Caregiver Jobs in Twentynine Palms, CA
Twentynine Palms is a San Bernardino County city of 27,166 people (DOF, January 2026), next to the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center. Requests from families in ZIP 92277 and 92278 show above as they are posted.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Twentynine Palms
Most of the city's older residents live in ordinary households, and that is where private care work happens. The ACS 2020–2024 counts 9,291 households in Twentynine Palms; 1,557 of them (16.8%) include someone aged 65 or older, and 568 are a senior who lives alone. Nearly half of residents 65 and up (47.9%) report a disability. The city's overall age figures are pulled down by the base: ACS places 3,913 residents in group quarters and 7,144 people, a third of everyone 16 and older, in the Armed Forces, so the median age of 24.8 says little about the families who hire. Look at the households instead.
Veterans are a large part of the client base here. ACS counts 1,841 civilian veterans, 13.5% of adults not in uniform, so experience with VA appointments and paperwork is worth putting in your profile. English is the usual working language; 15.5% of residents speak Spanish at home and 3.3% speak Spanish with limited English. Commutes are short, averaging 15.9 minutes, which makes split shifts with two clients in town practical. Say which part of the city you can reach and whether you drive.
Families looking for private caregivers near Twentynine Palms, CA
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No family within 50 miles has an open posting today. Nearest current postings: Hemet, CA, about 59 miles away. A profile created now is visible to San Bernardino County families as soon as they join, and they can send you a direct request.
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Types of caregiver jobs in Twentynine Palms
Expect requests for help at home after a hospital stay, rides to clinic visits, meal preparation, housework and company for a parent whose adult children work on or off the base. IHSS is another route into paid work: once the county approves a client's hours, the client hires and supervises the provider. Facility work is limited in town: CDPH lists no nursing home or hospital with a Twentynine Palms ZIP, and the May 2025 CDSS file shows one licensed residential care home for the elderly, with 20 beds. Both home care organizations in that file with a city address are marked closed.
Senior caregiving · Personal care · Companion care · Dementia care · Respite care · Live-in · Overnight · Part-time and full-time
Caregiver pay in Twentynine Palms: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario, CA metro (Riverside and San Bernardino 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, Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario, CA metro (Riverside and San Bernardino counties) | $16.50 median ($17.03 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 102,760 jobs; concentration 2.16× national |
| IHSS provider wage, San Bernardino County | $19.00 | CDSS; effective January 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
| Nursing assistants, Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario, CA metro (Riverside and San Bernardino counties) | $22.32 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.
Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino counties) projection: 94,950 aide jobs in 2023 to 126,020 in 2033 (+32.7%), about 191,990 openings over the decade including replacements (California EDD, 2023–2033 projections published April 2026). Openings are not the same as net new jobs.
About 6.7% of Twentynine Palms's labor force was unemployed, on average, between August 2025 and August 2026, according to EDD estimates. That is above both San Bernardino County's 5.3% and California's 5.3%; across the 12 months the monthly rate ran from 5.4% to 7.6%, for an average labor force of about 7,658. Work that continues through the year, such as an IHSS case in San Bernardino County at $19.00 an hour, can help even out a household's income.
The Labor Center's inventory lists no local wage ordinance for Twentynine Palms, so a family that hires you directly owes at least the state's $16.90 and time and a half after nine hours in a day or 45 in a week. The metro's $16.50 aide median covers both counties, not this city alone. ACS puts the city's median household income at $62,554, and 6.6% of residents 65 and older live below the poverty line.
How to enroll as a provider in San Bernardino County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS San Bernardino 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 Twentynine Palms
No city permit is needed to work as a private caregiver in Twentynine Palms. A family paying you directly for non-medical help cannot be required to show a state license, while an agency must place its aides on the Home Care Aide Registry. To become an IHSS provider you enroll with the county, attend its orientation and are fingerprinted; new clients start with the IHSS intake line, 1-877-800-4544. The Attorney General lists no Live Scan site in the city; the closest it lists are in Yucca Valley, among them The UPS Store at 57556 Twentynine Palms Highway ($35, open daily) and Hi Desert Federal Live Scan at 57492 29 Palms Highway ($45). Nursing home and hospital jobs ask for a CDPH nurse assistant certificate. As a paid caregiver you must report suspected elder abuse; San Bernardino County APS takes calls on 1-877-565-2020. More in the requirements guide.
Training and career resources near Twentynine Palms
Training, transit and local services for caregivers working in Twentynine Palms, each checked on its own website in October 2026.
- Copper Mountain College, Nurse Assistant Certificate of ProficiencyA 12-week, on-campus program: 60 hours of classroom instruction and 100 hours of supervised clinical work, with a criminal background check and drug screen before you start. Pre-enrollment packets are handled by the Health Science Office, room 214, weekdays 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 760-366-3791 ext. 5801. The college also runs vocational and registered nursing programs and a Marine base office at 1530 6th Street, Room 209 (760-830-6133).
- Basin Transit Route 1 to the collegeDaily service links the 29 Palms Transit Center at Adobe and Cactus with Joshua Tree and Yucca Valley. On weekdays westbound buses leave the transit center hourly from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., plus an earlier 6:12 a.m. run, and the Hwy 62 & Rotary Way stop for Copper Mountain College comes about 16 minutes later. Adults pay $2.50.
