Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories

Industry Group

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Workforce Population
139k
2022
Average Employee Age
50.4
2022
Estimated Job Growth
−0.146%
10-Year Projection
Average Salary
$50,110
2022
Average Male Salary
$55,128
2022
Average Female Salary
$42,091
2022

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 $60,804. Part-time employees in the same industry work 18.5 hours and earn an average annual salary of $20,378.

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, Mobile County (Outer)--Prichard & Saraland Cities PUMA, AL, and Lauderdale, Colbert & Franklin Counties PUMA, AL.

The workforce of Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group in 2022 was 139,185 people, with 38.5% woman, and 61.5% men.

In 2022, 77.6% of the workforce in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group was White (107,990 people), of which 38.4% were women and 61.6% men.

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 139,185 people and is concentrated in California (13,556 workers). The average annual salary was $50,110, being $14,573 less than the national average salary, which was $64,683.

Monthly Employment

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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.

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Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2022 were California (13.6k), Texas (12.4k), and New York (7.3k).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2022, Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group had an average annual wage of $50,110, $14,573 less than the average national salary of $64,683.

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Wage Distribution

0.45
WAGE GINI

Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories has a wage GINI of 0.45, 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).

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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 38,880 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 Marketing managers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group according to occupations. In 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors (38,880 people), embalmers & funeral attendants (17,346 people), and landscaping and groundskeeping workers (13,502 people)

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Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$55,128
AVERAGE MALE SALARY
±$5,024
$42,091
AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
±$3,997

On average, Male workers in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group make 1.31 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.

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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.

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Intermediate Inputs

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

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.

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Use of Output by Other Industries

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

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.

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Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016
  1. 3,048
  2. 3,038
  3. 2,564

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

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Diversity

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

Of the total workforce, 38.5% corresponds to women and 61.5% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $55,128 and $42,091.

67.6% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

Gender and Age

53,572
Women
38.5%
85,613
Men
61.5%

The workforce of Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories industry in 2022 was 139,185 people, with 38.5% woman, and 61.5% men.

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Races

In 2022, 77.6% of the workforce in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories industry was White (107,990 people), of which 38.4% were women and 61.6% men.

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

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Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories workers in 2022 were high school or equivalent (33,761 people), some college (32,597 people), and bachelors degree (27,689 people).

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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 −0.146% in the next ten years. The Death Care Services industry has a lower projected workforce growth at −0.146%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (6.85%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (6.85%).

Job Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Death Care Services.
−0.146%
Estimated Job Growth
10-year Projection
−0.146%
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 −0.146%, the average rate of national job growth.

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Output Growth

For growth projections, the closest comparable industry reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics is Death Care Services.
6.85%
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10-year Projection

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