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Caregiver pay by city and role

What caregivers earn depends on role, city, and employer. This table shows the legal minimum wage floor (official ordinance) alongside the BLS OEWS mean wage for home health and personal care aides in the nearest published metro — for each Bay Area jurisdiction in our verified wage dataset.

  • Last verified 2026-06-20
  • 7 rows
  • Official sources
Area Role (BLS SOC) Legal minimum floor BLS mean wage BLS metro Floor effective Floor source
California (state floor) Home health & personal care aides (SOC 31-1120) $16.90/hr $18.66/hr San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 2026-01-01 Official ordinance
San Francisco San Francisco County Home health & personal care aides (SOC 31-1120) $19.18/hr $18.66/hr San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 2025-07-01 Official ordinance
San Jose Santa Clara County Home health & personal care aides (SOC 31-1120) $18.45/hr $18.92/hr San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 2026-01-01 Official ordinance
Oakland Alameda County Home health & personal care aides (SOC 31-1120) $17.34/hr $18.66/hr San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 2026-01-01 Official ordinance
Mountain View Santa Clara County Home health & personal care aides (SOC 31-1120) $19.70/hr $18.92/hr San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 2026-01-01 Official ordinance
Sunnyvale Santa Clara County Home health & personal care aides (SOC 31-1120) $19.50/hr $18.92/hr San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 2026-01-01 Official ordinance
Berkeley Alameda County Home health & personal care aides (SOC 31-1120) $19.18/hr $18.66/hr San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA 2025-07-01 Official ordinance

Median agency billing rates from the CareScout Cost of Care Survey — what home care agencies charge families for non-medical caregiver services. These are not caregiver payroll rates (see caregiver pay by city for wage floors and BLS benchmarks). Actual quotes vary by acuity, hours, and provider; skilled nursing at home is priced separately.

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