Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories

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Workforce

136k

2018 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

50.9

Average Salary

$41,468

Average Male Salary

$45,536

Average Female Salary

$34,446

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 43.7 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $50,931. Part-time employees in the same industry work 18.7 hours and earn an average annual salary of $16,147.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group are Washington (South) & Greene Counties PUMA, PA, Washtenaw County (West, Northeast & Southeast) PUMA, MI, and Jackson, Hocking, Pike & Vinton Counties PUMA, OH. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories .

Other Services, Except Public Administration Other Services, Except Public Administration

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 Morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories goes to Marketing managers.

Occupations

Occupations by Share

136k

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 145k

4.46%

1 Year Growth

± 8.82%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 136k people employed in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group in 2018.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group has been growing at a rate of 4.46%, , from 139k people in 2017 to 145k people in 2018.

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 24.1%, followed by Embalmers & funeral attendants with 13% and Landscaping and groundskeeping workers with 11.7%.

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 Morticians, undertakers, & funeral directors, Embalmers & funeral attendants, and Personal care & service workers, all other .

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories , by average wage, are Marketing managers, Project management specialists, and Sales managers.

Wages

Average Salary

$41,468

AVERAGE WAGE

± $2,828

On average, employees in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group make $41,468 per year. This number makes Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories the 202 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

0.45

WAGE GINI

Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories has a wage GINI of 0.45, which is less than than the national average of 0.479. 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 $45,536 and $34,446. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

53.2k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±5.66k

91.8k

MALE WORKFORCE

±7.43k

63.3% of workers in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group are Male, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group.

Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$45,536

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$3,954

$34,446

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$3,456

On average, Male workers in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group make 1.32 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-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
Black

On average, Asian employees in the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories Industry Group earn 1.75 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. Manufacturing 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 visualization, click on a category to expand or collapse it. 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 Manufacturing 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.

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