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Also called funeral home general manager, funeral home location manager, funeral sales manager and funeral service manager.
$78,790
Median pay a year
13,910
People do this work
6
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Funeral Home Manager
Summary
Funeral home manager coordinating services and resources for families, including arranging details, scheduling ceremonies, and supervising staff while ensuring compliance with regulations and maintaining records
Experience
Funeral Home Manager
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Consulted with families to arrange funeral details, including obituary wording and casket selection
Scheduled funerals, burials, or cremations for clients at the funeral home
Delivered death certificates to medical facilities to obtain signatures from authorized persons
Monitored funeral service operations to ensure compliance with applicable policies and regulations
Directed and supervised the work of embalmers, funeral attendants, and other staff members
Completed and maintained records, including state-required documents and product inventories
Sold funeral services and products to clients, addressing their specific needs and preferences
Skills
Implementing process changes, Interviewing others, Monitoring member performance, Monitoring compliance, Evaluating training needs, Analyzing market research data, Analyzing data, Analyzing financial records, Developing marketing plans, Developing organizational goals, Driver's license
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Certificate Your training program, Year
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Consulted with families to arrange funeral detailsScheduled funerals, burials, or cremationsDelivered death certificates for authorized signaturesOffered counsel and comfort to grieving familiesMonitored operations for compliance with regulationsDirected and supervised funeral home staff
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Consulted with families to arrange funeral details, ensuring their needs and wishes were met during a difficult time
Delivered death certificates to medical facilities for authorized signatures, facilitating timely processing of necessary documentation
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Consulted with families to arrange funeral details, helping them feel more at ease with arrangements during a difficult time
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Families felt more at ease with arrangementsArrangements were completed more smoothly
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Delivered death certificates to medical facilities for authorized signatures, facilitating timely processing of necessary documentation
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Implementing process changes
Interviewing others
Monitoring member performance
Monitoring compliance
Evaluating training needs
Analyzing market research data
Analyzing data
Analyzing financial records
Developing marketing plans
Developing organizational goals
Developing procedures
Determining pricing policies
The work itself
What a Funeral Home Manager does
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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.
What it pays
How much does a Funeral Home Manager make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$61,890
Median
$78,790
75th percentile
$103,940
About 13,910 people do this work in the United States.
What it pays in each state
State
25th percentile
Median
75th percentile
AL
$49,990
$63,010
$76,170
AR
$47,470
$60,260
$70,980
AZ
$59,060
$61,420
$72,640
CA
$74,130
$82,370
$100,320
CT
$96,860
$102,810
$163,530
FL
$59,660
$72,180
$88,410
GA
$67,070
$79,010
$103,680
HI
$37,690
$61,440
$63,860
IA
$77,260
$81,220
$96,180
IN
$60,060
$77,910
$92,880
KS
$45,280
$61,890
$94,160
KY
$37,670
$47,040
$72,750
LA
$62,300
$81,930
$95,190
MA
$79,320
$80,790
$106,360
MD
$74,960
$100,670
$129,370
ME
$71,310
$76,020
$98,950
MI
$73,250
$77,140
$120,650
MN
$73,610
$79,900
$109,170
MO
$60,670
$66,670
$76,440
MS
$49,510
$63,390
$80,180
MT
$59,020
$84,900
$119,220
NC
$74,620
$80,730
$126,500
ND
$50,040
$68,080
$78,870
NE
$64,480
$78,590
$82,560
NH
$77,810
$83,200
$114,440
NJ
$77,150
$101,520
$129,970
NM
$62,790
$82,850
$105,590
NV
$57,950
$60,750
$83,260
NY
$77,050
$103,530
$158,980
OH
$64,940
$99,440
$127,600
OK
$51,970
$64,440
$97,500
OR
$72,020
$80,350
$98,100
PA
$81,640
$104,400
$157,050
RI
$59,960
$122,150
$169,100
SC
$60,580
$77,400
$99,700
SD
$78,670
$100,880
$102,350
TN
$62,960
$78,130
$129,760
TX
$52,020
$67,740
$91,750
UT
$66,400
$82,510
$103,000
VA
$74,620
$81,700
$101,690
WA
$87,150
$102,540
$117,960
WI
$63,990
$79,560
$99,270
WV
$58,360
$71,990
$81,960
Other names
Other names for this job
funeral home general manager, funeral home location manager, funeral sales manager, funeral service manager, location manager, mortuary operations manager, mortuary ops manager, prearranged funeral sales manager, advanced planning director, arranging funeral director, funeral counselor, funeral director.
More names for this work
funeral home director, funeral home gm, funeral home owner, licensed funeral director.
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This page is about the occupation Funeral Home Managers. What this job involves and what it is made of come from O*NET 30.3, the US Department of Labor's occupation database, refreshed July 2026; Rung writes those records into the plain sentences you see. Pay comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS release for 2025. Rung is an independent service and is not affiliated with or endorsed by either agency. How Rung handles accuracy is on the accuracy page, and the full data credits are on the credits page.