Business & Finance
Coroners
Direct activities such as autopsies, pathological and toxicological analyses, and inquests relating to the investigation of deaths occurring within a legal jurisdiction to determine cause of death or to fix responsibility for accidental, violent, or unexplained deaths.
Median salary
$78,420
Typical range
$46k – $130k
Job outlook
+3% (about average)
AI exposure
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Education
Typical entry: Associate degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Junior Coroners
Entry / Junior
$46,230
~2 yrs to advance
Coroners
Established
$78,420
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Coroners
Senior
$104,225
Key skills
A typical day
- •Complete death certificates, including the assignment of cause and manner of death.
- •Perform medicolegal examinations and autopsies, conducting preliminary examinations of the body to identify victims, locate signs of trauma, and identify factors that would indicate time of death.
- •Interview persons present at death scenes to obtain information useful in determining the manner of death.
- •Observe and record the positions and conditions of bodies and related evidence.
- •Provide information concerning the circumstances of death to relatives of the deceased.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Business & Finance
Explore all- University of Pennsylvania6% admit · $112,000 grad pay
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Harvard University4% admit · $119,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- New York University12% admit · $84,000 grad pay
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