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title: "Funeral Home Manager"
description: "Plan, direct, or coordinate the services or resources of funeral homes. Includes activities such as determining prices for services or merchandise and…"
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last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z"
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# Funeral Home Manager

**Category:** Management · **SOC code:** 11-9171 · **O\*NET-SOC code:** 11-9171.00

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.

Also advertised as: Arranging Funeral Director; Funeral Director; Funeral Home Location Manager; Funeral Home Manager; Funeral Home Owner; Funeral Service Manager; Licensed Funeral Director; Location Manager.

## At a glance

- **Median annual wage:** $78,790 (BLS OEWS, May 2025)
- **Median hourly wage:** $37.88/hr
- **Wage range (10th–90th percentile):** $49,700 to $156,400, with the middle half between $61,890 and $103,940
- **Total US employment:** 13,910
- **Typical entry education:** Associate's
- **Preparation required:** Some preparation — O\*NET rates this "Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed"
- **Projected growth:** +4.1% over 2025–2035 (BLS EP, 2025–2035)
- **Annual job openings:** 2,600 openings a year
- **AI-resilience score:** 59/100 — a NueCareer heuristic over O\*NET work activities and context, not a BLS or O\*NET figure

## Pay

National wage distribution, BLS OEWS, May 2025, across 13,910 US jobs.

| Percentile | Annual wage |
| --- | --- |
| 10th | $49,700 |
| 25th | $61,890 |
| 50th (median) | $78,790 |
| 75th | $103,940 |
| 90th | $156,400 |
| Mean (average) | $92,840 |

### Pay by state

The 15 highest-paying states, by median annual wage. The cost-of-living-adjusted column divides the state median by that state's BEA Regional Price Parity, so the columns answer different questions: the first is what the job pays there, the second is what that pay buys there.

| State | Median annual wage | Cost-of-living adjusted | Employment |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RI | $122,150 | $119,427 | 120 |
| PA | $104,400 | $106,998 | 560 |
| NY | $103,530 | $95,931 | 820 |
| CT | $102,810 | $99,228 | 90 |
| WA | $102,540 | $95,820 | 80 |
| NJ | $101,520 | $93,305 | 420 |
| SD | $100,880 | $113,878 | 70 |
| MD | $100,670 | $95,914 | 260 |
| OH | $99,440 | $107,185 | 420 |
| MT | $84,900 | $89,704 | 50 |
| NH | $83,200 | $79,873 | 60 |
| NM | $82,850 | $89,847 | 60 |
| UT | $82,510 | $83,458 | 160 |
| CA | $82,370 | $74,395 | 760 |
| LA | $81,930 | $92,884 | 190 |

28 more states with published wage data are omitted here. The full table for all 43 states is at https://nuecareer.com/careers/funeral-home-manager/salary-by-state, or as JSON at https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/funeral-home-manager.

## Outlook

BLS projects employment to move from 34,800 in the 2025–2035 base year to 36,200 by the end of the cycle — a gain of 1,400 jobs, or +4.1%. About as fast as average: 4.1% against 3.5% projected for all occupations over the same cycle. About 2,600 openings a year are expected on average, counting openings from growth as well as from workers leaving the occupation permanently. Source: BLS EP, 2025–2035.

## How to get in

- **Typical entry education:** Associate's degree (BLS Employment Projections).
- **Preparation level:** Some preparation — O\*NET's preparation band for this occupation is "Job Zone Three: Medium Preparation Needed".
- **Related work experience typically required:** Less than 5 years.
- **Typical on-the-job training:** None.

### Education people in this job actually hold

O\*NET surveys incumbents, so this distribution describes who is in the job today and can differ from the BLS entry requirement above.

| Education level | Share of workers |
| --- | --- |
| Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree | 49.9% |
| High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) | 25.5% |
| Post-Secondary Certificate | 14.6% |
| Post-Baccalaureate Certificate | 5.3% |
| Some College Courses | 3.5% |
| Bachelor's Degree | 1.2% |

## What the work involves

- Consult with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details, such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, or plans for services.
- Offer counsel and comfort to families and friends of the deceased.
- Complete and maintain records, such as state-required documents, tracking documents, or product inventories.
- Sell funeral services, products, or merchandise to clients.
- Respond to customer complaints, legal inquiries, payment negotiations, or other post-service matters.
- Monitor funeral service operations to ensure that they comply with applicable policies, regulations, and laws.
- Direct or monitor administrative, support, repair, or maintenance services for funeral homes.
- Schedule funerals, burials, or cremations.

