Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023
39-4021 Funeral Attendants
Perform a variety of tasks during funeral, such as placing casket in parlor or chapel prior to service, arranging floral offerings or lights around casket, directing or escorting mourners, closing casket, and issuing and storing funeral equipment.
National estimates for Funeral Attendants
Industry profile for Funeral Attendants
Geographic profile for Funeral Attendants
National estimates for Funeral Attendants:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Funeral Attendants:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 32,620 |
1.8 % |
$ 16.92 |
$ 35,200 |
0.8 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Funeral Attendants:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$ 11.60 |
$ 13.86 |
$ 16.27 |
$ 18.32 |
$ 22.39 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 24,120 |
$ 28,820 |
$ 33,850 |
$ 38,110 |
$ 46,580 |
Industry profile for Funeral Attendants:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Funeral Attendants are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in Funeral Attendants, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in Funeral Attendants:
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Funeral Attendants:
Top paying industries for Funeral Attendants:
Geographic profile for Funeral Attendants:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Funeral Attendants are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in Funeral Attendants, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in Funeral Attendants:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Texas |
2,300 |
0.17 |
0.79 |
$ 13.96 |
$ 29,040 |
| Florida |
1,860 |
0.19 |
0.90 |
$ 15.81 |
$ 32,880 |
| California |
1,860 |
0.10 |
0.48 |
$ 20.30 |
$ 42,220 |
| Pennsylvania |
1,780 |
0.30 |
1.39 |
$ 17.27 |
$ 35,920 |
| North Carolina |
1,550 |
0.32 |
1.51 |
$ 18.89 |
$ 39,290 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Funeral Attendants:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| West Virginia |
440 |
0.64 |
2.98 |
$ 14.90 |
$ 31,000 |
| South Carolina |
1,060 |
0.48 |
2.21 |
$ 14.14 |
$ 29,420 |
| Oklahoma |
730 |
0.44 |
2.04 |
$ 15.66 |
$ 32,560 |
| South Dakota |
190 |
0.43 |
1.99 |
$ 15.93 |
$ 33,140 |
| Indiana |
1,210 |
0.38 |
1.78 |
$ 15.71 |
$ 32,680 |
Top paying states for Funeral Attendants:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New Hampshire |
70 |
0.10 |
0.49 |
$ 28.94 |
$ 60,190 |
| New Jersey |
720 |
0.17 |
0.80 |
$ 22.20 |
$ 46,180 |
| Massachusetts |
820 |
0.23 |
1.05 |
$ 21.50 |
$ 44,710 |
| Connecticut |
460 |
0.28 |
1.29 |
$ 20.72 |
$ 43,090 |
| Delaware |
160 |
0.34 |
1.59 |
$ 20.64 |
$ 42,920 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Funeral Attendants:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
1,270 |
0.13 |
0.62 |
$ 22.03 |
$ 45,820 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
830 |
0.18 |
0.85 |
$ 17.81 |
$ 37,040 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
760 |
0.12 |
0.57 |
$ 20.06 |
$ 41,730 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA |
570 |
0.20 |
0.95 |
$ 16.10 |
$ 33,480 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI |
560 |
0.30 |
1.38 |
$ 16.33 |
$ 33,960 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
540 |
0.19 |
0.88 |
$ 19.42 |
$ 40,400 |
| Houston-The Woodlands-Sugar Land, TX |
500 |
0.16 |
0.74 |
$ 13.92 |
$ 28,950 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
500 |
0.18 |
0.85 |
$ 22.82 |
$ 47,460 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX |
470 |
0.12 |
0.55 |
$ 14.52 |
$ 30,210 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL |
450 |
0.17 |
0.77 |
$ 16.52 |
$ 34,370 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Funeral Attendants:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Parkersburg-Vienna, WV |
70 |
1.85 |
8.60 |
$ 13.83 |
$ 28,760 |
| Cumberland, MD-WV |
40 |
1.04 |
4.84 |
$ 16.22 |
$ 33,740 |
| Saginaw, MI |
80 |
1.02 |
4.73 |
$ 15.60 |
$ 32,450 |
| Roanoke, VA |
140 |
0.93 |
4.35 |
$ 14.39 |
$ 29,940 |
| Monroe, MI |
40 |
0.92 |
4.29 |
$ 15.78 |
$ 32,820 |
| Lynchburg, VA |
90 |
0.88 |
4.09 |
$ 15.23 |
$ 31,670 |
| Johnson City, TN |
60 |
0.78 |
3.64 |
$ 15.00 |
$ 31,200 |
| Terre Haute, IN |
50 |
0.78 |
3.62 |
$ 15.14 |
$ 31,500 |
| Florence, SC |
70 |
0.77 |
3.58 |
$ 13.23 |
$ 27,510 |
| Waterbury, CT |
50 |
0.73 |
3.38 |
$ 20.20 |
$ 42,010 |
Top paying metropolitan areas for Funeral Attendants:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
70 |
0.06 |
0.30 |
$ 23.64 |
$ 49,170 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
500 |
0.18 |
0.85 |
$ 22.82 |
$ 47,460 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
190 |
0.08 |
0.37 |
$ 22.77 |
$ 47,360 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
1,270 |
0.13 |
0.62 |
$ 22.03 |
$ 45,820 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT |
90 |
0.23 |
1.07 |
$ 21.87 |
$ 45,480 |
| Trenton, NJ |
30 |
0.14 |
0.66 |
$ 21.01 |
$ 43,690 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT |
160 |
0.29 |
1.34 |
$ 20.67 |
$ 43,000 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI |
150 |
0.08 |
0.36 |
$ 20.60 |
$ 42,850 |
| Waterbury, CT |
50 |
0.73 |
3.38 |
$ 20.20 |
$ 42,010 |
| Modesto, CA |
40 |
0.19 |
0.87 |
$ 20.09 |
$ 41,780 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Funeral Attendants:
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Funeral Attendants:
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Funeral Attendants:
About May 2023 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.
The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.
The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall.
The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
More about percentile wages.
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(7) The value is less than .005 percent of industry employment.
(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration.
A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
Other OEWS estimates and related information:
May 2023 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 Occupation Profiles
Technical Notes
Last Modified Date: April 3, 2024
United States Department of Labor
