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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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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: $110,680

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 $110,680.

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

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National data

Median Salary: $110,680

Projected job growth: 28.4%

10th Percentile: $67,900

25th Percentile: $86,080

75th Percentile: $157,640

90th Percentile: $216,750

Projected job growth: 28.4%

State data

State Median Salary Bottom 10% Top 10%
Alabama $86,590 $60,490 $144,660
Alaska $123,530 $75,130 N/A
Arizona $109,490 $65,710 $220,570
Arkansas $83,680 $52,410 $140,930
California $139,430 $74,420 N/A
Colorado $125,840 $77,790 N/A
Connecticut $125,460 $79,000 N/A
Delaware $134,360 $85,840 N/A
District of Columbia $144,350 $86,610 N/A
Florida $104,310 $63,980 $205,670
Georgia $128,660 $79,920 $225,560
Hawaii $129,440 $76,840 $204,970
Idaho $107,250 $64,370 $180,660
Illinois $109,050 $75,910 $215,050
Indiana $99,290 $59,870 $168,560
Iowa $97,810 $70,250 $161,510
Kansas $101,450 $63,400 $177,340
Kentucky $97,550 $57,110 $172,440
Louisiana $100,340 $62,780 $167,530
Maine $105,260 $71,390 $176,510
Maryland $130,030 $80,660 $228,060
Massachusetts $131,340 $79,420 N/A
Michigan $101,840 $60,840 $175,010
Minnesota $113,460 $76,370 $179,530
Mississippi $83,640 $53,420 $137,350
Missouri $102,010 $61,310 $176,130
Montana $102,910 $66,720 N/A
Nebraska $101,330 $69,310 $164,350
Nevada $104,200 $61,760 $181,420
New Hampshire $122,380 $77,060 N/A
New Jersey $129,370 $87,290 N/A
New Mexico $112,810 $73,230 $210,260
New York $144,230 $84,490 N/A
North Carolina $105,640 $67,900 $208,790
North Dakota $108,450 $76,510 $216,510
Ohio $103,690 $63,860 $175,650
Oklahoma $98,940 $62,520 $160,930
Oregon $132,000 $82,540 $232,950
Pennsylvania $106,270 $68,860 $192,980
Rhode Island $122,940 $78,300 $204,340
South Carolina $104,140 $68,410 $227,050
South Dakota $110,110 $81,430 $221,370
Tennessee $103,220 $62,570 $198,480
Texas $105,460 $62,980 $176,280
Utah $101,400 $58,740 $209,340
Vermont $111,670 $76,980 $200,310
Virginia $121,610 $76,630 $215,760
Washington $135,800 $88,000 $224,990
West Virginia $105,510 $70,680 $194,070
Wisconsin $124,450 $86,420 N/A
Wyoming $102,210 $56,310 $159,990

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) 2023 median salary; projected job growth through 2032. 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.