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Long-Term Care Manager Job Description

Learn about the duties and responsibilities you’ll have as a long-term care manager.

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By: All Allied Health Staff

Updated: December 4, 2025

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Long-term Care Manager At a Glance

  • What you’ll do: A long-term care manager oversees the provision of extended, ongoing services to individuals and groups. You’ll coordinate and maintain the day-to-day operations of larger care units, such as the staff at a nursing home or rehabilitation hospital, or for the caregivers within a clinic at the site of an emergency following a natural disaster. Management takes care of daily duties, in addition to ensuring quality of services and maintaining an up-to-date environment with a caring, efficient staff, that includes nursing assistants and gerontologists.
  • Where you’ll work: General medical and surgical hospitals, physicians’ offices, nursing care facilities, home healthcare services, outpatient care centers
  • Degree you’ll need: Master’s or doctoral degree
  • Median annual salary: $117,960

What You’ll Do

Long-term care managers oversee the provision of extended, ongoing services to individuals as well as groups.

Becoming a long-term care manager opens up many possibilities for where you can choose to work. Potential roles include clinical manager, health information manager or nursing home administrator.

In any of these roles, you’ll be working with a large staff and population, acting as an important liaison between people and a facilitator of change. It’s your job to ensure high quality and smooth operations in your workplace.

Median Annual Long-Term Care Manager Salary

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics places long-term care managers under medical and health services managers, and reports they earn a median annual salary of $117,960.

Here are the median annual salaries for these professionals by state.

Medical and Health Services Managers

National data

Median Salary: $117,960

Projected job growth: 23.2%

10th Percentile: $69,680

25th Percentile: $88,560

75th Percentile: $162,420

90th Percentile: $219,080

Projected job growth: 23.2%

State data

State Median Salary Bottom 10% Top 10%
Alabama $92,950 $63,010 $148,770
Alaska $122,020 $79,120 $232,380
Arizona $122,740 $68,530 $237,690
Arkansas $88,340 $55,050 $152,970
California $136,500 $63,200 N/A
Colorado $131,130 $77,890 N/A
Connecticut $125,820 $80,510 $213,010
Delaware $125,150 $84,160 N/A
District of Columbia $161,050 $93,150 N/A
Florida $106,280 $62,860 $205,810
Georgia $136,030 $83,200 N/A
Hawaii $140,750 $92,910 $213,720
Idaho $116,810 $67,140 $175,570
Illinois $113,610 $75,400 $220,030
Indiana $101,030 $61,530 $169,510
Iowa $100,750 $72,260 $167,230
Kansas $104,990 $67,910 $175,650
Kentucky $100,260 $58,970 $183,220
Louisiana $101,080 $63,500 $173,930
Maine $109,280 $66,370 $224,710
Maryland $132,590 $80,370 $232,150
Massachusetts $132,130 $82,810 N/A
Michigan $103,860 $64,450 $185,470
Minnesota $114,310 $78,590 $193,540
Mississippi $89,960 $57,740 $159,990
Missouri $102,540 $61,690 $179,570
Montana $104,590 $73,650 $171,950
Nebraska $103,610 $72,230 $182,210
Nevada $106,240 $63,850 $196,010
New Hampshire $126,660 $81,500 N/A
New Jersey $132,250 $89,910 N/A
New Mexico $121,580 $77,470 $209,120
New York $149,820 $87,610 N/A
North Carolina $108,530 $69,730 $215,480
North Dakota $101,120 $75,750 $181,380
Ohio $105,040 $65,610 $185,540
Oklahoma $100,570 $65,970 $166,420
Oregon $135,530 $88,070 N/A
Pennsylvania $103,720 $71,290 $180,790
Rhode Island $120,240 $74,430 $215,950
South Carolina $105,220 $72,340 N/A
South Dakota $116,210 $80,870 $179,830
Tennessee $104,370 $68,860 $201,960
Texas $106,590 $62,130 $197,790
Utah $107,980 $64,990 $216,180
Vermont $125,170 $79,990 N/A
Virginia $124,530 $76,210 $214,870
Washington $143,300 $95,530 N/A
West Virginia $110,780 $73,690 $201,330
Wisconsin $126,170 $91,290 $216,840
Wyoming $105,230 $60,950 $168,110

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 2024 median salary; projected job growth through 2034. Actual salaries may vary depending on location, level of education, years of experience, work environment, and other factors. Salaries may differ even more for those who are self-employed or work part time.

Career Advancement

Similar jobs at this level of education and advancement in the field include long-term care executive, clinical nurse specialist, and staff nurse. You’ll want to stay on top of any certification and licensing requirements and licensing renewals that your industry, workplace, or state may require.