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AI Work Index

Headline risk

16%

Moderate Risk

Embalmers

United States AI Work IndexISCO 3991major_group_fallback

United States AI Work Index tracks this occupation on the shared structural baseline and then layers on local demand resilience, wages, and confidence.

3.6 current · 3.7 projectedConfidence low

Why This Score

Tasks 100%

Share of job tasks that overlap with current AI capabilities

Wage $56K

Median annual wage

Demand 1%

Projected employment change over 10 years

Preparation Zone 3

Typical preparation needed for this occupation

Occupation profile

Prepare bodies for interment in conformity with legal requirements.

Task evidence

100% weighted task match · 0% effective coverage

Scores combine AI task overlap, human advantages, and local demand. How it works

United States Now

Median Wage

USD 56,280

Employment 2024

3.6K

Projected Change (2024–34)

1.3%

Openings (2024–34)

0.6K

Wage distribution

Bottom 10%: USD 35,16025th pctl: USD 46,160Median: USD 56,28075th pctl: USD 64,760Top 10%: USD 78,740

Demand outlook

Projections published, but no prose outlook available.

Education: Associate's degree Experience: —

Role Profile

Detail orientedAdaptabilityInterpersonal

Tasks

  • 1. Conform to laws of health and sanitation and ensure that legal requirements concerning embalming are met. AI use: 0%
  • 2. Close incisions, using needles and sutures. AI use: 0%
  • 3. Clean and disinfect areas in which bodies are prepared and embalmed. AI use: 0%
  • 4. Apply cosmetics to impart lifelike appearance to the deceased. AI use: 0%
  • 5. Incise stomach and abdominal walls and probe internal organs, using trocar, to withdraw blood and waste matter from organs. AI use: 0%
  • 6. Remove the deceased from place of death and transport to funeral home. AI use: 0%

Technologies

Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft Office softwareMicrosoft WordBelmar & Associates MortwareCorel WordPerfect Office SuiteCustom Data Systems Sterling Management Software

Requirements

License required: 28.4%License required: 71.6%Apprenticeship: <5%Apprenticeship: >95%Certificate: 12.7%Certificate: 87.3%

Work context

Face-to-Face Discussions with Individuals and Within Teams 5.0/5
Telephone Conversations 4.9/5
Indoors, Environmentally Controlled 4.9/5
Time Pressure 4.7/5
Frequency of Decision Making 4.7/5
Impact of Decisions on Co-workers or Company Results 4.7/5

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