Personal Care
Crematory Operators
SOC 39-4012
Operate cremation equipment and maintain respectful processes.
The job
Median pay
$44k
$37k to $50k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+3.1% projected
Openings a year
500
BLS projection
Typical education
High school plus cert
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
17/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
38th pct
More exposed than 38% of occupations · modeled estimate · 45th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
52/100
Key skills
- Cremation equipment
- Documentation
- Safety
- Compassion
- Reliability
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 320 | 0.0 | 1.7× | $39k |
| Texas | 270 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $33k |
| California | 240 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $50k |
| New York | 192 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $46k~ |
| Illinois | 190 | 0.0 | 1.6× | $42k |
| Indiana | 190 | 0.1 | 3.1× | $41k |
| North Carolina | 150 | 0.0 | 1.6× | $41k |
| Pennsylvania | 140 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $48k |
| Michigan | 130 | 0.0 | 1.6× | $41k |
| New Jersey | 109 | 0.0 | 1.3× | $44k~ |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 100 | 0.1 | 3.1× | $47k |
| Oregon | 100 | 0.1 | 2.7× | $37k |
| Virginia | 86 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $43k~ |
| Georgia | 80 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $37k~ |
| Nevada | 80 | 0.1 | 2.7× | $46k |
| Colorado | 70 | 0.0 | 1.3× | $52k |
| Washington | 70 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $54k |
| Minnesota | 62 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $44k~ |
| Maryland | 61 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $46k~ |
| Ohio | 60 | 0.0 | 0.6× | $44k |
| Missouri | 55 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $39k~ |
| Tennessee | 53 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $36k~ |
| Kansas | 50 | 0.0 | 1.8× | $46k |
| Kentucky | 50 | 0.0 | 1.3× | $38k |
| Wisconsin | 50 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $64k~ |
| South Carolina | 46 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $37k~ |
| Alabama | 40 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $34k |
| Arizona | 40 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $50k |
| Utah | 38 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $42k~ |
| Louisiana | 33 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $34k~ |
| Delaware | 30 | 0.1 | 3.2× | $50k |
| Massachusetts | 30 | 0.0 | 0.4× | $56k |
| West Virginia | 30 | 0.0 | 2.2× | $44k |
| Iowa | 29 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $35k~ |
| Oklahoma | 29 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $35k~ |
| Nebraska | 23 | 0.0 | 1.2× | $38k~ |
| Mississippi | 21 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $32k~ |
| Arkansas | 18 | 0.0 | 0.7× | $35k~ |
| Idaho | 18 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $41k~ |
| Hawaii | 16 | 0.0 | 1.3× | $49k~ |
| New Hampshire | 15 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $45k~ |
| Maine | 14 | 0.0 | 1.1× | $45k~ |
| New Mexico | 14 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $42k~ |
| Montana | 13 | 0.0 | 1.3× | $41k~ |
| Washington DC | 11 | 0.0 | 0.8× | $48k~ |
| North Dakota | 11 | 0.0 | 1.3× | $40k~ |
| South Dakota | 11 | 0.0 | 1.3× | $42k~ |
| Rhode Island | 10 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $43k~ |
| Alaska | 8 | 0.0 | 1.3× | $50k~ |
| Vermont | 6 | 0.0 | 1.0× | $47k~ |
| Wyoming | 5 | 0.0 | 0.9× | $40k~ |
Top metro areas
- Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN80 jobs · $39k median
- Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL70 jobs · $39k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD40 jobs · $50k median
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA40 jobs · $45k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH30 jobs · $60k median
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN30 jobs · $38k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Crematory Operators interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.