Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers Salary

Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers positions across the United States.

Median Annual Salary

$49,800

National average

Salary Range

$31,470 – $85,940

10th–90th percentile

Data Year

2024

Source: BLS

Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers Salary by City

LocationMedian SalaryMinMax
Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI$80,750$39,720$125,490
Delaware$80,290$43,020$97,930
South Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$77,500$42,990$80,450
North Dakota$76,720$46,220$117,060
Minnesota$76,490$36,180$117,360
Duluth, MN-WI$74,180$36,010$115,300
Manchester-Nashua, NH$67,630$48,340$113,440
Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA$66,600$50,840$100,630
Omaha, NE-IA$65,860$45,490$90,890
Cedar Rapids, IA$65,450$48,470$93,210
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ$65,350$31,470$104,130
Nebraska$65,310$42,990$84,290
West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$64,450$29,120$99,660
Salt Lake City-Murray, UT$64,020$37,310$78,500
Maine$63,790$42,240$84,120
Iowa$63,770$49,640$95,040
Lynchburg, VA$63,370$46,950$100,300
Southeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$63,090$49,620$95,040
Reading, PA$63,070$43,190$100,480
Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$63,010$49,640$94,250
Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI$62,970$38,990$93,460
Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area$62,940$50,170$95,250
Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area$62,860$49,790$94,440
New York$62,590$38,960$98,740
York-Hanover, PA$62,560$35,530$99,200
Lancaster, PA$62,540$35,940$95,410
Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT$62,490$37,570$93,050
North Georgia nonmetropolitan area$62,400$36,030$82,450
Rochester, NY$62,370$37,830$93,160
Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN$62,140$41,600$82,830
High Desert Utah nonmetropolitan area$61,980$42,000$64,100
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN$61,800$36,190$108,280
North Florida nonmetropolitan area$61,740$45,390$104,690
Richmond, VA$61,720$45,920$107,420
Boise City, ID$61,660$38,850$105,420
Utica-Rome, NY$61,650$36,930$99,780
Asheville, NC$61,620$27,760$78,380
Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA$61,600$48,920$92,890
Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL$61,560$29,120$100,910
Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI$61,440$37,350$97,040
Idaho$61,270$38,200$101,610
Utah$61,190$38,290$78,500
Flint, MI$61,190$35,360$95,110
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA$61,160$47,740$73,800
New Hampshire$61,000$43,710$119,150
Northern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$60,950$38,400$80,090
Fort Wayne, IN$60,940$39,310$80,650
Greensboro-High Point, NC$60,850$28,030$80,060
Erie, PA$60,710$33,590$84,990
Michigan$60,700$37,260$90,870
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC$60,690$27,760$72,380
Illinois$60,680$29,120$101,380
Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL$60,600$35,660$97,060
Northeast Nebraska nonmetropolitan area$60,580$39,780$80,300
Indiana$60,430$39,240$82,930
Virginia$60,360$43,180$106,910
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC$60,280$43,910$106,920
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$60,110$37,770$99,200
Washington$60,010$45,820$73,520
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY$59,900$38,690$88,770
Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC$59,900$29,460$75,560
Capital/Northern New York nonmetropolitan area$59,720$38,480$87,990
Evansville, IN$59,640$38,570$83,800
Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA$59,600$47,820$73,490
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area$59,530$38,480$87,990
Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$59,360$27,910$77,960
Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA$59,030$36,040$95,670
South Dakota$58,990$49,640$80,730
Florida$58,960$35,660$97,090
Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY$58,880$37,780$83,920
West South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$58,870$50,020$80,070
North Carolina$58,860$27,500$75,560
East South Dakota nonmetropolitan area$58,850$49,710$80,070
Ogden, UT$58,670$36,870$91,620
Oklahoma City, OK$58,660$22,790$78,180
Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL$58,440$35,930$96,570
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area$58,370$39,000$105,910
Central Indiana nonmetropolitan area$58,330$39,280$104,100
Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO$58,220$42,730$138,690
Mid Michigan nonmetropolitan area$58,200$37,510$90,870
Tulsa, OK$57,600$22,100$77,060
Colorado$57,420$38,660$132,790
Colorado Springs, CO$57,360$39,690$132,790
Northwestern South Carolina nonmetropolitan area$57,200$27,900$78,890
Roanoke, VA$57,190$46,270$102,130
Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL$56,960$36,150$98,950
Madison, WI$56,920$36,450$77,890
Central North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$56,780$25,880$80,610
Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT$56,770$32,640$96,950
Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL$56,720$30,110$104,520
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD$56,530$37,800$98,400
East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area$56,340$29,120$98,970
Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area$56,300$29,120$93,370
Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ$56,270$35,980$99,000
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$56,260$40,030$81,520
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$56,100$40,990$87,240
Vallejo, CA$56,050$37,150$78,820
Pennsylvania$55,940$35,170$96,890
Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA$55,490$31,160$79,390
Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT$55,000$32,640$101,100
Connecticut$54,590$32,640$99,670
Akron, OH$54,300$30,360$92,400
Fayetteville, NC$53,990$24,950$73,640
Waterbury-Shelton, CT$53,660$32,640$99,670
Eastern and Southern Colorado nonmetropolitan area$53,660$31,510$75,310
Western Washington nonmetropolitan area$52,240$45,160$76,820
Vermont$52,000$44,630$78,210
Southeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$52,000$30,470$73,270
Providence-Warwick, RI-MA$51,990$38,480$75,700
Rhode Island$51,990$51,830$55,190
Western North Carolina nonmetropolitan area$51,990$26,210$74,780
Oklahoma$51,610$22,790$76,920
Birmingham, AL$51,580$32,570$59,110
Lake Charles, LA$51,240$24,960$69,830
Springfield, OH$51,040$29,370$90,170
Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI$50,760$37,470$78,700
