Social Services
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.
Median salary
$34,610
Typical range
$27k – $47k
Job outlook
+3% (about average)
AI exposure
Plan a path to Funeral Attendants
Education
Typical entry: No degree required
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Junior Funeral Attendants
Entry / Junior
$26,820
~2 yrs to advance
Funeral Attendants
Established
$34,610
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Funeral Attendants
Senior
$40,650
Key skills
A typical day
- •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.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Social Services
Explore all- University of Michigan18% admit · $87,000 grad pay
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill19% admit · $73,000 grad pay
- University of Chicago5% admit · $91,000 grad pay
- Columbia University4% admit · $103,000 grad pay
- University of Wisconsin–Madison49% admit · $72,000 grad pay
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