Social Services
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
Perform various tasks to arrange and direct individual funeral services, such as coordinating transportation of body to mortuary, interviewing family or other authorized person to arrange details, selecting pallbearers, aiding with the selection of officials for religious rites, and providing transportation for mourners.
Median salary (BLS)
$55,010
10th–90th percentile (BLS)
$33k – $89k
Job outlook
+3% (about average)
AI exposure
Early-career check: graduates of the matching programs below typically earn $87,000 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 Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
Education
Typical entry: Associate degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
Entry / Junior
$33,350
~2 yrs to advance
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
Established
$55,010
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
Senior
$71,815
Key skills
A typical day
- •Oversee the preparation and care of the remains of people who have died.
- •Obtain information needed to complete legal documents, such as death certificates or burial permits.
- •Perform embalming duties, as necessary.
- •Consult with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details, such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, or plans for services.
- •Remove deceased remains from place of death.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Social Services
Explore all- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
- University of Chicago5% admit · $91,000 grad pay
- Columbia University4% admit · $103,000 grad pay
- University of Wisconsin–Madison49% admit · $72,000 grad pay
Reputation-based selection; stats shown are outcome data per school.