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Direct support professional pay at Merakey

Merakey posts for direct support professionals, a median of across 6 open jobs that state their pay, $0.49 above the other employers post. Read from Merakey's own job board.

The jobs themselves: Merakey jobs · Direct support professional pay nationwide · About Merakey

What direct support professionals are paid at Merakey

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Median $19.99 an hour. Middle half $17.47 to $24.12. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted hourly rates of 6 open jobs at Merakey. Lowest posted $16, highest $30.

Posted on open jobs at Merakey

$17.47–$24.12/hr

Middle half of the employer's 6 distinct posted rates, median $19.99. 23% of the 26 open direct support professional jobs at Merakey state an hourly rate.

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Every range Merakey posts

Each distinct hourly range on its open jobs, with how many jobs post it. Pay differs by unit, shift and experience.

Merakey direct support professional pay by state

StateMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
California$25$18.50–$303
Pennsylvania$17.13$16–$21.483

A state's name opens what every employer posts for direct support professionals there, when enough do.

Against other employers

Merakey's own jobs beside every other employer's rates for direct support professionals (each of their advertised ranges once).

Merakey

$19.99/hr median

Middle half $17.47–$24.12, from 6 jobs stating pay.

321 other employers

$19.50/hr median

Middle half $18–$21, from 2,122 jobs stating pay.

Best-paid open direct support professional jobs at Merakey

Its open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight.

Direct support professional pay at Merakey: common questions

How much does Merakey pay direct support professionals?

Merakey's open direct support professional jobs post $16–$30 an hour, a median of $19.99 over 6 jobs that state pay (each job counted once). Full time that is about $41,600 a year. Postings state a base rate, usually before shift differentials and bonuses.

Does Merakey pay direct support professionals more than other employers?

Its posted median ($19.99) is $0.49 above the median of 321 other employers' rates for direct support professionals ($19.50, middle half $18–$21). Pay differs by state, so compare within a state where the state table allows.

Where does Merakey pay direct support professionals the most?

By the median of its jobs in each state: California ($25, 3 jobs) and Pennsylvania ($17.13, 3 jobs).

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 6 of 26 open direct support professional jobs at Merakey (23%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint, every job of the employer counted once. The other employers' figures count each of their advertised ranges once. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. An employer has a page while it states a rate on at least 5 open jobs in the occupation. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 5 Nov 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Direct support professional pay at Merakey. Data as of 5 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/direct-support-professional/merakey

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