It is an object to provide a method for manufacturing a coil-embedded dust core with a small variation in inductance value with efficiency and the like. A step (a) of charging soft magnetic metal powder including an insulating material, composing a green body 10, so as to cover a coil 1, and a step (b) of compacting the soft magnetic metal powder covering the coil 1 in an axial direction of the coil 1 are included, and in the step (b), the soft magnetic metal powder is compacted while an amount of the soft metal powder charged into the part corresponding to the winding section is kept smaller than an amount of the soft magnetic metal powder charged into the other part that are not corresponding to the winding section, with an upper surface or a lower surface of the winding section as a reference. Thereby, a coil-embedded dust core with entirely uniform density can be obtained, and according to the coil-embedded dust core with entirely uniform density, a variation in inductance value is reduced and it becomes possible to obtain a predetermined inductance value with stability.