How Much Do Funeral Attendants Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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

Funeral Attendants

Funeral Attendants perform a variety of tasks during funeral, such as placing casket in parlor or chapel prior to service, arranging floral offerings or lights around casket, directing or escorting mourners, closing casket, and issuing and storing funeral equipment.

Salary
$31130
Becoming One
Easy
Education
No degree required
Job Satisfaction
Job Growth
Low

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
$31130 per year
Hourly wage
$15 per hour

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$20,160 to $23,770 per year
Entry-level hourly wage
$10 to $11 per hour

Entry-level Funeral Attendants with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $20,160 to $23,770 per year or $10 to $11 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
D

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Funeral Attendants 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%) $22 $46,160
Senior (Top 25%) $18 $36,690
Middle (Mid 50%) $14 $29,150
Junior (Bottom 25%) $11 $23,770
No experience (Bottom 10%) $10 $20,160

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
RI $24 $48,990
MA $22 $44,770
VT $20 $42,480
CA $19 $40,150
NV $19 $40,120
NJ $19 $40,040
DE $18 $37,650
OR $18 $37,430
HI $18 $37,080
ND $18 $36,470

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

According to BLS, the highest paid Funeral Attendants are in the states of RI, MA, VT, CA and NV.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Death Care Services $31120 $14.96

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