Mortician, Undertaker, and Funeral Arranger resume
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Also called certified mortician, hospital mortician, licensed mortician and mortician.
$55,010
Median pay a year
25,100
People do this work
6
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Mortician, Undertaker, and Funeral Arranger
1 certification
Summary
Mortician arranging and directing funeral services, coordinating transportation of remains, consulting with families on details, and providing support to bereaved individuals
Experience
Mortician, Undertaker, and Funeral Arranger
Where you worked
Month Year to Month Year
Oversaw the preparation and care of the remains of deceased individuals
Obtained information needed to complete legal documents, such as death certificates
Performed embalming duties as necessary for the deceased
Consulted with families to arrange funeral details, including casket selection
Removed deceased remains from the place of death for funeral services
Planned and coordinated funerals, burials, or cremations, arranging details such as floral delivery
Provided counsel and comfort to bereaved families during their time of loss
Skills
Core Skills
Directing funeral activities, Discussing service options, Providing encouragement, Gathering information orderly, Arranging facility schedules, Transporting medical materials, Handling caskets, Providing escort services, Ushering patrons, Driver's license
Hands-On Work
Cleaning work areas
Education
Certificate Your training program, Year
Certifications & Licenses
State license for this work Your state board, Year
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Oversaw preparation and care of remainsObtained information for legal documentsPerformed embalming duties as necessaryConsulted with families on funeral detailsRemoved deceased remains from place of deathPlanned and coordinated funerals and burials
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Oversaw the preparation and care of remains, ensuring respectful handling and compliance with regulations
Performed embalming duties as necessary, maintaining high standards of hygiene and professionalism
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Oversaw the preparation and care of several remains each week, ensuring respectful handling and compliance with regulations
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Several each weekA few every monthMost of the cases in the facility
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Performed embalming duties as necessary, maintaining high standards of hygiene and professionalism
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Enhanced the appearance of the deceasedHelped families feel more at peaceEnsured compliance with health standards
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Directing funeral activities
Discussing service options
Providing encouragement
Gathering information orderly
Arranging facility schedules
Cleaning work areas
Transporting medical materials
Handling caskets
Providing escort services
Ushering patrons
Arranging items for display
The work itself
What a Mortician, Undertaker, and Funeral Arranger does
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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.
What it pays
How much does a Mortician, Undertaker, and Funeral Arranger make?
Annual pay across the United States. The middle figure is the median: half earn less than that, and half earn more.
25th percentile
$42,430
Median
$55,010
75th percentile
$72,010
About 25,100 people do this work in the United States.
This page is about the occupation Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers. 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.