Personal Care
Funeral Attendants
SOC 39-4021
Support funeral services and care for grieving families.
The job
Median pay
$36k
$30k to $43k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+2.6% projected
Openings a year
5k
BLS projection
Typical education
High school
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
6/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
18th pct
More exposed than 18% of occupations · modeled estimate · 64th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
49/100
Key skills
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Critical Thinking
- Writing
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 2,150 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $31k |
| Pennsylvania | 1,930 | 0.3 | 1.6× | $36k |
| California | 1,790 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $39k |
| Ohio | 1,720 | 0.3 | 1.6× | $36k |
| Florida | 1,700 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $30k |
| North Carolina | 1,610 | 0.3 | 1.6× | $35k |
| Michigan | 1,460 | 0.3 | 1.7× | $35k |
| New York | 1,450 | 0.1 | 0.8× | $42k |
| Virginia | 1,450 | 0.4 | 1.8× | $35k |
| Massachusetts | 1,090 | 0.3 | 1.5× | $46k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | 1,090 | 0.3 | 1.7× | $30k |
| Indiana | 1,080 | 0.3 | 1.7× | $34k |
| Georgia | 1,070 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $31k |
| South Carolina | 930 | 0.4 | 2.0× | $30k |
| Illinois | 730 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $36k |
| Maryland | 670 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $39k |
| Missouri | 620 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $39k |
| Kentucky | 560 | 0.3 | 1.4× | $29k |
| Louisiana | 560 | 0.3 | 1.4× | $30k |
| Alabama | 550 | 0.3 | 1.3× | $30k |
| New Jersey | 540 | 0.1 | 0.6× | $37k |
| Connecticut | 520 | 0.3 | 1.5× | $46k |
| Oklahoma | 510 | 0.3 | 1.5× | $31k |
| Wisconsin | 500 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $36k |
| Iowa | 460 | 0.3 | 1.5× | $40k |
| Arizona | 420 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $35k |
| Minnesota | 400 | 0.1 | 0.7× | $44k |
| West Virginia | 350 | 0.5 | 2.5× | $31k |
| Kansas | 330 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $31k |
| Mississippi | 280 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $31k |
| Nebraska | 270 | 0.3 | 1.3× | $30k |
| Utah | 270 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $41k |
| Maine | 220 | 0.3 | 1.7× | $39k |
| Rhode Island | 190 | 0.4 | 1.9× | $54k |
| Hawaii | 171 | 0.3 | 1.4× | $40k~ |
| New Mexico | 170 | 0.2 | 1.0× | $35k |
| Colorado | 160 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $42k |
| Washington | 160 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $42k |
| Arkansas | 140 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $32k |
| North Dakota | 130 | 0.3 | 1.5× | $35k |
| New Hampshire | 120 | 0.2 | 0.9× | $56k |
| South Dakota | 120 | 0.3 | 1.3× | $37k |
| Washington DC | 112 | 0.2 | 0.8× | $40k~ |
| Delaware | 110 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $47k |
| Montana | 110 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $37k |
| Nevada | 100 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $52k |
| Alaska | 81 | 0.2 | 1.2× | $41k~ |
| Idaho | 70 | 0.1 | 0.4× | $33k |
| Oregon | 70 | 0.0 | 0.2× | $40k |
| Wyoming | 60 | 0.2 | 1.1× | $33k |
| Vermont | 30 | 0.1 | 0.5× | $41k |
Top metro areas
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,190 jobs · $45k median
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH680 jobs · $48k median
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA680 jobs · $39k median
- Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI580 jobs · $35k median
- Pittsburgh, PA570 jobs · $36k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD530 jobs · $42k median
- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA480 jobs · $31k median
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL460 jobs · $31k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Funeral Attendants 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.