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Funeral Attendants

	Median Wage (USD, 2024)	Projected Job Openings (2023-2033)	Projected Growth (2023-2033)
National Statistics	$34,610	5200	3.2%
State Statistics	-	-	-
City Statistics	-	-	-

Statistics

National

State

City

State

City

$34,610

Median Wage (USD, 2023)

5200

Projected Job Openings (2023-2033)

3.2%

Projected Growth (2023-2033)

Perform a variety of tasks during funeral, such as placing casket in parlor or chapel prior to service, arranging floral offerings or lights around casket, directing or escorting mourners, closing casket, and issuing and storing funeral equipment.

Experience Requirements Overview

Job Zone Two: Some Preparation Needed
Some previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is usually needed. For example, a teller would benefit from experience working directly with the public.
These occupations usually require a high school diploma.
Employees in these occupations need anywhere from a few months to one year of working with experienced employees. A recognized apprenticeship program may be associated with these occupations.

Education, Training and Experience

Required Level of Education: High School Diploma - or the equivalent (for example, GED)

Related Work Experience: N.A.

On-Site or In-Plant Training: Up to and including 1 month

On-the-Job Training: Anything beyond short demonstration, up to and including 1 month

Detailed Work Activities

Transport biological or other medical materials.
Provide counsel, comfort, or encouragement to individuals or families.
Perform administrative or clerical tasks.
Direct funeral or mortuary activities.
Deliver items.
Maintain facilities.
Apply makeup to alter or enhance appearance.
Embalm corpses.
Perform administrative or clerical tasks.
Write informational material.
Identify opportunities to improve operational efficiency.
Greet customers, patrons, or visitors.
Assist patrons with entering or exiting vehicles or other forms of transportation.
Handle caskets.
Prepare administrative documents.
Provide escort or transportation.
Provide patrons with directions to locales or attractions.
Handle caskets.
Clean tools or equipment.
Drive vehicles to transport patrons.
Deliver items.
Clean facilities or work areas.
Arrange items for use or display.
Provide counsel, comfort, or encouragement to individuals or families.
Assign resources or facilities to patrons or employees.
Load materials into equipment for processing.
Load items into ovens or furnaces.
Handle caskets.

Work Values

Achievement

Occupations that satisfy this work value are results oriented and allow employees to use their strongest abilities, giving them a feeling of accomplishment. Corresponding needs are Ability Utilization and Achievement.

Working Conditions

Recognition

Relationships

Support

Independence

Tasks

Greet people at the funeral home.
Perform a variety of tasks during funerals to assist funeral directors and to ensure that services run smoothly and as planned.
Close caskets at appropriate point in services.
Direct or escort mourners to parlors or chapels in which wakes or funerals are being held.
Place caskets in parlors or chapels prior to wakes or funerals.
Offer assistance to mourners as they enter or exit limousines.
Clean funeral parlors or chapels.
Arrange floral offerings or lights around caskets.
Clean and drive funeral vehicles, such as cars or hearses, in funeral processions.
Act as pallbearers.
Supervise funeral processions and assist with cemetery parking.
Deliver floral arrangements or other items to family members of the deceased.
Carry flowers to hearses or limousines for transportation to places of interment.
Perform general maintenance tasks for funeral homes, such as maintaining equipment or caring for funeral grounds.
Issue and store funeral equipment.
Provide advice to mourners on how to make charitable donations in honor of the deceased.
Embalm, dress, cosmeticize, and casket the deceased.
Prepare obituaries for newspapers.
Obtain burial permits and register deaths.
Transport the deceased to the funeral home.
Obtain doctors' signatures on death certificate and complete other paperwork, such as insurance claims forms.
Assist with cremations and the processing and packaging of cremated remains.
Attend to the needs of the bereaved, such as by offering comfort, counseling, or after-care programs.
Perform various administrative tasks, such as typing documents or answering telephone calls.

Work Styles

Achievement/Effort

Job requires establishing and maintaining personally challenging achievement goals and exerting effort toward mastering tasks.

Persistence

Initiative

Leadership

Cooperation

Concern for Others

Social Orientation

Self-Control

Stress Tolerance

Adaptability/Flexibility

Dependability

Attention to Detail

Integrity

Independence

Innovation

Analytical Thinking

Data Source: This page includes information from the O*NET 30.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license. O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. This page includes Employment Projections program, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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