Business & Finance
Funeral Home Managers
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.
Median salary (BLS)
$78,790
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$50k – $156k
Job outlook
+4% (faster than average)
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $112,000 ten years after starting college — an early-career figure, vs. the all-experience BLS median above. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard.
Plan a path to Funeral Home Managers
Education
Typical entry: Associate degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Funeral Home Managers
Entry / Junior
$49,700
~2 yrs to advance
Funeral Home Managers
Established
$78,790
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Funeral Home Managers
Senior
$117,595
Key skills
A typical day
- •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.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Business & Finance
Explore all- University of Pennsylvania6% admit · $112,000 grad pay
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
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