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Embalmers Salary in IL

In the 2025 U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS dataset, Embalmers in IL have a median annual salary of $61,730, with 60 recorded jobs in this area. Recorded earnings range from $56,490 at the 10th percentile to $75,780 at the 90th percentile.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS · Data year: 2025 · Last updated: 2026-09-22

Salary overview

Median annual salary

$61,730

Data year: 2025

Hourly median

$29.68

Employment

60

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS

Salary distribution

$56,490
10th
$57,210
25th
$61,730
Median
$69,320
75th
$75,780
90th

Local compared with national

IL

$61,730

Median annual · 2025

United States

$58,780

Median annual · 2025

The IL median is 5.0% above the national median in the available dataset (a difference of $2,950).

Top skills

  1. 1.SpeakingImportance 3.9
  2. 2.Active ListeningImportance 3.8
  3. 3.WritingImportance 3.1
  4. 4.Critical ThinkingImportance 3.1
  5. 5.Social PerceptivenessImportance 3.1
  6. 6.Service OrientationImportance 3.1
  7. 7.Time ManagementImportance 3.1
  8. 8.Reading ComprehensionImportance 3.0
  9. 9.Active LearningImportance 3.0
  10. 10.MonitoringImportance 3.0
  11. 11.CoordinationImportance 3.0
  12. 12.Judgment and Decision MakingImportance 3.0

Career information

Education and experience

Typical education
Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree
Experience
Over 1 year, up to and including 2 years
Job zone
3

Technology used

  • Belmar & Associates Mortware
  • Corel WordPerfect Office Suite
  • Custom Data Systems Sterling Management Software
  • FPA Software MACCS
  • HMIS Advantage
  • Microsoft Excel
  • Microsoft Office software
  • Microsoft Word
  • Twin Tier Technologies MIMS
  • Web browser software

Common tasks

  • Conform to laws of health and sanitation and ensure that legal requirements concerning embalming are met.
  • Apply cosmetics to impart lifelike appearance to the deceased.
  • Join lips, using needles and thread or wire.
  • Close incisions, using needles and sutures.
  • Incise stomach and abdominal walls and probe internal organs, using trocar, to withdraw blood and waste matter from organs.
  • Clean and disinfect areas in which bodies are prepared and embalmed.
  • Dress bodies and place them in caskets.
  • Make incisions in arms or thighs and drain blood from circulatory system and replace it with embalming fluid, using pump.
  • Remove the deceased from place of death and transport to funeral home.
  • Perform the duties of funeral directors, including coordinating funeral activities.

Related careers

Occupations recorded as related in the dataset. A relationship does not imply a guaranteed transition.

Embalmers salary in other locations

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