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Funeral Directors vs Barbers

Compare Funeral Directors and Barbers side by side: median pay, job outlook, AI exposure, education, and top skills. Funeral Directors pays about $21k more.

Funeral Directors

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

Barbers

Median pay$38k
OutlookGrowing fast
AI exposureLow 19%, modeled
EducationPostsecondary plus license
Active ListeningSpeakingCritical ThinkingMonitoringReading Comprehension
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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.