's state-approved nurse assistant course, 60 theory and 100 clinical hours, is held only at its Rocklin campus for now, with a mandatory orientation there. Applications are taken in April for fall and October for spring.
- TART Truckee Local route and TART ConnectThe Truckee Local bus runs from Henness Road to the Truckee Depot and along Donner Pass Road to Coldstream, and the fare is free for everyone. TART Connect gives on-demand, curb-to-curb rides inside the Truckee zone from 6:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. in the fall season; book in the app or on (530) 553-0653.
- Sierra Senior Services volunteeringThe Truckee Meals on Wheels program, at 10040 Estates Drive, relies on more than 150 volunteers who drive nine delivery routes. Volunteering puts you in touch with homebound seniors in town. (530) 550-7600.
Truckee in numbers
ACS 2020–2024 counts 13,984 housing units in Truckee, and 50.9% of them were vacant at the time of the survey, compared with 21.1% county-wide. Of the 6,860 occupied homes, 73.4% are owner-occupied and 3.1% have no vehicle. Commuting looks unlike the rest of the county: 30.4% of workers work from home, 55.5% drive alone and the average trip takes 21.1 minutes.
CDPH's facility listing (September 16, 2026) shows Tahoe Forest Hospital as a 33-bed critical access hospital with a Level III trauma center, plus three multispecialty clinic sites on Pine Avenue and Donner Pass Road, a surgery center, and a home health agency and hospice at 10875 Pioneer Trail. The county's Truckee public assistance office is at the Joseph Center, 10075 Levon Avenue. County-wide services are on the Nevada County page; related pages cover Portola, Grass Valley and Placer County.
How to find private caregiver jobs in Truckee (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Truckee
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Truckee is part of Nevada County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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
- Town of Truckee, Visitor Information and Town Hall contact
- Town of Truckee, Public Transportation
- California EDD, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), 12-month average August 2025 to August 2026
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- BLS OEWS May 2025, North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- Connecting Point, IHSS Step-By-Step, Nevada County
- California Attorney General, Live Scan locations, Nevada County
- Tahoe Forest Health System, Long Term Care Center, Home Health and Careers
- Sierra College, Precertification Nursing Assistant Training
- TART, Truckee Local route, TART Connect and Dial-A-Ride
- Sierra Senior Services, About and Contact
- Nevada County, Public Assistance Offices (Joseph Center, Truckee)
- 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, Truckee town
Caregiver jobs in Truckee: frequently asked questions
Does Tahoe Forest Hospital hire CNAs?
Its Long Term Care Center is staffed around the clock by registered nurses, LVNs and certified nursing assistants, and CNAs there also do restorative care. Health system openings are posted through the careers page at tfhd.com.
What is the IHSS rate for a Truckee provider?
Because Truckee lies in Nevada County, its IHSS providers are paid that county's $18.50 hourly rate, which took effect at the start of 2026. A client in Kings Beach or Tahoe City, which Sierra Senior Services lists as Placer County communities, is paid at Placer's rate instead.
Can I get fingerprinted for IHSS without leaving Truckee?
Yes. The Attorney General lists a Live Scan site at 10183 Truckee Airport Road that works by appointment on Tuesday and Wednesday mornings, for a $20 fee. Call (530) 550-2323 to book.
How do I get to clients in Truckee without a car?
The Truckee Local bus is free and runs from Henness Road to the Depot and out Donner Pass Road to Coldstream. TART Connect fills gaps with on-demand rides within the town zone until 10 p.m.
Are there assisted living homes in Truckee?
CDSS licensing data from May 2025 shows none; all eight of the county's licensed elder care homes carry Grass Valley, Nevada City or Penn Valley addresses. The one nursing facility in town is the hospital's 37-bed Long Term Care Center.
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