What senior care costs in every state (2026)
Nursing home, assisted living and in-home care costs for all fifty states, side by side. Sort by any column, or type a state; pick one for the full breakdown.
| Alabama | $27 | $4,425 | $8,334 |
| Alaska | $38 | $9,882 | $27,831 |
| Arizona | $38 | $6,250 | $8,365 |
| Arkansas | $25 | $4,637 | $7,452 |
| California | $40 | $7,000 | $12,167 |
| Colorado | $42 | $6,584 | $10,159 |
| Connecticut | $36 | $9,118 | $15,208 |
| Delaware | $35 | $7,600 | $14,494 |
| Florida | $32 | $5,610 | $10,342 |
| Georgia | $32 | $5,300 | $8,821 |
| Hawaii | $41 | $12,096 | $15,473 |
| Idaho | $39 | $5,175 | $10,494 |
| Illinois | $36 | $6,219 | $8,304 |
| Indiana | $35 | $5,639 | $8,943 |
| Iowa | $41 | $5,381 | $9,277 |
| Kansas | $34 | $5,975 | $8,669 |
| Kentucky | $33 | $5,528 | $9,718 |
| Louisiana | $26 | $5,163 | $7,604 |
| Maine | $45 | $8,205 | $13,976 |
| Maryland | $35 | $7,173 | $12,927 |
| Massachusetts | $40 | $9,600 | $14,448 |
| Michigan | $35 | $5,818 | $11,254 |
| Minnesota | $44 | $6,573 | $10,646 |
| Mississippi | $24 | $4,369 | $9,581 |
| Missouri | $33 | $5,400 | $6,741 |
| Montana | $38 | $6,075 | $8,973 |
| Nebraska | $36 | $6,350 | $8,377 |
| Nevada | $37 | $6,241 | $11,786 |
| New Hampshire | $40 | $8,025 | $12,243 |
| New Jersey | $38 | $8,710 | $12,775 |
| New Mexico | $30 | $5,950 | $9,125 |
| New York | $35 | $7,110 | $15,528 |
| North Carolina | $30 | $6,496 | $9,733 |
| North Dakota | $34 | $4,729 | $11,528 |
| Ohio | $34 | $6,103 | $9,186 |
| Oklahoma | $33 | $6,150 | $7,026 |
| Oregon | $40 | $6,875 | $16,760 |
| Pennsylvania | $34 | $6,480 | $11,954 |
| Rhode Island | $40 | $7,781 | $12,106 |
| South Carolina | $31 | $5,350 | $9,034 |
| South Dakota | $44 | $4,900 | $9,444 |
| Tennessee | $31 | $5,845 | $9,429 |
| Texas | $30 | $5,666 | $5,627 |
| Utah | $39 | $5,475 | $8,669 |
| Vermont | $45 | $8,597 | $14,113 |
| Virginia | $35 | $6,945 | $10,250 |
| Washington | $45 | $7,600 | $13,155 |
| West Virginia | $30 | $6,340 | $12,836 |
| Wisconsin | $36 | $6,540 | $10,646 |
| Wyoming | $46 | $5,325 | $9,916 |
Source: CareScout Cost of Care Survey 2025 (surveyed July–November 2025), state medians. In-home care is the hourly rate for a non-medical caregiver; nursing home is a semi-private room. Local prices vary.
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How much does assisted living cost per month?
The national median is $6,200 a month (CareScout Cost of Care Survey 2025). State medians run from $4,369 in Mississippi to $12,096 in Hawaii. That is the base rate; level-of-care fees for medication management or bathing help are often added on top, so ask for the full fee schedule.
How much does in-home care cost per hour?
The national median for a non-medical in-home caregiver is $35 an hour, which works out to roughly $3,050 a month at 20 hours a week. State medians run from $24 in Mississippi to $46 in Wyoming. What home care costs breaks the hourly rate into monthly totals and lists every state.
What does a nursing home cost per month?
The national median for a semi-private room is $9,581 a month; private rooms run higher. State medians run from $5,627 in Texas to $27,831 in Alaska, the widest spread of any care level.
Does Medicare pay for assisted living or a nursing home?
Not for long-term care. Medicare does not pay for assisted living, and it pays for a nursing home only as short-term skilled care after a qualifying hospital stay: up to 100 days, with a daily coinsurance after day 20. Ongoing custodial care is paid by the family, by long-term care insurance, by VA benefits for some veterans, or by Medicaid once assets are spent down. How to pay for care and Medicaid basics walk through each path.
Why is Washington, DC not listed?
The 2025 survey does not publish DC-level tables, and we only publish figures we can verify against the source. For a DC ZIP code the assessment shows national medians and says so.
Where do these figures come from?
Every figure is a state or national median from the CareScout Cost of Care Survey 2025 (surveyed July to November 2025), or arithmetic on one, such as the 20-hours-a-week monthly total. Memory care is not a surveyed category, so the state pages show it only as a labeled estimate of 20 to 25 percent above assisted living.
Source: CareScout Cost of Care Survey 2025 (surveyed July–November 2025), state median figures, from the most recent full cost-of-care survey published. Local prices vary. Memory care isn’t a surveyed category; state pages show a labeled estimate (20–25% above assisted living).