Headline risk
2%
Very Low RiskFuneral home managers
United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.
Why This Score
Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities
Median annual wage
Projected employment change over 10 years
Typical preparation needed for this occupation
Occupation profile
Plan, direct, or coordinate the services or resources of funeral homes. Includes activities such as determining prices for services or merchandise and managing the facilities of funeral homes.
Task evidence
95% weighted task match · 6% effective coverage
Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works
United States Now
Median Wage
USD 76,830
Employment 2024
32.1K
Projected Change (2024–34)
4.1%
Openings (2024–34)
2.6K
Wage distribution
Demand outlook
Overall employment of funeral service workers is projected to grow 4 percent from 2024 to 2034, about as fast as the average for all occupations.
Role Profile
Tasks
- 1. Consult with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details, such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, or plans for services. AI use: 0%
- 2. Schedule funerals, burials, or cremations. AI use: 0%
- 3. Offer counsel and comfort to families and friends of the deceased. AI use: 0%
- 4. Monitor funeral service operations to ensure that they comply with applicable policies, regulations, and laws. AI use: 0%
- 5. Complete and maintain records, such as state-required documents, tracking documents, or product inventories. AI use: 0%
- 6. Direct and supervise work of embalmers, funeral attendants, death certificate clerks, cosmetologists, or other staff. AI use: 0%
Technologies
Requirements
Work context
Worker profile
Median age 44.6 · 1.4M employed
Under 25: 3% · 25–54: 72% · 55+: 25%
Related
Source coverage
11/11 source families · O*NET 30.2 / OEWS 2024 / ORS 2025 / OOH 2025-08-28 / Projections 2024-34 / CPS 2025 / Anthropic task penetration
Mapping quality
major_group_fallback · employment series present
Narrative & sources
Funeral service workers organize and manage the details of a ceremony honoring a deceased person.
Funeral service workers are employed in funeral homes and crematories. They are often on call; irregular hours, including evenings and weekends, are common. Most work full time, and some work more than 40 hours per week.
An associate’s degree in funeral service or mortuary science is the education typically required to become a funeral service worker. Most employers and state licensing laws require applicants to be 21 years old, have at least 2 years of formal postsecondary education, have supervised training, and pass a state licensing exam.
The median annual wage for funeral home managers was $76,830 in May 2024.
Overall employment of funeral service workers is projected to grow 4 percent from 2024 to 2034, about as fast as the average for all occupations.
Published limitations
This page shows the local country layer, not realised individual job outcomes. The global structural baseline is shared across countries; only the local demand and wage layer changes here.
Built from O*NET occupation descriptions, task statements, technology skills, work context, Job Zones, Anthropic task penetration, BLS OEWS wages, BLS projection tables, BLS ORS requirements, BLS OOH narrative content, BLS skills data, and BLS CPS occupation age tables.