Memory Care Manager Salary in the United States

How much does a Memory Care Manager make in the United States?

As of June 01, 2026, the average salary for a Memory Care Manager in the United States is $94,374 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $45.

However, a Memory Care Manager's salary can vary significantly. Here’s a look at the typical salary range:

  • Top Earners (90th percentile): $115,232
  • Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $86,177 to $105,292
  • Entry-Level (10th percentile): $78,714
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Memory Care Manager Salaries by Percentile

Annual
Salary
Monthly
Pay
Weekly
Pay
Hourly
Wage
75th Percentile $105,292 $8,774 $2,025 $51
Average $94,374 $7,864 $1,815 $45
25th Percentile $86,177 $7,181 $1,657 $41
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Key Factors That Influence Memory Care Manager Salaries

A Memory Care Manager's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location, education and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

Top Paying Cities for Memory Care Managers

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

  • San Jose: $119,034
  • San Francisco: $117,730
  • Oakland: $115,249

What Skills Can Increase a Memory Care Manager's Salary?

Demanded Skills for the Role:

  • Leadership (Mentioned in 12.01% Job Postings): Knowledge of and ability to employ effective strategies that motivate and guide other members within our business to achieve optimum results.
  • Home Care (Mentioned in 3% Job Postings): Homecare is health care or supportive care provided by a professional caregiver in the individual home where the patient or client is living, as opposed to care provided in group accommodations like clinics or nursing home.
  • Infection Control (Mentioned in 1.47% Job Postings): Infection control is the discipline concerned with preventing nosocomial or healthcare-associated infection, a practical (rather than academic) sub-discipline of epidemiology. It is an essential, though often underrecognized and undersupported, part of the infrastructure of health care. Infection control and hospital epidemiology are akin to public health practice, practiced within the confines of a particular health-care delivery system rather than directed at society as a whole. Anti-infective agents include antibiotics, antibacterials, antifungals, antivirals and antiprotozoals. Infection control addresses factors related to the spread of infections within the healthcare setting (whether patient-to-patient, from patients to staff and from staff to patients, or among-staff), including prevention (via hand hygiene/hand washing, cleaning/disinfection/sterilization, vaccination, surveillance), monitoring/investigation of demonstrated or suspected spread of infection within a particular health-care setting (surveillance and outbreak investigation), and management (interruption of outbreaks). It is on this basis that the common title being adopted within health care is "infection prevention and control."
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Skills Demand Percentage
Leadership 12.01%
Home Care 3%
Infection Control 1.47%
What skills can make your compensation higher?
Mastering certain specialized skills can lead to a significant increase in pay. Here are examples of skills and the potential impact they can have on a Memory Care Manager's salary.
  • Psychiatric: Can increase your salary by up to 21%.
  • Initiative: Can increase your salary by up to 11%.
  • Critical Thinking: Can increase your salary by up to 9%.
Skill Salary Salary % Increase
Psychiatric
$114,192
21%
Initiative
$104,755
11%
Critical Thinking
$102,867
9%
Clinical Care
$102,867
9%
Pediatric
$101,924
8%
Coordination
$101,924
8%
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How Education impacts a Memory Care Manager's Salary?

Your level of education can impact your salary potential. While many Memory Care Managers enter the field with a Bachelor's Degree degree, higher education can lead to more specialized and higher-paying roles.

According to our 100% employer-reported salary data, the median salary for a Memory Care Manager with a Bachelor's Degree is between $81,970 and $86,749).

Memory Care Manager Salaries by Degree Level

Typical Education for Memory Care Manager
Degree Level % of user with this level of education
No Diploma 6.5%
High School 6.5%
Associates 35.5%
Bachelors 50.0%
Masters 8.1%
Doctorate 0.0%
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Memory Care Manager Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how a Memory Care Manager's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

Last Updated on June 01, 2026

Salary Trends for Memory Care Manager

Salaries for a Memory Care Manager can change over time, reflecting shifts in market demand and the overall economy. The median salary increased from $49,977 in 2023 to around $50,681 in 2025, reflecting changes in demand, location, experience, and the wider economy. For a detailed analysis of Memory Care Manager salary trends, .

Average Annual Salary of Memory Care Manager Over Time

2022
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2023
$49,977
2024
$50,876
2025
$50,681
2026
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2027
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2023 $49,977
2024 $50,876
2025 $50,681
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