Caregiver Jobs in Yuba County
This page covers all of Yuba County: Marysville and Wheatland, the unincorporated suburbs of Linda, Olivehurst and Plumas Lake, and the foothill communities toward Camptonville. Yuba County IHSS providers earn $18.78 an hour, and requests from anywhere in the county appear above as families publish them.
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Finding in-home caregiver jobs in Yuba County
Yuba County is small enough to cover from one base but spread out enough that distance still decides which clients you can take. The county describes Marysville, bordered by the Yuba and Feather rivers, as its center, with Linda, Olivehurst, Arboga, Plumas Lake and Wheatland to the south and a ring of foothill settlements to the east and north: Loma Rica, Browns Valley, Oregon House, Dobbins, Brownsville, Challenge and Camptonville. Only Marysville and Wheatland are incorporated cities, so most addresses you see in postings will be in unincorporated communities. When you build your profile, name the community you live in, the ones you can reach on a weekday, and whether a drive into the foothills is realistic for you.
Plan on driving. In the ACS 2020–2024, 76.7% of employed county residents drove to work alone, only 0.5% used public transportation, and the average one-way commute took 32.4 minutes. A caregiver without a car can still work the Marysville, Linda and Olivehurst area by bus. Language matters as well: 25.4% of residents five and older speak something other than English at home, 17.7% of them Spanish, and the county publishes benefit forms in Spanish and Hmong. If you speak either, say so in the first line of your profile.
Families looking for private caregivers in Yuba County
Real postings from families on CaregiverConnect, matched to Yuba County by distance. 1 caregiver within 60 miles already have profiles here.
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Caregiver jobs by city and town
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- Caregiver jobs in Marysvillepop. 12,679
The communities of Yuba County
The county splits into three practical zones: the river-city core, the fast-growing south and the foothills. Marysville has its own page; elsewhere, search by ZIP code.
- MarysvilleThe county seat, 12,679 residents, where county offices, IHSS enrollment and the 221-bed Rideout hospital are all within a short drive of each other.
- Linda and ArbogaUnincorporated communities next to Marysville, with the North Beale Road Transit Center and on-demand MOD bus service in Linda.
- Olivehurst and Plumas LakeCommunities in the south of the county; Olivehurst has a local bus route to Yuba College and a MOD zone, while Plumas Lake depends more on cars.
- Wheatland and Beale AFBWheatland is the county's second incorporated city; from October 12, 2026 a Wheatland/Olivehurst MOD zone replaced the old Wheatland bus route.
- Loma Rica, Browns Valley and DobbinsFoothill communities on the Foothill Route, which runs only three days a week; private clients here usually need a caregiver with a car.
- Oregon House, Brownsville, Challenge and CamptonvilleThe higher, more remote foothills near Bullards Bar Reservoir; expect long drives and fewer, longer shifts.
Types of caregiver jobs in Yuba County
Expect requests for help with bathing, meals and medications for a parent living alone, rides to appointments in Marysville, and short-term cover after a stay at the hospital on Fourth Street. Military and veteran households around Beale Air Force Base and Wheatland add another kind of client. Applicants without experience usually begin with companionship, housekeeping and errands, then move into hands-on personal care.
- 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 Yuba County: how much caregivers make
Public figures first, then what they mean for private work. Statistics describe employed aides across the Yuba City, CA metro (Sutter and Yuba 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, Yuba City, CA metro (Sutter and Yuba counties) | $16.50 median ($16.89 mean) | BLS OEWS, May 2025; 3,120 jobs; concentration 2.21× national |
| IHSS provider wage, Yuba County | $18.78 | CDSS; effective January 1, 2026 |
| California minimum wage | $16.90 | effective January 1, 2026 |
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.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics groups Yuba and Sutter counties into one metro area, which employed 3,120 home health and personal care aides in May 2025 at a $16.50 median and a $16.89 mean. A location quotient of 2.21 means the occupation is more than twice as common there as across the country. The Yuba County IHSS rate is $18.78 from January 1, 2026, which is $0.88 more than the $17.90 Sutter County pays on the other side of the Feather River, so the county your client lives in matters. Neither Marysville, Wheatland nor the county appears in the UC Berkeley Labor Center inventory of local minimum wage ordinances (July 2026 update), so the $16.90 state minimum is the floor everywhere in Yuba County. Median gross rent in the county is $1,311 (ACS 2020–2024), and 45.9% of renting households spend 30% or more of income on housing, which is worth weighing when you set a private rate.
How to enroll as a provider in Yuba County, with the office phone lines and orientation steps, is in the IHSS Yuba 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 Yuba County
You need no state license to work directly for a family doing non-medical care; registering on the state Home Care Aide Registry ($35) is required only once a licensed home care agency employs you. To be paid through IHSS, Yuba County asks you to create an online enrollment account, watch the required videos, and book an in-person appointment at Health and Human Services, 5730 Packard Avenue, Suite 100, in Marysville; appointments are held on Tuesdays. You pay for your own DOJ Live Scan fingerprints ($50 to $70) and bring an original photo ID and Social Security card, because copies are no longer accepted. The IHSS Public Authority answers on 530-749-6471. Every caregiver is a mandated reporter of elder abuse. More: IHSS in Yuba County and California caregiver rules.
