# Funeral Attendants

> 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.

- Edition: Data verified Nov 2026 · CollegesRef 2026–27 edition
- Page: https://www.collegesref.com/careers/funeral-attendants
- SOC code: 39-4021.00
- Career family: Personal care and service
- Median annual pay: $35,680 (10th percentile $28,070, 90th percentile $48,460)
- Projected growth: As fast as average, +2.6%
- Openings a year: 5,400
- Typical entry education: High school diploma
- Bright outlook: no
- Data years: BLS 2025 wages · 2025–35 projections

## Interest profile (code RCS)

| Interest area | Score (0–100) |
| --- | ---: |
| Realistic (R) | 66 |
| Investigative (I) | 1 |
| Artistic (A) | 14 |
| Social (S) | 49 |
| Enterprising (E) | 45 |
| Conventional (C) | 56 |

## What you'd do

- Performing for or Working Directly with the Public (importance 85/100)
- Assisting and Caring for Others (importance 81/100)
- Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates (importance 79/100)
- Handling and Moving Objects (importance 76/100)
- Getting Information (importance 72/100)
- Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships (importance 72/100)
- Operating Vehicles, Mechanized Devices, or Equipment (importance 71/100)
- Communicating with People Outside the Organization (importance 62/100)
- Performing General Physical Activities (importance 62/100)
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems (importance 58/100)

## Skills

Service Orientation, Social Perceptiveness, Active Listening, Coordination, Monitoring, Speaking, Reading Comprehension, Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Time Management

## Knowledge

Customer and Personal Service, English Language, Administrative, Transportation, Computers and Electronics, Law and Government, Communications and Media, Sales and Marketing, Administration and Management, Mathematics

## Also called

Cemetery Services Specialist, Funeral Assistant, Funeral Associate, Funeral Attendant, Funeral Director, Funeral Greeter, Funeral Home Assistant, Funeral Home Associate, Funeral Home Attendant, Funeral Service Attendant

## Related careers

- [Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/morticians-undertakers-and-funeral-arrangers): $55,010 median pay
- [Funeral Home Managers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/funeral-home-managers): $78,790 median pay
- [Crematory Operators](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/crematory-operators): $43,650 median pay
- [Embalmers](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/embalmers): $58,780 median pay
- [Home Health Aides](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/home-health-aides): $35,800 median pay
- [Personal Care Aides](https://www.collegesref.com/careers/personal-care-aides): $35,800 median pay

## Sources

- [O*NET Database](https://www.onetcenter.org/database.html), version 31.0 (CC BY 4.0)
- [BLS Employment Projections](https://www.bls.gov/emp/tables.htm), version 2025-35, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics](https://www.bls.gov/oes/tables.htm), version 2025, data year 2025 (Public domain (U.S. government work))
- [NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk](https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/cipcode/resources.aspx?y=56), version 2020, data year 2020 (Public domain (U.S. government work))

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