Nursing Home Administrator Salary & Pay Data
BLS OEWS May 2025 · Closest available occupation: SOC 11-9111 Medical and Health Services Managers
Closest available: BLS does not report licensed nursing home administrators separately.
This is medical and health services managers across all of healthcare (11-9111), hospital executives included.
The figure shown is the median for all medical and health services managers (SOC 11-9111): $123,860 a year ($59.55 an hour) in May 2025.
It is a labelled benchmark, not nursing home administrator pay.
Annual figures are BLS hourly wages × 2,080 hours. OEWS covers wage-and-salary workers only, so it leaves out the self-employed, workers employed directly by private households (such as caregivers hired by families), overtime pay and most bonuses.
What the BLS figure covers
These are BLS figures for every worker in SOC 11-9111 Medical and Health Services Managers, the closest available occupation, shown only as a benchmark.
BLS publishes no separate series or percentiles for nursing home administrators, so this page does not show a percentile table for the role.
Pay by employer type
National median for all medical and health services managers (SOC 11-9111) by the industry of the employer, BLS OEWS May 2025 industry estimates.
BLS publishes no setting split for nursing home administrators alone; these rows are for the whole occupation, the closest available.
| Employer industry | Median | Hourly | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing) | $105,550 | $50.74 | 30,930 |
| Home health care services | $101,830 | $48.96 | 30,360 |
| Assisted living and continuing care retirement communities | $92,340 | $44.39 | 15,760 |
| Services for the elderly and persons with disabilities | $84,640 | $40.69 | 6,500 |
Selected senior care and health care industries only; the national figure above covers every industry.