Career Atlas

Funeral Attendants vs Funeral Directors

Compare Funeral Attendants and Funeral Directors side by side: median pay, job outlook, AI exposure, education, and top skills. Funeral Directors pays about $23k more.

Funeral Attendants

Median pay$36k
OutlookGrowing
AI exposureLow 21%, modeled
EducationHigh school
Active ListeningSpeakingMonitoringReading ComprehensionCritical Thinking

Funeral Directors

Median pay$59k
OutlookGrowing
AI exposureSome 39%, modeled
EducationAssociate's plus license
SpeakingActive ListeningWritingCritical ThinkingReading Comprehension
Compare these interactively →

Pay and outlook: BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2024-2034). Skills: O*NET 30.3. AI exposure is a modeled estimate. How we model AI exposure.