Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

137k

2024

Average Employee Age

50.2

2024

Estimated Job Growth

0.587%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$52,365

2024

Average Male Salary

$56,826

2024

Average Female Salary

$45,802

2024

About

The top three occupations in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group are morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors, embalmers & funeral attendants, and landscaping and groundskeeping workers. On average, full-time employees in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group work 44.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $63,836. Part-time employees in the same industry work 18 hours and earn an average annual salary of $19,081.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group are Kisatchie Delta Regional Planning & Development District 1 PUMA, LA, Northwest New Mexico Navajo Nation PUMA, NM, and Coordinating & Development Corporation 3--Bossier & Webster Parishes PUMA, LA.

The workforce of Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group in 2024 was 137,289 people, with 40.5% woman, and 59.5% men.

In 2024, 74.1% of the workforce in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group was White (101,690 people), of which 40% were women and 60% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group.

The workforce in Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group was 137,289 people and is concentrated in California (12,264 workers). The average annual salary was $52,365, being $17,513 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Other Services industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

3.81%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 5.79M people employed in the Other Services industry. This represents a 3.81% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Other Services over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (12.3k), Texas (12.1k), and New York (7.25k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2024, Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group had an average annual wage of $52,365, $17,513 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

The graph shows the position of Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.433

WAGE GINI

Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories has a wage GINI of 0.433, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group.

Morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors are the most common position with 39,354 workers, but the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Embalmers & funeral attendants and Landscaping and groundskeeping workers.

The highest average salary in Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories goes to Computer & information systems managers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors (39,354 people), embalmers & funeral attendants (18,223 people), and landscaping and groundskeeping workers (13,483 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$56,826

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$4,998

$45,802

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$4,365

On average, Male workers in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group make 1.24 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group.

The Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

Pennsylvania and New York stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group is Professional and business services.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

Professional and business services
Manufacturing
Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

The Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories is from Other Services, Except Public Administration.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Professional and business services Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2022

Pennsylvania
1,454
New York
1,448
Texas
1,300

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 40.5% corresponds to women and 59.5% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $56,826 and $45,802.

68.4% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

55,562

Women

40.5%

81,727

Men

59.5%

The workforce of Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories industry in 2024 was 137,289 people, with 40.5% woman, and 59.5% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories industry.

Races

In 2024, 74.1% of the workforce in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories industry was White (101,690 people), of which 40% were women and 60% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (33,909 people), some college (32,199 people), and bachelors degree (27,792 people).

The chart shows the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories workforce by gender and educational level.

Projections

Growth projections of the Death Care Services industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 0.587% in the next ten years. The Death Care Services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 0.587%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (9.47%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (9.47%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Death Care Services.

0.587%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

0.587%

National Growth

10-year Projection

This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Death Care Services. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 0.587%, the average rate of national job growth.