Training and career resources near Yuba County
Places in and around the county to enroll, train and get around, each checked on the organization's own site in October 2026.
- Yuba County IHSS provider enrollmentOnline enrollment, mandatory videos and a Tuesday appointment at 5730 Packard Avenue, Suite 100, Marysville. Questions go to the Public Authority at 530-749-6471 or HHSD_IHSS@yuba.gov. Once enrolled you can work for more than one IHSS client without enrolling again.
- Live Scan fingerprinting in Yuba CountyThe county lists two sites: the Sheriff's Department at 720 Yuba Street, Marysville, on the first and third Thursdays from 1 to 4 p.m., (530) 749-7778; and API Academy, 5548 Feather River Blvd., Marysville, weekdays 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., (530) 749-0283.
- Yuba College nursing programs, MarysvilleA four-semester Associate in Science registered nursing program and an LVN to RN career mobility track that starts with the college's own NURS 12C bridge course. A route for caregivers who want to move into licensed nursing later.
- Del Oro Caregiver Resource CenterServes family caregivers in 13 counties, Yuba among them, with free public education sessions; based at 8421 Auburn Blvd., Suite 265, Citrus Heights, (916) 728-9333.
- Yuba-Sutter Transit local and rural routesSix local routes serve Yuba City, Marysville, Linda and Olivehurst on weekdays from 6:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturdays from 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The Foothill Route makes two round trips on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from Brownsville, Oregon House, Willow Glen and Loma Rica. Information: (530) 742-2877.
Yuba County in numbers
The Department of Finance counted 87,692 residents on January 1, 2026. The county is young by California standards: the ACS 2020–2024 profile puts the median age at 34.2 and the share aged 65 or older at 13.1%, about 11,060 people, with 1,032 aged 85 or more. The older group still needs plenty of help. Among residents 65 and over, 42.6% report a disability, 2,907 live alone, and 8,190 of the county's 28,635 households include someone 65 or older. Civilian veterans make up 8.5% of adults, a reflection of Beale Air Force Base, which the county hosts just outside Wheatland.
Hospital work centers on Marysville. HCAI lists Adventist Health and Rideout at 726 Fourth Street as a 221-bed general acute care hospital with a basic emergency department; its discharges are where much short-term home care begins. For bus routes, pay context and interview questions in the county seat, see the Marysville page; across the river, the Sutter County page covers Yuba City and its own IHSS office.
How to find private caregiver jobs in Yuba County (no agency)
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Caregiver jobs near Yuba County
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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, Yuba City, CA
- UC Berkeley Labor Center, inventory of local minimum wage ordinances (July 23, 2026)
- California DIR, minimum wage FAQ
- CDSS, Home Care Services application fees
- Yuba County Health and Human Services, programs and services (IHSS provider enrollment)
- Yuba County Health and Human Services, report abuse
- Yuba County, about the county
- Yuba County, incorporated cities
- California State Association of Counties, Yuba County profile (county seat; archived March 20, 2025)
- HCAI facility profile, Adventist Health and Rideout
- Yuba College, nursing program overview
- Del Oro Caregiver Resource Center
- Yuba-Sutter Transit, local routes
- Yuba-Sutter Transit, Foothill Route
- Yuba-Sutter Transit, MOD on-demand service
- California Department of Finance, E-1 population estimates 2026
- U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2020–2024 5-year profile, Yuba County (via MCDC)
Caregiver jobs in Yuba County: frequently asked questions
What does IHSS pay in Yuba County?
$18.78 an hour since January 1, 2026, according to the state wage table. That is higher than the $17.90 Sutter County rate, so a provider living in Yuba City but caring for someone in Olivehurst is paid the Yuba County rate.
How do I become an IHSS provider in Yuba County?
Start the state online enrollment, watch the required videos, then book one of the Tuesday appointments at 5730 Packard Avenue, Suite 100, Marysville. Bring your original photo ID and Social Security card, and complete Live Scan fingerprints at your own cost. The person you will care for must send the SOC 426A and IHSS agreement back to the Public Authority before your first timesheet.
How are IHSS timesheets submitted here?
Electronically only. Yuba County requires providers to enroll in Electronic Visit Verification and submit hours through the Electronic Services Portal or the Telephone Timesheet System; paper timesheets are no longer accepted. The Public Authority helps with registration at 530-749-6471.
Are there caregiver jobs in the Yuba County foothills?
Families in Loma Rica, Browns Valley, Dobbins and Camptonville post too, but the bus reaches them only on three days a week. If you have a car and live on the east side of the county, set your travel radius to include them.
Which union represents IHSS providers in Yuba County?
SEIU Local 2015 represents county IHSS providers on wages and benefits; membership is optional, and the union's member line is 855-810-2015.
Where do Yuba County families post their care requests?
On the Yuba County family page or the Marysville page. Requests from both show in the list above.
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