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2026 state record

Senior Care Costs in Michigan

This state cut compares published Michigan medians with the national aggregate. Every state number comes from a real, published cost record in our database. Missing cells stay missing.

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Michigan compared with national medians

Care type cost comparison (2025)
Care typeMichiganNational
In-Home Care$6,626/mo$6,769/mo
Home Health Care$6,626/mo$6,769/mo
Assisted Living$5,818/mo$6,230/mo
Memory Care$7,273/mo$7,788/mo
Independent Living
Nursing Homes$11,254/mo$10,205/mo
Adult Day Care$3,250/mo$2,058/mo
Continuing Care Retirement Communities (CCRC)

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A dash means the underlying source can't support that figure for this area. We leave the cell empty rather than estimate around it.

Monthly cost math for Michigan

Cost conversions from published monthly medians
Care typeMonthlyAnnualDailyImplied hourly at 44 hrs/wk
In-Home Care$6,626/mo$79,512/yr$218/day$35/hr
Home Health Care$6,626/mo$79,512/yr$218/day$35/hr

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In-home agency rate and caregiver wage

National in-home agency rate and caregiver wage comparison
MeasureHourly amount
Agency rate, implied at 44 hours per week$35/hr
BLS caregiver median wage, SOC 31-1120$17/hr
Agency rate minus caregiver wage$18/hr

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Sources and limits

No state trend is calculated. The national 2020 to 2024 comparison is not a Michigan year-over-year change.

Source: genworth-carescout-cost-of-care-survey:2025 · Updated 2025Source: bls-oews-msa:31-1120:2025-05 · Updated 2025Source: memory-care-premium-band:industry-20-30pct · Updated 2025

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Cite this: According to The ElderCareCosts 2026 Cost of Senior Care Index, published Michigan senior care medians for 2025 cover 6 care types.

APA: ElderCareCosts Research. (2026). The ElderCareCosts 2026 Cost of Senior Care Index: Michigan (2025). ElderCareCosts. Retrieved September 17, 2026, from https://www.eldercarecosts.com/cost-of-care/2026-index/michigan/

Chicago: ElderCareCosts Research. "The ElderCareCosts 2026 Cost of Senior Care Index: Michigan (2025)." ElderCareCosts. Last modified August 10, 2026. Accessed September 17, 2026. https://www.eldercarecosts.com/cost-of-care/2026-index/michigan/.

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