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In-Home Care in California

California has 2,575 licensed in-home care agencies listed on ElderCareCosts across 1,618 cities. The median estimated cost statewide is $7,627/mo. Pick a city below for local pricing and provider listings, or request a personalized shortlist.

2,575 licensed in-home care agencies listed.

Cost of in-home care in California

Median monthly price, California

$7,627/mo

Modeled range $7,281 – $8,290 how this range is derived

● California $7,627 ○ National median $6,769

Published survey median · 2025

Median costs for in-home care versus California and the middle state nationally. The 25th and 75th percentile rows are the modeled range explained on the methodology page; in the national column they are percentiles across state medians. Figures are estimates, not quotes.

In-Home Care cost comparison (2025)
In-Home CareCaliforniaNational
25th percentile$7,281/mo$6,221/mo
Median$7,627/mo$6,769/mo
75th percentile$8,290/mo$7,627/mo

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Source: Published survey median · 2025 (opens in a new tab)
Methodology
Why is this number different on other websites? Many directories quote a community's "starting at" rent, before care fees. This figure is the state survey median. It is an estimate to plan against, not a quote; ask each provider for its own number in writing. Our methodology →

What home care really costs by the hour

Hourly math uses the survey standard of 44 hrs/week when a sourced in-home monthly median is published for this city. We do not invent an hourly rate before that figure exists.

Ways families typically pay

  • Private pay (savings, income, home equity)
  • Long-term care insurance
  • VA Aid & Attendance for eligible veterans and surviving spouses
  • Medicaid home- and community-based services (HCBS) waivers, where eligible. Rules vary by state

Medicare generally does not cover long-term custodial care. State-specific Medicaid waiver guides are coming soon.

California licensing & regulation

State-by-state licensing agency details and how to check a facility's complaint history for California are coming soon.

Medicaid & local resources in California

Long-Term Care Ombudsman

Office of the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman helps residents of nursing homes, assisted living, and similar settings in California resolve concerns about care and rights. Call 1-800-231-4024.

Official Ombudsman locator / program page

Source: State LTC Ombudsman.GOV

Medicaid HCBS / LTSS programs

Named programs below are from official state Medicaid agency pages. We list eligibility dollar amounts and wait lists only when a primary source is cited.

  • In-Home Supportive Services (IHSS). California's flagship in-home Medicaid (Medi-Cal) program: helps eligible low-income aged, blind, and disabled Californians pay for in-home personal care (bathing, meals, housekeeping) so they can stay in their own home instead of a facility. County-administered -- apply through your county IHSS office; no single statewide IHSS phone line is published on the official page. Confirmed on the CDSS IHSS page (2026-07-26).
  • Medi-Cal long-term services and supports (LTSS). State Medicaid / LTSS entry point (DHCS Medi-Cal). Use for HCBS pathway discovery alongside named waivers.
Source: State Medicaid program.GOV

Free national starting points. Official sites only; we do not scrape these directories.

Cities in California

Showing the 500 largest of 1,618 tracked cities.

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Counties in California

County pages carry the local Area Agency on Aging, the state Medicaid waiver contacts and, for nursing homes, what federal inspectors recorded. Ordered by how many in-home care providers each county holds.

In-Home Care by county in California

In-Home Care providers in California

Sample of licensed in-home care agencies listed for California. City pages show fuller local inventories.

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Frequently asked questions

How many in-home care agencies are listed in California?

We currently list 2575 licensed in-home care agencies across California.

Which cities in California have in-home care listings?

We track 1618 California cities for in-home care. See the city list on this page for options near you.

Past 60 days in California: 2,930 added · 14,089 updated · 355 delisted. Most recent change Sep 2. Counts come from our ingestion diffs, not confirmed licensing actions.

How to cite this page

Cite this: According to ElderCareCosts' 2026 index, in-home care in California costs $7,627/month (median).

APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (2026). In-Home Care in California. ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 18, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/in-home-care/california/

Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "In-Home Care in California." ElderCareCosts. Last modified August 10, 2026. Accessed September 18, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/in-home-care/california/.

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