Management
Geriatric Care Managers
SOC 11-9179
Coordinate complex care for older adults, working with families and providers.
The job
Median pay
$70k
$54k to $94k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing fast
+6.2% projected
Openings a year
2k
BLS projection
Typical education
Master's
Our model
AI displacement risk
High
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
11/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
88th pct
More exposed than 88% of occupations · modeled estimate · 52nd pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
48/100
Key skills
- Speaking
- Active Listening
- Critical Thinking
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Learning
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 2,010 | 0.1 | 1.6× | $78k |
| Texas | 1,139 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $61k~ |
| Florida | 694 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $61k~ |
| Maryland | 510 | 0.2 | 2.8× | $84k |
| New York | 410 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $65k |
| Ohio | 380 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $59k~ |
| Massachusetts | 307 | 0.1 | 1.3× | $88k~ |
| Michigan | 280 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $53k~ |
| Pennsylvania | 280 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $73k |
| Arizona | 241 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $59k~ |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 240 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $74k |
| Iowa | 230 | 0.1 | 2.2× | $70k |
| Missouri | 210 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $55k~ |
| Minnesota | 191 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $70k~ |
| New Jersey | 170 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $77k |
| Tennessee | 170 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $72k |
| Connecticut | 140 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $80k~ |
| Georgia | 140 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $74k |
| Utah | 124 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $52k~ |
| Indiana | 120 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $61k |
| South Carolina | 119 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $61k~ |
| Kentucky | 114 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $55k~ |
| Louisiana | 114 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $56k~ |
| Hawaii | 110 | 0.2 | 2.6× | $88k |
| Alabama | 106 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $57k~ |
| Nevada | 104 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $57k~ |
| Illinois | 100 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $64k |
| Washington DC | 99 | 0.1 | 2.1× | $94k~ |
| Arkansas | 89 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $47k~ |
| Nebraska | 80 | 0.1 | 1.2× | $59k |
| Oregon | 80 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $65k |
| Virginia | 80 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $66k |
| Kansas | 73 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $64k~ |
| Mississippi | 60 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $45k |
| Wisconsin | 60 | 0.0 | 0.3× | $105k |
| Idaho | 55 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $56k~ |
| New Hampshire | 51 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $73k~ |
| Oklahoma | 50 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $65k |
| Washington | 50 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $76k |
| New Mexico | 47 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $60k~ |
| Maine | 42 | 0.1 | 1.0× | $59k~ |
| West Virginia | 40 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $52k~ |
| Colorado | 30 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $83k |
| Montana | 30 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $56k~ |
| Rhode Island | 30 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $71k~ |
| Vermont | 30 | 0.1 | 1.5× | $100k |
| Alaska | 25 | 0.1 | 1.1× | $66k~ |
| North Dakota | 25 | 0.1 | 0.9× | $57k~ |
| Delaware | 23 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $82k~ |
| South Dakota | 17 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $61k~ |
| Wyoming | 16 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $56k~ |
Top metro areas
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA650 jobs · $79k median
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ370 jobs · $74k median
- Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD350 jobs · $83k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL250 jobs · $63k median
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL210 jobs · $61k median
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA200 jobs · $74k median
- Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL150 jobs · $61k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD120 jobs
Explore the rankings
Explore Geriatric Care Managers interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.