Funeral Home Managers salary

SOC 11-9171 · BLS OEWS May 2025

Median

$78,790

per year, nationally

Middle half

$61,890–$103,940

25th to 75th percentile

Employed

13,910

in the U.S.

Growth 2024–34

+4.1%

2,600 openings/yr

What the range looks like

A single median hides most of what a job pays. The bar below is the full national range: the wash spans the 10th to 90th percentile, the solid bar is the middle half, and the tick is the median.

$49,700$156,400

10th: $49,700
25th: $61,890
Median: $78,790
75th: $103,940
90th: $156,400

Getting in

Typical education to enter: Associate's degree
Related work experience: Less than 5 years
On-the-job training: None

Entry requirements describe what is typical, not mandatory. Source: BLS Employment Projections, 2024–34.

Where funeral home managers earn the most

Nominal pay and pay adjusted for local prices rank states differently — a high-wage state with high costs can be worse off in real terms than a middling one. Switch between the two below.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	State	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	Rhode Island	$122,150	102.3	120	2.64×
2	Pennsylvania	$104,400	97.6	560	1.03×
3	New York	$103,530	107.9	820	0.95×
4	Connecticut	$102,810	103.6	90	0.62×
5	Washington	$102,540	107.0	80	0.24×
6	New Jersey	$101,520	108.8	420	1.09×
7	South Dakota	$100,880	88.6	70	1.60×
8	Maryland	$100,670	105.0	260	1.03×
9	Ohio	$99,440	92.8	420	0.84×
10	Montana	$84,900	94.6	50	1.01×
11	New Hampshire	$83,200	104.2	60	1.01×
12	New Mexico	$82,850	92.2	60	0.78×
13	Utah	$82,510	98.9	160	1.05×
14	California	$82,370	110.7	760	0.46×
15	Louisiana	$81,930	88.2	190	1.11×
16	Virginia	$81,700	101.1	310	0.86×
17	Iowa	$81,220	87.8	210	1.49×
18	Massachusetts	$80,790	105.8	280	0.88×
19	North Carolina	$80,730	94.3	460	1.04×
20	Oregon	$80,350	103.4	90	0.52×
21	Minnesota	$79,900	98.6	500	1.90×
22	Wisconsin	$79,560	94.1	440	1.67×
23	Georgia	$79,010	96.3	420	0.97×
24	Nebraska	$78,590	90.1	110	1.18×
25	Tennessee	$78,130	91.9	430	1.45×
26	Indiana	$77,910	93.3	300	1.04×
27	South Carolina	$77,400	93.7	220	1.08×
28	Michigan	$77,140	96.2	430	1.08×
29	Maine	$76,020	97.0	60	0.97×
30	Florida	$72,180	103.4	1,050	1.19×
31	West Virginia	$71,990	89.5	150	2.36×
32	North Dakota	$68,080	89.0	40	0.95×
33	Texas	$67,740	97.1	1,230	0.98×
34	Missouri	$66,670	90.8	560	2.12×
35	Oklahoma	$64,440	87.8	200	1.28×
36	Mississippi	$63,390	87.0	140	1.36×
37	Alabama	$63,010	88.8	490	2.61×
38	Kansas	$61,890	90.1	130	1.03×
39	Hawaii	$61,440	110.0	90	1.66×
40	Arizona	$61,420	100.7	200	0.70×
41	Nevada	$60,750	100.0	100	0.69×
42	Arkansas	$60,260	86.9	230	1.95×
43	Kentucky	$47,040	90.2	400	2.21×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. States where funeral home managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

Best paying metro areas for funeral home managers

The 40 highest-paying metros with a published estimate. BLS suppresses roughly half of all occupation-by-metro cells, so a metro absent here has no local figure rather than a low one.

The median wage as published, before local prices are taken into account.

#	Metro area	Median	Cost of living	Employed	Concentrationvs. national
1	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$113,620	112.6	730	0.85×
2	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$110,130	100.0	40	1.08×
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$107,820	111.1	40	0.19×
4	Pittsburgh, PA	$105,930	94.7	140	1.43×
5	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$102,490	101.8	150	2.34×
6	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$101,770	108.9	120	0.42×
7	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$101,220	102.6	220	0.84×
8	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$100,860	96.3	100	0.98×
9	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$99,760	104.5	140	1.16×
10	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$97,710	95.8	40	0.88×
11	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$97,440	102.7	30	0.60×
12	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$96,480	110.4	30	0.33×
13	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$94,060	115.6	90	0.43×
14	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$90,410	91.7	30	0.90×
15	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$86,970	100.9	70	0.93×
16	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$85,200	100.1	180	0.70×
17	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$83,960	105.4	40	0.36×
18	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$83,450	104.8	220	1.25×
19	Omaha, NE-IA	$83,280	91.9	40	0.79×
20	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$82,870	95.7	80	0.80×
21	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$82,700	111.9	60	0.44×
22	Ogden, UT	$82,560	100.3	40	1.54×
23	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$82,420	106.7	40	0.42×
24	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$82,370	113.6	270	0.49×
25	Madison, WI	$82,230	97.3	40	1.05×
26	Asheville, NC	$82,200	96.5	30	2.12×
27	Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	$81,820	97.3	80	0.68×
28	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$81,400	96.9	100	1.32×
29	Memphis, TN-MS-AR	$81,230	92.2	50	0.98×
30	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$80,790	108.3	180	0.76×
31	Richmond, VA	$80,450	97.9	40	0.68×
32	Chattanooga, TN-GA	$80,280	91.5	40	1.67×
33	Winston-Salem, NC	$80,270	92.0	30	1.43×
34	Port St. Lucie, FL	$79,150	100.2	30	2.25×
35	Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC	$78,940	97.9	50	0.73×
36	Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	$78,860	100.3	160	0.96×
37	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$78,740	106.4	70	0.43×
38	Oklahoma City, OK	$77,850	90.4	60	1.02×
39	Greensboro-High Point, NC	$77,680	92.9	30	1.03×
40	Jacksonville, FL	$77,100	99.5	70	1.01×

Cost of living is the BEA regional price parity for all items, where 100 is the national average. Concentration is the BLS location quotient: how much more of the local workforce does this job than the national average, so 2.00× means twice the national share. It is often the reason wages differ — a place that concentrates an occupation has the employers and the competition for it. Metro areas where funeral home managers wages are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality are omitted.

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Other jobs in the same field, with what each pays nationally.

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