How Much Do Embalmers Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries

Embalmers

Embalmers prepare bodies for interment in conformity with legal requirements.

Salary
$50220
Becoming One
Medium
Education
Associate's degree
Job Satisfaction
Job Growth

Personality
Interest Match



Table of contents
  1. Average salary
  2. Starting salary
  3. Salary rank
  4. Salary range
  5. Highest paying states
  6. Highest paying industries

Average salary

Annual salary
$50220 per year
Hourly wage
$24 per hour

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$27,930 to $37,490 per year
Entry-level hourly wage
$13 to $18 per hour

Entry-level Embalmers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $27,930 to $37,490 per year or $13 to $18 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
C

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Embalmers to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.

Salary range

Level Hourly Annual
Highest (Top 10%) $36 $75,190
Senior (Top 25%) $29 $59,460
Middle (Mid 50%) $23 $47,630
Junior (Bottom 25%) $18 $37,490
No experience (Bottom 10%) $13 $27,930

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
CT $37 $77,140
IL $32 $66,180
OR $29 $59,740
WI $28 $58,950
MO $28 $57,550
FL $27 $56,920
MI $26 $53,850
LA $26 $53,740
CA $26 $53,680
MS $25 $51,880

Another simple way to increase your salary as an Embalmer is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like CT doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at CT might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Embalmers are in the states of CT, IL, OR, WI and MO.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Death Care Services $50240 $24.15

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