## Skills and knowledge

### Essential skills

- Active Listening — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Reading Comprehension — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Speaking — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Critical Thinking — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Monitoring — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Writing — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Active Learning — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Learning Strategies — importance 2.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Transferable skills

These are the skills that carry into other occupations, and they drive the related-occupation and career-change rankings on this site.

- Service Orientation — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Social Perceptiveness — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Time Management — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Judgment and Decision Making — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Management of Personnel Resources — importance 3.5 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Coordination — importance 3.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Complex Problem Solving — importance 3.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Persuasion — importance 3.1 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Knowledge areas

- Customer and Personal Service — importance 4.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administration and Management — importance 4.4 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- English Language — importance 4.3 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Administrative — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Economics and Accounting — importance 3.7 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Sales and Marketing — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

### Abilities

- Oral Comprehension — importance 4.0 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Comprehension — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Oral Expression — importance 3.9 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Written Expression — importance 3.8 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Problem Sensitivity — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale
- Near Vision — importance 3.6 on the O\*NET 1–5 importance scale

## Who it suits

O\*NET rates every occupation on the six Holland (RIASEC) interest areas, on a 1–7 scale. This occupation's strongest areas are Enterprising (E), Conventional (C), Social (S).

| Interest area | Score (1–7) |
| --- | --- |
| E — Enterprising | 6.38 |
| C — Conventional | 4.56 |
| S — Social | 4.35 |
| R — Realistic | 2.81 |
| I — Investigative | 2.32 |
| A — Artistic | 1.89 |

### Personality fit

These scores are **derived by NueCareer**, not published by any government agency: they are cosine similarities between a personality type's trait profile and this occupation's O\*NET interest and work-style ratings, expressed 0–100. Treat them as a starting point for exploration, not as evidence that a type belongs in a job.

| Type | Fit score (0–100) |
| --- | --- |
| ESFJ | 82.0 |
| ESTJ | 76.1 |
| ESFP | 67.1 |
| ENFJ | 66.9 |
| ENTJ | 61.9 |

Best-fitting types: ESFJ.

## Related occupations

O\*NET's primary related occupations, in its own ranked order.

- [Mortician, Undertaker, and Funeral Arranger](https://nuecareer.com/careers/mortician-undertaker-and-funeral-arranger) — median $55,010
- [Funeral Attendant](https://nuecareer.com/careers/funeral-attendant) — median $35,680
- [Crematory Operator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/crematory-operator) — median $43,650
- [Social and Community Service Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/social-and-community-service-manager) — median $80,390
- [Embalmer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/embalmer) — median $58,780
- [Administrative Services Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/administrative-services-manager) — median $114,130
- [First-Line Supervisor of Personal Service Workers](https://nuecareer.com/careers/first-line-supervisor-of-personal-service-workers) — median $48,590
- [Patient Representative](https://nuecareer.com/careers/patient-representative) — median $50,290
- [General and Operations Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/general-and-operations-manager) — median $105,770
- [Residential Advisor](https://nuecareer.com/careers/residential-advisor) — median $42,240

## Sources

- **O\*NET** — O\*NET 31.0 Database, August 2026. https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html
- **BLS OEWS** — BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. https://www.bls.gov/oes/
- **BLS EP** — BLS Employment Projections, Table 1.2, 2025–2035. https://www.bls.gov/emp/
- **BLS OOH** — BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2025–2035 edition. https://www.bls.gov/ooh/
- **BEA RPP** — BEA Regional Price Parities by State, 2024. https://www.bea.gov/data/prices-inflation/regional-price-parities-state-and-metro-area

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