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The average Long-Term Care costs for Facility and Home Care Services for the major cities in California are listed below.
 

City Home Health Care
(Aide)		 Assisted Living
(Private Avg.)		 Nursing Home
(Private)
Bakersfield
$18/hr.
$3,650/mo.
$283/day
Fresno
$20/hr.
$3,861/mo.
$320/day
Los Angeles
$22/hr.
$4,500/mo.
$304/day
Sacramento
$23/hr.
$4,500/mo.
$406/day
San Diego
$22/hr.
$4,750/mo.
$380/day
San Francisco
$26/hr.
$4,750/mo.
$431/day
Rest of State
$21/hr.
$4,600/mo.
$385/day
San Jose
$26/hr.
$5,853/mo.
$452/day
Chico
$20/hr.
$4,925/mo.
$341/day
Los Angeles-Riverside-Santa Ana
$22/hr.
$4,500/mo.
$304/day
Merced
$20/hr.
$3,175/mo.
$325/day
Modesto
$19/hr.
$4,250/mo.
$330/day
Redding
$21/hr.
$4,250/mo.
$327/day
Salinas
$24/hr.
$5,500/mo.
$400/day
San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose
$26/hr.
$4,750/mo.
$431/day
San Luis Obispo
$24/hr.
$5,500/mo.
$385/day
Stockton
$21/hr.
$3,532/mo.
$393/day
Visalia
$19/hr.
$3,975/mo.
$264/day
Yuba City
$22/hr.
$4,100/mo.
$426/day
Statewide Average
$22/hr.
$4,500/mo.
$355/day
Riverside
$21/hr.
$3,525/mo.
$328/day
El Centro
$22/hr.
$4,850/mo.
n/a
Hanford-Corcoran
n/a
$3,737/mo.
$289/day
Los Angeles County
$22/hr.
$4,500/mo.
$304/day
Madera-Chowchilla
n/a
$3,313/mo.
$292/day
Napa
$24/hr.
$5,250/mo.
$441/day
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$22/hr.
$5,000/mo.
$340/day
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$21/hr.
$3,525/mo.
$328/day
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$23/hr.
$4,500/mo.
$406/day
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$22/hr.
$4,750/mo.
$380/day
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$26/hr.
$5,853/mo.
$452/day
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
$25/hr.
$5,248/mo.
$406/day
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$25/hr.
$5,250/mo.
$406/day
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$25/hr.
$5,640/mo.
$406/day
Vallejo-Fairfield
$26/hr.
$4,325/mo.
$356/day
Visalia-Porterville
$19/hr.
$3,975/mo.
$264/day
Santa Maria
$25/hr.
$5,248/mo.
$406/day
Average
$22/hour
$4,538/month
$362/day

*Genworth 2019 Cost of Care Survey

The examples we show on our website will be based on the Nursing Home Combined Average Daily Benefit shown above for your state rounded to the nearest $10 increment, which is $360.