Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers Career

The role of Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers is to perform various tasks to arrange and direct individual funeral services, such as coordinating transportation of body to mortuary, interviewing family or other authorized person to arrange details, selecting pallbearers, aiding with the selection of officials for religious rites, and providing transportation for mourners.

The average annual wage of the occupations is $58,020 and $28 per hour. 4 vocational programs could be taken for the Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers career. Based on BLS data, a total of 24,200 employees were employed in the Occupation.

The 2024 average tuition over the programs for preparing Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers is $25,125. The average length of the programs is 68 hours and the average completion time is 13.33 months.

Vocational Programs to Prepare Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers Career

2024 Average Tuition and Time for Preparing Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
Program Name	Number of Schools	Tuition & Fees	Books & Supplies	Program Lengths	Avg. Completion Time
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science	20	$24,008	-	60 Hours	11.00 Months
Funeral Direction/Service	10	$26,075	$1,500	60 Hours	11.00 Months
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science (other)	1	$24,175	$1,146	83 Hours	18.00 Months
Thanatology	2	-	-	-	-

Related Occupations to Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers Career

The following 19 occupations are related to Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers.

Related Occupations toMorticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
Occupation	Total Employees	Annual Wages	Hourly Rate
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Medical and Health Services Managers	515K	$134,440	$65
Social and Community Service Managers	174K	$83,400	$40
Funeral Home Managers	14,200	$84,800	$41
Compliance Officers	384K	$80,190	$39
Rehabilitation Counselors	84,750	$48,430	$23
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	352K	$59,190	$28
Clergy	56,640	$63,720	$31
Directors, Religious Activities and Education	23,270	$61,740	$30
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	171K	$54,220	$26
Nursing Assistants	1,352K	$39,610	$19
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers	106K	$50,090	$24
Embalmers	3,380	$56,690	$27
Crematory Operators	3,220	$44,290	$21
Funeral Attendants	32,620	$35,200	$17
Residential Advisors	88,700	$40,200	$19
Receptionists and Information Clerks	1,004K	$36,590	$18
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	750K	$43,380	$21
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,785K	$45,490	$22

Vocational Programs for Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers Career

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$27.90

$58,020

Vocational Programs to Prepare Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers Career

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