Pittsburgh, PA$50,530$34,540$98,690
West Virginia$50,210$35,800$67,100
Columbus, OH$50,200$30,110$94,920
Wisconsin$50,020$36,200$80,590
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN$50,010$29,620$90,580
Kansas nonmetropolitan area$49,990$36,150$73,250
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$49,920$27,960$67,610
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$49,920$35,990$77,260
Northeastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$49,880$35,920$109,210
Wyoming$49,840$34,190$84,930
Nevada$49,740$37,910$57,530
South Illinois nonmetropolitan area$49,540$29,120$76,670
Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$49,500$19,230$61,910
Northwestern Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area$49,430$31,200$72,990
Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA$49,410$41,860$75,230
Cleveland, OH$49,370$27,650$79,030
Ohio$49,360$29,430$90,580
Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$49,160$39,020$74,840
Montana$49,140$35,360$77,420
Georgia$49,100$29,960$82,300
St. Louis, MO-IL$48,920$30,410$99,950
Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH$48,890$39,930$98,240
Reno, NV$48,850$32,050$60,040
Toledo, OH$48,830$28,680$92,090
Western Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area$48,690$36,160$109,990
North Northeastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area (noncontiguous)$48,620$29,910$92,400
Northern Michigan nonmetropolitan area$48,610$37,530$75,190
Northeast Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area$48,600$22,780$71,900
Modesto, CA$48,550$35,450$90,430
Alabama$48,450$30,240$76,240
Canton-Massillon, OH$48,450$29,750$77,820
Oregon$48,370$37,710$72,970
Massachusetts$48,300$39,080$83,320
Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD$48,220$32,010$95,690
Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$48,150$28,750$91,170
West Northwestern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$48,120$29,920$95,430
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$47,880$35,780$72,390
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$47,690$35,070$75,560
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$47,560$35,490$73,620
California$47,170$35,200$76,070
Youngstown-Warren, OH$47,100$28,840$86,810
Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN$47,010$34,380$64,100
Southeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$46,950$37,690$79,770
Kansas$46,920$27,480$76,760
Kansas City, MO-KS$46,790$29,140$90,900
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$46,240$35,200$73,110
Middle Georgia nonmetropolitan area$46,240$26,040$83,190
South Georgia nonmetropolitan area$46,220$35,910$83,190
Northeast Alabama nonmetropolitan area$46,190$29,960$78,090
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$46,160$35,150$72,700
Maryland$46,080$32,010$95,690
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN$46,000$28,090$72,870
New Mexico$45,970$29,470$61,300
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$45,850$33,970$70,530
Springfield, MA$45,750$38,620$77,720
Kentucky$45,640$26,530$58,740
South Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$45,640$28,640$48,060
Southwest Alabama nonmetropolitan area$45,290$37,690$77,350
North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$45,180$29,530$62,910
Missouri$44,830$29,110$90,900
West Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$44,820$24,390$53,800
Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA$44,810$38,260$64,450
Tennessee$44,670$30,340$61,550
Memphis, TN-MS-AR$44,670$34,700$60,680
Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$44,630$24,390$54,020
Fresno, CA$44,510$34,560$70,440
Chattanooga, TN-GA$44,490$31,140$69,260
Springfield, MO$44,220$32,240$82,100
New Jersey$44,010$31,470$110,950
Odessa, TX$43,830$17,090$62,160
Southeast Missouri nonmetropolitan area$43,450$28,430$61,630
South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$43,200$29,340$60,370
Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC$42,840$29,370$82,930
Maryland nonmetropolitan area$42,520$33,900$76,300
East Tennessee nonmetropolitan area$42,510$29,410$62,000
Upper East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$42,460$22,230$73,950
Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC$42,130$28,620$86,940
Southwest Missouri nonmetropolitan area$41,600$26,000$82,680
Charleston-North Charleston, SC$41,550$30,280$64,010
East Kentucky nonmetropolitan area$41,340$24,390$53,800
Mississippi$40,280$22,900$64,030
South Carolina$40,160$27,660$78,460
North Missouri nonmetropolitan area$39,990$25,580$61,070
Urban Honolulu, HI$39,910$29,120$44,560
Jackson, MS$39,800$25,640$59,950
Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ$39,180$30,460$73,240
Spartanburg, SC$39,040$29,810$62,470
Louisiana$38,890$21,560$63,140
East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area$38,460$37,390$77,270
Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX$38,280$26,110$62,440
Eastern Ohio nonmetropolitan area$38,200$28,760$82,000
Hawaii$38,040$29,120$44,560
Arizona$37,970$30,460$72,970
Tucson, AZ$37,640$30,460$71,850
Columbia, SC$37,470$28,800$63,620
Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX$37,320$22,570$69,770
Texas$36,760$21,520$61,340
Lower East Mississippi nonmetropolitan area$36,650$21,930$73,950
Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX$35,980$23,490$72,620
Arkansas$35,970$29,080$55,530
Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR$35,800$28,770$55,060
Baton Rouge, LA$34,740$21,110$61,070
Florence, SC$34,600$27,110$78,460
San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX$34,500$16,990$61,820
South Arkansas nonmetropolitan area$31,420$31,200$49,440
Hill Country Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$30,890$21,480$59,130
Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$29,840$21,020$59,130
Southwest Louisiana nonmetropolitan area$29,690$18,910$57,570
Puerto Rico$22,620$20,270$33,520

Frequently Asked Questions

How much does a Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers make?▾

The median annual salary for a Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers is $49,800, with a typical range of $31,470 – $85,940 depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is the starting salary for a Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers?▾

Entry-level Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers positions typically start around $31,470 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.

Where do Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangerss earn the most?▾

Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangerss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.