- Basin Transit Route 3B, Twentynine Palms NeighborhoodA weekday loop that leaves the transit center every hour from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., calling at Stater Bros on Hwy 62, the El Paseo Apartments, Joe Davis & Luckie by Luckie Park and Baseline & Utah Trail before returning 55 minutes later. Fare $1.25, or $1.00 for seniors and riders with disabilities.
- Twentynine Palms Senior CenterAt 6539 Adobe Road, open weekdays 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., (760) 361-1410. The city runs it with Reach Out Morongo Basin, offering weekday lunches, workshops and a free Wednesday chair yoga class. A good place to learn what local seniors need.
- Reach Out Morongo Basin volunteer programIts volunteers make friendly visits, run errands, do small repairs and drive older and disabled residents to medical appointments, both inside the Morongo Basin and as far as Loma Linda, San Bernardino, Palm Springs and Palm Desert. Volunteering here is a way to build references before taking paid work. The Twentynine Palms office is inside the senior center.
- Twentynine Palms Branch LibraryAt 6078 Adobe Road, (760) 366-1440. Open 11 to 7 Monday through Wednesday, 10 to 6 on Thursday and 9 to 5 on Saturday; closed Friday. A place to print certificates or fill in enrollment forms online.
Twentynine Palms in numbers
The city covers 58.8 square miles, 3.9 of them inside the Combat Center, which the city describes as the largest Marine Corps base in the United States. Most homes are rented: ACS 2020–2024 has 38.2% owner-occupied, with a median gross rent of $1,352 and a median owner-occupied value of $268,200. Only 3.6% of households (331) have no vehicle, and 5.4% of residents have no health insurance.
Clinic visits are a regular part of the job. CDPH lists two Morongo Basin Community Health Center sites on Split Rock Avenue, a federally qualified health center at number 6380 and a second site at 6830, plus American Desert Medical Clinics, a rural health clinic at 6186 Adobe Road. HRSA records show the health center is run by the Hi-Desert Memorial Health Care District, which also bases mobile medical and dental units at the 6380 address. County services are summarized on the San Bernardino County page; see also Morongo Valley and Desert Hot Springs.
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Caregiver jobs near Twentynine Palms
Families often post from neighbouring towns. Set your travel radius in your profile and you will appear in their searches too.
Twentynine Palms is part of San Bernardino County; the hub pages list every town and area they cover.
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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
- California EDD, Local Area Unemployment Statistics (LAUS), 12-month average August 2025 to August 2026
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates, January 1, 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profiles DP02–DP05 and B26001 (group quarters), Twentynine Palms city
- CDSS, IHSS wages by county
- BLS OEWS May 2025, Riverside–San Bernardino–Ontario, CA (31-1120)
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances
- California DIR, Domestic Worker Bill of Rights FAQ
- City of Twentynine Palms, City Background
- City of Twentynine Palms, Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center
- City of Twentynine Palms, Twentynine Palms Senior Center
- Copper Mountain College, Nurse Assistant Certificate of Proficiency
- Basin Transit, Route 1 Yucca Valley–Twentynine Palms and Route 3B Twentynine Palms Neighborhood
- Reach Out Morongo Basin, Services
- San Bernardino County Library, branch locations and hours
- California Attorney General, Live Scan locations, San Bernardino County
- San Bernardino County DAAS, office locations and phone lines
- CDPH, Licensed and Certified Healthcare Facility Listing (data date October 16, 2026)
- CDSS Community Care Licensing, facility files (file date May 25, 2025)
- HRSA, Health Center Service Delivery and Look-Alike Sites
Caregiver jobs in Twentynine Palms: frequently asked questions
Do I need base access to work for families in Twentynine Palms?
Not for clients whose homes are in the city. Each request shows the ZIP code where care happens; if a family lives on the installation, ask them how visitor access works before you accept.
Can I take the bus to clients across town?
On weekdays, yes. Basin Transit's 3B loop leaves the 29 Palms Transit Center every hour from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Route 1 runs along Hwy 62 daily. Seniors and riders with an ADA card pay reduced fares.
Where is the nearest place to get Live Scan fingerprints?
The Attorney General's list has no site in Twentynine Palms. Two Yucca Valley businesses on Twentynine Palms Highway are listed, one charging $35 and open seven days, the other $45 with weekend hours by appointment.
Where can I train as a CNA near Twentynine Palms?
Copper Mountain College offers a 12-week Nurse Assistant certificate with 100 clinical hours. Route 1 stops at Hwy 62 and Rotary Way for the college, and the college keeps an office on the base for military-connected students.
What does IHSS pay a provider in Twentynine Palms?
$19.00 an hour, San Bernardino County's rate from January 1, 2026. The county sets the number of hours after a home visit, and the client hires, trains and supervises the provider.
Are there care homes in Twentynine Palms that employ aides?
One. The May 2025 state licensing file shows a single residential care home for the elderly in the city, licensed for 20 residents, and no skilled nursing facility. Most paid care work here is in private homes.
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