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Funeral Home Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate the services or resources of funeral homes. Includes activities such as determining prices for services or merchandise and managing the facilities of funeral homes.
Other titles employers use
Arranging Funeral Director · Funeral Director · Funeral Home Location Manager · Funeral Home Manager · Funeral Home Owner · Funeral Service Manager · Licensed Funeral Director · Location Manager
Inside the work
What you would actually do.
6 responsibilities that define the role, before job titles and workplaces change the details.
- Consult with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details, such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, or plans for services.
- Schedule funerals, burials, or cremations.
- Deliver death certificates to medical facilities or offices to obtain signatures from legally authorized persons.
- Offer counsel and comfort to families and friends of the deceased.
- Monitor funeral service operations to ensure that they comply with applicable policies, regulations, and laws.
- Direct and supervise work of embalmers, funeral attendants, death certificate clerks, cosmetologists, or other staff.
Who it suits
Would this work hold your attention?
This career often appeals to people drawn to persuading, organizing and helping work.
- Persuading
- Leading, selling, starting projects, or making a case
- Organizing
- Creating order, checking details, and keeping work accurate
Skills and strengths
What you would get good at.
Compare the skills the work relies on, the subjects behind it, and the abilities that make it easier to learn.
Core skills
- Service Orientation
- Active Listening
- Social Perceptiveness
- Reading Comprehension
- Time Management
- Speaking
Subjects to know
- Customer and Personal Service
- Administration and Management
- English Language
- Administrative
- Economics and Accounting
Useful strengths
- Oral Comprehension
- Written Comprehension
- Oral Expression
- Written Expression
- Problem Sensitivity
Working day
Picture yourself doing it.
These measures show how much of the day involves people, movement, conversation, and hands-on work.
| Measure | Out of 5 | What that means here |
|---|---|---|
| Close to other people | 4.4 | Arm’s length or closer, most of the day |
| On your feet | 3.3 | Up and down through the day |
| Talking face to face | 4.8 | Continuous — the job is conversations |
| Working with your hands | 2.9 | Little of the day |
Preparation
How people prepare for this work.
Employers usually ask for an associate degree. Other routes may also lead into the field.
- A two-year degree 50%
- High school or less 26%
- A certificate or some college 18%
- A master's degree 5%
Tools of the work
Technology you may use.
- Electronic mail software
- Presentation software
- Spreadsheet software
- Office suite software
- Word processing software
- Data base user interface and query software
- Video creation and editing software
- Accounting software
Opportunity near you
See where this work is growing.
Choose a state to compare the size of the field, annual openings, and expected hiring change.
- People doing this work
- 5,840
- Job openings each year
- 460
- Expected hiring change, 2022–2032
- 11.7%
Compare every available state
| State | People doing it | Job openings each year | Expected change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 5,840 | 460 | 11.7% |
| Florida | 2,610 | 210 | 11.5% |
| California | 2,300 | 180 | 15.0% |
| New York | 2,160 | 30 | 13.7% |
| Kentucky | 1,710 | 130 | 1.2% |
| Missouri | 1,660 | 130 | 5.1% |
| Pennsylvania | 1,590 | 120 | 2.6% |
| New Jersey | 1,400 | 110 | 8.5% |
| Tennessee | 1,380 | 110 | 16.0% |
| North Carolina | 1,160 | 90 | 10.5% |
| Ohio | 1,120 | 80 | — |
| Georgia | 1,110 | 90 | 8.8% |
| Michigan | 970 | 70 | −3.0% |
| Maryland | 880 | 70 | 7.3% |
| Louisiana | 810 | 60 | 3.8% |
| Indiana | 740 | 50 | 1.4% |
| Arizona | 720 | 60 | 7.5% |
| Wisconsin | 710 | 60 | 10.9% |
| South Carolina | 670 | 50 | 1.5% |
| Minnesota | 640 | 50 | 3.2% |
| Oklahoma | 640 | 50 | 1.6% |
| Connecticut | 610 | 50 | 8.9% |
| Alabama | 590 | 40 | 3.5% |
| Virginia | 530 | 40 | 3.9% |
| Mississippi | 480 | 40 | — |
| Oregon | 470 | 40 | 20.5% |
| Arkansas | 460 | 40 | 2.2% |
| Utah | 390 | 30 | 25.8% |
| Kansas | 310 | 20 | −3.1% |
| Iowa | 290 | 20 | 7.4% |
| Massachusetts | 280 | 20 | 3.7% |
| Colorado | 270 | 20 | 3.8% |
| Nebraska | 270 | 20 | 3.8% |
| Puerto Rico | 240 | 20 | 20.0% |
| Vermont | 240 | 20 | 9.1% |
| Rhode Island | 210 | 20 | 10.5% |
| West Virginia | 210 | 20 | — |
| Maine | 200 | 10 | 5.3% |
| Idaho | 160 | 10 | 23.1% |
| New Mexico | 160 | 10 | 14.3% |
| Washington | 160 | 10 | — |
| South Dakota | 150 | 10 | 7.1% |
| Nevada | 120 | 10 | 20.0% |
| Delaware | 100 | 10 | — |
| New Hampshire | 80 | 10 | — |
| North Dakota | 50 | 0 | — |
| Montana | 40 | 0 | 33.3% |
| Wyoming | 40 | 0 | — |
Career to college
Build a path toward this work.
Start with a related major, then compare colleges where students complete that field.
Where to study
Colleges with strong activity in these fields.
Start with program size, admission, and likely cost. Open a college for the full picture.
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
- Degrees each year
- 35
- Admit rate
- 77%
- Annual cost after aid
- $10,000
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
- Degrees each year
- 23
- Admit rate
- 90%
- Annual cost after aid
- $10,000
University of Central Oklahoma
- Degrees each year
- 23
- Admit rate
- 82%
- Annual cost after aid
- $18,000
Wayne State University
- Degrees each year
- 22
- Admit rate
- 82%
- Annual cost after aid
- $12,000
Point Park University
- Degrees each year
- 8
- Admit rate
- 98%
- Annual cost after aid
- $22,000
Gannon University
- Degrees each year
- 2
- Admit rate
- 77%
- Annual cost after aid
- $20,000
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