Embalmers & funeral attendants

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Total Workforce

19.5k

Average Age

50.5

Average Salary

$24,973

Average Male Salary

$27,100

Average Female Salary

$20,224

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Embalmers & funeral attendants are most often employed by the Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories industry. The average yearly wage for Embalmers & funeral attendants was $24,973 in 2016. The top 3 most similar occupations to Embalmers & funeral attendants by wage are Miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders, Graders & sorters, agricultural products, and Tellers.

Embalmers & funeral attendants are part of the Personal Care & Service Occupations, along with Supervisors of personal care and service workers, Animal trainers, Nonfarm animal caretakers, Gaming services workers, Ushers, lobby attendants, & ticket takers, and 15 more.

The top 3 locations that employ the most Embalmers & funeral attendants are . The top 3 locations with a relatively high concentration of Embalmers & funeral attendants are .

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Information on the businesses and industries that employ Embalmers & funeral attendants and on wages and locations for those in the field. Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories is the industry that employs the most Embalmers & funeral attendants, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Embalmers & funeral attendants, by average wage, is Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories . Embalmers & funeral attendants are paid most in false but are relatively concentrated in false.

Wages

Yearly Wage

$24,973

AVERAGE SALARY

± $5,116

In 2018, Embalmers & funeral attendants earned an average of $24,973, $28,915 less than than the average national salary of $53,888.

Graders & sorters, agricultural products make somewhat more than Embalmers & funeral attendants while Miscellaneous agricultural workers, including animal breeders make somewhat less. This chart shows the various occupations closest to Embalmers & funeral attendants as measured by average annual salary in the US.

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Wage Distribution

0.397

WAGE GINI

In 2018, Embalmers & funeral attendants had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.397, which is lower than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Embalmers & funeral attendants (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Wage by Location

This map shows the Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States shaded by average annual wage for Embalmers & funeral attendants.

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Spatial Concentration

This map displays which Public Use Microdata Areas (PUMAs) in the United States have a relatively high population of Embalmers & funeral attendants.

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Industries

Most Common

The most common industries employing Embalmers & funeral attendants, by number of employees, are N/A.

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Highest Paying

The highest paying industries for Embalmers & funeral attendants, by average wage, are Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories and Funeral homes, & cemeteries & crematories .

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Industries by Share

19.5k

2018 Workforce

± 3,432

39.6%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 19.5%

The number of people employed as Embalmers & funeral attendants has been growing at a rate of 39.6%, from 13,996 people in 2017 to 19,542 people in 2018.

This graphic shows the share of Embalmers & funeral attendants employed by various industries. N/A employs the largest share of Embalmers & funeral attendants at N/A%, followed by N/A with N/A% and N/A with N/A%.

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Diversity

Demographic information on Embalmers & funeral attendants in the US. The average age of male Embalmers & funeral attendants in the workforce is 54.3 and of female Embalmers & funeral attendants is 42, and the most common race/ethnicity for Embalmers & funeral attendants is White (Non-Hispanic).

Gender Composition

13.5k

MALE WORKFORCE

± 2,852

6.04k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

± 1,909

69.1% of Embalmers & funeral attendants are Male, making them the more common gender in the occupation. This chart shows the gender breakdown of Embalmers & funeral attendants.

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Race & Ethnicity

Most Common Race or Ethnicity of Embalmers & funeral attendants

White (Non-Hispanic)
White (Hispanic)
Black (Non-Hispanic)

74.4% of Embalmers & funeral attendants are White (Non-Hispanic), making that the most common race or ethnicity in the occupation. Representing 14.6% of Embalmers & funeral attendants, White (Hispanic) is the second most common race or ethnicity in this occupation. This chart shows the racial and ethnic breakdown of Embalmers & funeral attendants.

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Age by Gender

54.3

AVERAGE MALE AGE

± 3.67

AVERAGE FEMALE AGE

± 5.87

The median age of Embalmers & funeral attendants is 50.5, and Male employees are generally 12.3 years older than than their Female counterparts.

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Education

Data on higher education choices for Embalmers & funeral attendants from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Embalmers & funeral attendants is Business but a relatively high number of Embalmers & funeral attendants hold a major in Education.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

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Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Embalmers & funeral attendants from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Embalmers & funeral attendants need many skills, but most especially Speaking, Social Perceptiveness, and Active Listening. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Embalmers & funeral attendants need more than the average amount of Equipment Maintenance, Service Orientation, and Social Perceptiveness.