Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories

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Workforce

137k

2019 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

50.8

Estimated Job Growth

−5.27%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$43,778

Average Male Salary

$49,774

Average Female Salary

$45,536

About

The top three occupations in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group are Morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors, Embalmers & funeral attendants, Landscaping and groundskeeping workers, Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive, and Other managers. On average, full-time employees in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group work 43.6 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $50,912. Part-time employees in the same industry work 18.8 hours and earn an average annual salary of $24,793.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group are Willow Grove, Horsham & Montgomeryville PUMA, PA, Broome (Outer West) & Tioga Counties PUMA, NY, and Menifee, Lake Elsinore & Canyon Lake Cities PUMA, CA. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories .

Other Services, Except Public Administration

Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group. Morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors are the most common position, but the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Embalmers & funeral attendants, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories goes to Chief executives & legislators.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Other Services industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

14.9%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 5.31M people employed in the Other Services industry. This represents a 14.9% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

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

Occupations

Occupations by Share

137k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 136k

−6.14%

1 Year Growth

± 9.87%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 137k people employed in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group in 2019.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group has been declining at a rate of −6.14%, , from 145k people in 2018 to 136k people in 2019.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors represent the largest share of positions held in Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories at 26.7%, followed by Embalmers & funeral attendants with 11.3% and Landscaping and groundskeeping workers with 10.6%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group, by number of employees, are Morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors, Embalmers & funeral attendants, Landscaping and groundskeeping workers, Secretaries and administrative assistants, except legal, medical, and executive, and Other managers.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories employs an unusually high number of Embalmers & funeral attendants, Morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors, and Marriage and family therapists.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories , by average wage, are Chief executives & legislators, Firstline supervisors of nonretail sales workers, and General & operations managers.

Wages

Average Salary

$43,778

AVERAGE WAGE

± $3,382

On average, employees in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group make $43,778 per year. This number makes Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories the 192 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.467

WAGE GINI

Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories has a wage GINI of 0.467, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. 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).

Opportunities

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $49,774 and $45,536. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

52.6k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±5.63k

83.4k

MALE WORKFORCE

±7.09k

61.3% of workers in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group are Male, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$49,774

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$5,146

$45,536

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$3,954

On average, Male workers in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group make 1.09 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.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

Asian
White
Other

On average, Asian employees in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group earn 1.54 times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group.

Input/Output

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. 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.

Industrial Flow

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

Intermediate Inputs

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

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

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.

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 7.66% in the next ten years. The Death care services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −5.27%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (5.19%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparible industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Death care services.

−5.27%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

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 less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.