diff --git a/.changeset/twelve-hotels-march.md b/.changeset/twelve-hotels-march.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..bec7983ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/twelve-hotels-march.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+"livekit-agents": patch
+---
+
+Add memory to load calc. The default load calc now returns the maximum of the memory usage and CPU usage.
diff --git a/livekit-agents/livekit/agents/utils/hw/__init__.py b/livekit-agents/livekit/agents/utils/hw/__init__.py
index 0610f3748..3a1fa968a 100644
--- a/livekit-agents/livekit/agents/utils/hw/__init__.py
+++ b/livekit-agents/livekit/agents/utils/hw/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
 from .cpu import CGroupV2CPUMonitor, CPUMonitor, DefaultCPUMonitor, get_cpu_monitor
+from .memory import (
+    CGroupV2MemoryMonitor,
+    DefaultMemoryMonitor,
+    MemoryMonitor,
+    get_memory_monitor,
+)
 
-__all__ = ["get_cpu_monitor", "CPUMonitor", "CGroupV2CPUMonitor", "DefaultCPUMonitor"]
+__all__ = [
+    "get_cpu_monitor",
+    "CPUMonitor",
+    "CGroupV2CPUMonitor",
+    "DefaultCPUMonitor",
+    "get_memory_monitor",
+    "MemoryMonitor",
+    "CGroupV2MemoryMonitor",
+    "DefaultMemoryMonitor",
+]
diff --git a/livekit-agents/livekit/agents/utils/hw/memory.py b/livekit-agents/livekit/agents/utils/hw/memory.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4edb9607f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/livekit-agents/livekit/agents/utils/hw/memory.py
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+import os
+from abc import ABC, abstractmethod
+
+import psutil
+
+
+class MemoryMonitor(ABC):
+    @abstractmethod
+    def memory_total(self) -> int:
+        """Total memory available in bytes."""
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def memory_used(self) -> int:
+        """Memory currently in use in bytes."""
+        pass
+
+    @abstractmethod
+    def memory_percent(self) -> float:
+        """Memory usage percentage between 0 and 1"""
+        pass
+
+
+class DefaultMemoryMonitor(MemoryMonitor):
+    def memory_total(self) -> int:
+        return psutil.virtual_memory().total
+
+    def memory_used(self) -> int:
+        return psutil.virtual_memory().used
+
+    def memory_percent(self) -> float:
+        return psutil.virtual_memory().percent / 100.0
+
+
+class CGroupV2MemoryMonitor(MemoryMonitor):
+    def memory_total(self) -> int:
+        try:
+            with open("/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.max", "r") as f:
+                max_memory = f.read().strip()
+                if max_memory == "max":
+                    return psutil.virtual_memory().total
+                return int(max_memory)
+        except FileNotFoundError:
+            return psutil.virtual_memory().total
+
+    def memory_used(self) -> int:
+        with open("/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.current", "r") as f:
+            return int(f.read().strip())
+
+    def memory_percent(self) -> float:
+        used = self.memory_used()
+        total = self.memory_total()
+        return min(used / total, 1.0)
+
+
+def get_memory_monitor() -> MemoryMonitor:
+    if _is_cgroup_v2():
+        return CGroupV2MemoryMonitor()
+    return DefaultMemoryMonitor()
+
+
+def _is_cgroup_v2() -> bool:
+    return os.path.exists("/sys/fs/cgroup/memory.current")
diff --git a/livekit-agents/livekit/agents/worker.py b/livekit-agents/livekit/agents/worker.py
index 4708a34d3..85f4396c7 100644
--- a/livekit-agents/livekit/agents/worker.py
+++ b/livekit-agents/livekit/agents/worker.py
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
     RunningJobInfo,
 )
 from .log import DEV_LEVEL, logger
-from .utils.hw import get_cpu_monitor
+from .utils.hw import get_cpu_monitor, get_memory_monitor
 from .version import __version__
 
 ASSIGNMENT_TIMEOUT = 7.5
@@ -77,8 +77,11 @@ class _DefaultLoadCalc:
     _instance = None
 
     def __init__(self) -> None:
-        self._m_avg = utils.MovingAverage(5)  # avg over 2.5
+        # Take average reading over 2.5s of CPU and memory
+        self._m_avg_cpu = utils.MovingAverage(5)
+        self._m_avg_mem = utils.MovingAverage(5)
         self._cpu_monitor = get_cpu_monitor()
+        self._mem_monitor = get_memory_monitor()
         self._thread = threading.Thread(
             target=self._calc_load, daemon=True, name="worker_cpu_load_monitor"
         )
@@ -88,19 +91,21 @@ def __init__(self) -> None:
     def _calc_load(self) -> None:
         while True:
             cpu_p = self._cpu_monitor.cpu_percent(interval=0.5)
+            mem_p = self._mem_monitor.memory_percent()
             with self._lock:
-                self._m_avg.add_sample(cpu_p)
+                self._m_avg_cpu.add_sample(cpu_p)
+                self._m_avg_mem.add_sample(mem_p)
 
-    def _get_avg(self) -> float:
+    def _get_avgs(self) -> tuple[float, float]:
         with self._lock:
-            return self._m_avg.get_avg()
+            return self._m_avg_cpu.get_avg(), self._m_avg_mem.get_avg()
 
     @classmethod
     def get_load(cls, worker: Worker) -> float:
         if cls._instance is None:
             cls._instance = _DefaultLoadCalc()
 
-        return cls._instance._m_avg.get_avg()
+        return max(*cls._instance._get_avgs())
 
 
 @dataclass