Every California county runs IHSS a little differently — different provider wages, different Public Authority, different local offices. Pick your county below for its current wage, contacts, and the figures CDSS publishes for it.

Wages and recipient counts from CDSS, May 2026. How hours are decided →

Bay Area

Alameda$22.10/hr · 34,405 recipients Contra Costa$20.03/hr · 17,638 recipients Marin$20.40/hr · 2,552 recipients Napa$20.90/hr · 2,060 recipients San Francisco$23.00/hr · 30,605 recipients San Mateo$21.70/hr · 9,447 recipients Santa Clara$20.44/hr · 38,293 recipients Solano$18.10/hr · 7,792 recipients Sonoma$20.25/hr · 8,961 recipients

Southern California

Imperial$18.83/hr · 10,175 recipients Los Angeles$19.64/hr · 309,315 recipients Orange$18.90/hr · 56,622 recipients Riverside$19.90/hr · 63,458 recipients San Bernardino$19.00/hr · 56,566 recipients San Diego$20.40/hr · 50,509 recipients Santa Barbara$20.07/hr · 5,466 recipients Ventura$20.97/hr · 11,583 recipients

Central Valley

Fresno$18.75/hr · 30,886 recipients Kern$17.90/hr · 18,196 recipients Kings$17.50/hr · 4,215 recipients Madera$17.90/hr · 3,960 recipients Merced$17.50/hr · 6,159 recipients Sacramento$19.15/hr · 44,874 recipients San Joaquin$18.97/hr · 11,934 recipients Stanislaus$18.75/hr · 9,475 recipients Sutter$17.90/hr · 2,157 recipients Tulare$17.50/hr · 9,414 recipients Yolo$19.05/hr · 3,964 recipients Yuba$18.78/hr · 1,557 recipients

Central Coast

Monterey$21.04/hr · 7,669 recipients San Benito$19.35/hr · 1,152 recipients San Luis Obispo$21.40/hr · 3,286 recipients Santa Cruz$20.90/hr · 4,021 recipients

Northern California

Butte$17.90/hr · 5,279 recipients Colusa$17.40/hr · 535 recipients Del Norte$18.50/hr · 482 recipients Glenn$17.90/hr · 678 recipients Humboldt$18.40/hr · 3,137 recipients Lake$17.55/hr · 2,885 recipients Lassen$17.55/hr · 337 recipients Mendocino$19.71/hr · 2,555 recipients Modoc$17.75/hr · 175 recipients Plumas$18.50/hr · 378 recipients Shasta$18.50/hr · 4,861 recipients Siskiyou$16.90/hr · 533 recipients Tehama$18.40/hr · 1,543 recipients Trinity$18.25/hr · 269 recipients

Sierra & Foothills

Alpine$17.85/hr · 23 recipients Amador$19.40/hr · 625 recipients Calaveras$17.89/hr · 747 recipients El Dorado$17.40/hr · 2,324 recipients Inyo$17.65/hr · 226 recipients Mariposa$17.50/hr · 350 recipients Mono$17.95/hr · 59 recipients Nevada$18.50/hr · 1,308 recipients Placer$18.50/hr · 5,930 recipients Sierra$18.50/hr · 58 recipients Tuolumne$17.90/hr · 644 recipients