Funeral Home Managers Career, Salary and Skills
Funeral Home Managers have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $78,790 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 13,910. Wage data is published for 107 locations.
Occupation description
Plan, direct, or coordinate the services or resources of funeral homes. Includes activities such as determining prices for services or merchandise and managing the facilities of funeral homes.
O*NET code
11-9171.00
Job zone
3
Typical education
Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree
Experience
Over 2 years, up to and including 4 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$78,790
Hourly median
$37.88
Employment
13,910
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Service Orientation | 4.00 | 4.00 |
| Social Perceptiveness | 3.88 | 3.75 |
| Active Listening | 3.88 | 3.88 |
| Reading Comprehension | 3.62 | 3.88 |
| Time Management | 3.62 | 3.62 |
| Critical Thinking | 3.50 | 3.62 |
| Speaking | 3.50 | 3.75 |
| Judgment and Decision Making | 3.50 | 3.12 |
| Management of Personnel Resources | 3.50 | 3.50 |
| Monitoring | 3.38 | 3.38 |
Typical tasks
- Consult with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details, such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, or plans for services.
- Schedule funerals, burials, or cremations.
- Deliver death certificates to medical facilities or offices to obtain signatures from legally authorized persons.
- Offer counsel and comfort to families and friends of the deceased.
- Monitor funeral service operations to ensure that they comply with applicable policies, regulations, and laws.
- Direct and supervise work of embalmers, funeral attendants, death certificate clerks, cosmetologists, or other staff.
- Complete and maintain records, such as state-required documents, tracking documents, or product inventories.
- Respond to customer complaints, legal inquiries, payment negotiations, or other post-service matters.
Technology
- CodeJam MemoriesOnTV
- CSR Consultants Cemetery Management SC
- Email software
- Financial reporting software
- FPA Software MACCS
- funeralOne Life Tributes
- HMIS Advantage
- iCIMS Talent Cloud software
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Office software
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Microsoft Word
- Mortware Professional
Funeral Home Managers salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Funeral Home Managers Salary in TXMedian $67,740 · Employment 1,230
- Funeral Home Managers Salary in FLMedian $72,180 · Employment 1,050
- Funeral Home Managers Salary in NYMedian $103,530 · Employment 820
- Funeral Home Managers Salary in CAMedian $82,370 · Employment 760
- Funeral Home Managers Salary in New York, NYMedian $113,620 · Employment 730
- Funeral Home Managers Salary in PAMedian $104,400 · Employment 560
- Funeral Home Managers Salary in MOMedian $66,670 · Employment 560
- Funeral Home Managers Salary in MNMedian $79,900 · Employment 500
- Funeral Home Managers Salary in ALMedian $63,010 · Employment 490
- Funeral Home Managers Salary in NCMedian $80,730 · Employment 460
- Funeral Home Managers Salary in WIMedian $79,560 · Employment 440
- Funeral Home Managers Salary in TNMedian $78,130 · Employment 430
Related careers
- Meeting, Convention, and Event PlannersNational median $61,160
- Rehabilitation CounselorsNational median $46,850
- Insurance Sales AgentsNational median $62,280
- Child, Family, and School Social WorkersNational median $59,550
- Chief ExecutivesNational median $213,990
- Home Health AidesNational median not published
- Personal Care AidesNational median not published
- Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and DaycareNational median $59,300
Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.