Last verified: October 2026
How much does senior care cost in Pennsylvania in 2025?
CareScout's 2025 Cost of Care Survey, released March 2, 2026, puts Pennsylvania's medians at $76,218 a year ($6,352 a month) for an assisted living community, $77,792 a year for a non-medical home caregiver at 44 hours a week, $30,420 a year for adult day health care, and $143,445 and $164,250 a year for a semi-private and private nursing home room.
| Care type | PA annual median | About per month | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assisted living community | $76,218 | $6,352 | up 4% from 2024; national $74,400 |
| Home care, non-medical (44 hrs/week) | $77,792 | $6,483 | about $34/hour; national $80,080 |
| Adult day health care | $30,420 | $2,535 | national $24,700 |
| Nursing home, semi-private room | $143,445 | $11,954 | about $393/day; national $114,975 |
| Nursing home, private room | $164,250 | $13,688 | about $450/day; national $129,575 |
Sources: CareScout 2025 Pennsylvania release.
Is there a Pittsburgh-specific cost figure?
No. CareScout's 2025 release reports Pennsylvania statewide medians only, and no other primary source publishes a Pittsburgh or Allegheny County median, so we do not print one; local prices for a given home come only from that home's written fee schedule.
Be wary of any site quoting a precise “average cost of assisted living in Pittsburgh” without naming a survey and year.
What does memory care cost in Pennsylvania?
No primary source publishes a memory-care median for Pennsylvania: CareScout does not survey memory care as a separate category, so any figure you see is an estimate or a single home's price.
What we can say from the DHS roster is where secured units are: 71 Pittsburgh-area homes hold one. Get each home's secured-unit rate in writing.
How do Pennsylvania costs compare with the national medians?
Pennsylvania runs close to the national median for assisted living ($76,218 vs. $74,400) and slightly below it for non-medical home care ($77,792 vs. $80,080), but well above it for nursing homes, where a semi-private room costs $143,445 a year against $114,975 nationally.
That nursing home gap is one reason Medical Assistance planning matters so much for Pennsylvania families facing a long stay.
How fast are Pennsylvania care costs rising?
CareScout's 2025 survey shows Pennsylvania's assisted living median up 4% from 2024, non-medical home care up 3%, and nursing home rates up 1% for a semi-private room and 6% for a private room; budget for annual increases of that order when planning a multi-year stay.
A CareScout median: what it is and is not
| It is | It is not | |
|---|---|---|
| Geography | Pennsylvania statewide | a Pittsburgh price |
| Year | 2025 survey, released March 2026 | this month's rate |
| Memory care | not surveyed | a published median |
| Use | a budgeting benchmark | a quote from a home |
