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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: $123,860

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 $123,860.

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

Medical and Health Services Managers

National data

Median Salary: $123,860

Projected job growth: 24.2%

10th Percentile: $73,390

25th Percentile: $94,700

75th Percentile: $166,100

90th Percentile: $224,340

Projected job growth: 24.2%

State data

State Median Salary Bottom 10% Top 10%
Alabama $97,790 $64,640 $159,450
Alaska $132,240 $81,940 $292,300
Arizona $128,850 $75,490 $228,340
Arkansas $94,340 $55,390 $155,210
California $141,480 $72,800 $274,660
Colorado $134,910 $82,680 $227,940
Connecticut $130,790 $82,890 $219,010
Delaware $134,820 $89,000 $298,180
District of Columbia $155,140 $95,860 $227,270
Florida $120,360 $69,910 $213,260
Georgia $131,910 $74,060 $248,660
Hawaii $147,630 $80,020 $219,760
Idaho $117,770 $66,950 $175,780
Illinois $117,850 $75,920 $227,180
Indiana $104,140 $67,820 $194,980
Iowa $101,940 $75,080 $171,760
Kansas $111,030 $68,980 $192,970
Kentucky $103,450 $58,560 $216,940
Louisiana $104,550 $66,980 $205,780
Maine $120,320 $70,000 $246,080
Maryland $131,810 $77,560 $242,610
Massachusetts $134,360 $84,330 $296,030
Michigan $107,570 $66,140 $192,440
Minnesota $122,700 $80,080 $196,830
Mississippi $98,160 $62,140 $166,640
Missouri $104,370 $64,620 $186,430
Montana $105,840 $65,300 $193,410
Nebraska $107,700 $78,790 $180,840
Nevada $119,990 $75,070 $183,890
New Hampshire $130,410 $83,290 $290,880
New Jersey $145,650 $98,390 $328,500
New Mexico $124,300 $78,520 $204,420
New York $164,120 $95,660 $340,990
North Carolina $114,410 $70,680 $217,420
North Dakota $105,170 $78,150 $179,740
Ohio $106,140 $66,430 $199,470
Oklahoma $101,270 $64,170 $172,640
Oregon $141,690 $92,640 $295,630
Pennsylvania $103,670 $64,820 $171,400
Rhode Island $119,260 $77,630 $196,810
South Carolina $105,620 $66,520 $211,890
South Dakota $122,050 $84,310 $178,630
Tennessee $107,120 $71,820 $202,060
Texas $114,150 $65,520 $205,600
Utah $114,980 $67,020 $215,570
Vermont $128,690 $84,230 $276,360
Virginia $129,270 $80,250 $213,810
Washington $145,290 $88,970 $282,250
West Virginia $112,010 $77,810 $209,090
Wisconsin $128,320 $90,440 $274,310
Wyoming $108,030 $68,490 $171,540

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 2025 median salary; projected job growth through 2035. 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.