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Also called coroner investigator, county coroner, autopsy facilities manager and certified medical examiner.
$80,730
Median pay a year
417,070
People do this work
6
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Coroner
Summary
Coroner directing autopsies, medicolegal examinations, and inquests to determine cause and manner of death while investigating accidental, violent, or unexplained fatalities within a legal jurisdiction
Experience
Coroner
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Completed death certificates, including the assignment of cause and manner of death
Performed medicolegal examinations and autopsies to identify victims and signs of trauma
Interviewed persons present at death scenes to obtain information on the manner of death
Observed and recorded the positions and conditions of bodies and related evidence
Removed or supervised removal of bodies from death scenes using proper equipment and supplies
Inquired into the cause, manner, and circumstances of human deaths and established identities
Coordinated the release of personal effects to authorized persons and facilitated disposition of unclaimed corpses
Skills
Core Skills
Collecting evidence for legal cases, Preparing legal documentation, Informing about status, Interviewing claimants, Testifying at legal proceedings, Driver's license
Technical Skills
Documenting related information
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On site, Remote
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Completed death certificates with cause and mannerPerformed medicolegal examinations and autopsiesInterviewed witnesses at death scenes for informationObserved and recorded body positions and conditionsProvided death circumstance information to relativesRemoved bodies from scenes and arranged transportation
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Completed death certificates, accurately assigning cause and manner of death based on investigations
Interviewed witnesses at death scenes to gather critical information for determining circumstances of death
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Completed several death certificates each week, accurately assigning cause and manner of death based on investigations
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Several each weekDozens every monthMost of the cases assigned
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Interviewed witnesses at death scenes to gather critical information for determining circumstances of death
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Helped clarify the timeline of eventsProvided key details for case resolution
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Collecting evidence for legal cases
Preparing legal documentation
Documenting related information
Informing about status
Interviewing claimants
Testifying at legal proceedings
The work itself
What a Coroner does
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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.
What it pays
How much does a Coroner make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$61,280
Median
$80,730
75th percentile
$109,010
About 417,070 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AK
$50,460
$76,430
$106,870
AL
$51,300
$72,990
$98,470
AR
$49,500
$64,680
$83,410
AZ
$58,160
$74,920
$100,230
CA
$71,240
$96,980
$127,380
CO
$68,120
$82,450
$109,980
CT
$71,810
$91,810
$109,990
DC
$84,590
$111,030
$132,960
DE
$65,520
$91,050
$105,800
FL
$51,850
$74,920
$102,740
GA
$51,810
$70,200
$103,380
HI
$65,650
$82,590
$101,750
IA
$62,930
$75,620
$91,720
ID
$52,850
$75,450
$104,620
IL
$62,850
$80,550
$108,360
IN
$60,820
$78,770
$104,750
KS
$53,370
$69,740
$92,490
KY
$52,630
$69,240
$83,460
LA
$49,080
$70,290
$95,840
MA
$78,390
$102,060
$130,230
MD
$66,370
$84,720
$111,530
ME
$62,620
$83,740
$109,300
MI
$59,760
$77,390
$101,000
MN
$68,200
$85,920
$109,010
MO
$49,750
$67,270
$93,890
MS
$49,090
$67,450
$85,220
MT
$61,910
$66,660
$88,420
NC
$59,600
$78,500
$103,810
ND
$63,730
$79,440
$102,400
NE
$58,210
$73,920
$95,210
NH
$65,170
$82,800
$106,060
NJ
$76,180
$100,000
$128,790
NM
$50,190
$67,990
$97,160
NV
$60,010
$78,290
$100,530
NY
$66,670
$90,080
$119,430
OH
$59,130
$75,030
$98,130
OK
$51,660
$63,000
$81,410
OR
$64,130
$82,990
$102,960
PA
$63,280
$85,580
$130,990
PR
$36,420
$48,950
$69,900
RI
$74,550
$87,620
$110,090
SC
$56,060
$75,460
$101,560
SD
$64,020
$72,630
$85,760
TN
$51,970
$63,960
$92,180
TX
$54,700
$75,370
$103,730
UT
$50,840
$67,370
$95,620
VA
$61,570
$80,380
$104,970
VT
$68,220
$90,420
$108,510
WA
$74,770
$88,790
$116,210
WI
$63,790
$78,800
$98,640
WV
$50,520
$64,270
$95,870
WY
$62,510
$79,890
$103,380
Other names
Other names for this job
coroner investigator, county coroner, autopsy facilities manager, certified medical examiner, death investigator, examiner, forensic medical examiner, forensic pathologist, medical examiner, medical examiner investigator, MEI, medical investigator.
More names for this work
medical legal death investigator, medical legal investigator, MLI, medicolegal death investigator, MDI, medicolegal investigator, mobile medical examiner, paramedical examiner.
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