Funeral Home Managers
US occupation · SOC 11-9171
Job titles people report: Arranging Funeral Director, Funeral Director, Funeral Home Location Manager, Funeral Home Manager, Funeral Home Owner, Funeral Service Manager, Licensed Funeral Director, Location Manager, Mortuary Operations Manager (Mortuary Ops Manager), Prearranged Funeral Sales Manager
Pay and outlook
- Median annual wage, May 2025
- $78,790
- Half earn more, half earn less
- Middle half earn
- $61,890 – $103,940
- 25th to 75th percentile
- People employed, May 2025
- 13,910
- Wage and salary jobs (OEWS)
- Projected change, 2025–35
- +4.1%
- At or above the all-jobs rate (3.5% to under 7%)
- Openings a year (projected)
- 2,600
- New jobs plus replacing people who leave
- Typical education to enter
- Associate's degree
- BLS
- All figures are for the United States as a whole. Pay varies a lot by state and city.
- Wages are for everyone working in the occupation in May 2025, at every career stage. They are not starting salaries or figures for new graduates.
- Growth and openings are BLS projections for 2025–35. They are estimates, not promises. Openings include jobs that open up when people retire or change occupation, not just new jobs.
What the work involves
Plan, direct, or coordinate the services or resources of funeral homes. Includes activities such as determining prices for services or merchandise and managing the facilities of funeral homes.
Main tasks
- Consult with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details, such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, or plans for services.
- Schedule funerals, burials, or cremations.
- Deliver death certificates to medical facilities or offices to obtain signatures from legally authorized persons.
- Offer counsel and comfort to families and friends of the deceased.
- Monitor funeral service operations to ensure that they comply with applicable policies, regulations, and laws.
- Direct and supervise work of embalmers, funeral attendants, death certificate clerks, cosmetologists, or other staff.
- Complete and maintain records, such as state-required documents, tracking documents, or product inventories.
- Sell funeral services, products, or merchandise to clients.
Description and tasks from the O*NET® 31.0 Database.
Getting in
- Typical education to enter (BLS)
- Associate's degree
- Work experience in a related job: less than 5 years
- O*NET Job Zone 3
- Medium preparation
- Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
Interests it suits
The strongest of the six O*NET interest types for this occupation, highest first. The short glosses are ours.
- Enterprising: leading, persuading and making business decisions
- Conventional: organising information, records and procedures
- Social: helping, teaching and caring for people
Fields of study that lead here
From the federal CIP–SOC crosswalk, which links 3 programmes to this occupation. A link means the programme prepares people for this kind of work. It doesn't mean the programme is required, or that it's the only route.
Fields
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Culinary, Entertainment, and Personal Services
- Funeral Service and Mortuary Science, General
- Funeral Direction/Service
- Funeral Service and Mortuary Science, Other
Related careers
Related occupations from the O*NET database, in its order.
- Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
$55,010 median · +3% projected
- Crematory Operators
$43,650 median · +3.1% projected
- Social and Community Service Managers
$80,390 median · +7.2% projected
- Embalmers
$58,780 median · +0.7% projected
- Administrative Services Managers
$114,130 median · +5.2% projected
- First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers
$48,590 median · +6.3% projected
Sources
This page includes information from the O*NET 31.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. CollegeMatcher has modified all or some of this information. USDOL/ETA has not approved, endorsed, or tested these modifications. O*NET 31.0 Database · CC BY 4.0
Changes: we show the core tasks in the O*NET database with the highest importance ratings (up to eight, in that order), the top three O*NET interest types by score, and shortened Job Zone names. Titles, descriptions and task text are unchanged.
Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Projections, typical entry education and training: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025–35. Fields of study: NCES and BLS CIP 2020–SOC 2018 Crosswalk. All public domain. OEWS · Employment Projections · CIP–SOC crosswalk