Funeral Attendants · SOC 39-4021

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Funeral Attendantss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for funeral attendants. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 118 metro areas

Funeral Attendants: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ	$70,880	30	0.2
2	Manchester-Nashua, NH	$57,080	40	0.2
3	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$51,910	280	0.4
4	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$48,110	680	0.3
5	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$46,480	90	0.2
6	Springfield, MA	$46,090	110	0.5
7	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$45,900	50	0.0
8	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$45,480	180	0.3
9	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$45,100	1,190	0.1
10	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$44,810	110	0.7
11	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$44,100	220	0.1
12	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$42,460	530	0.2
13	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$42,380	60	0.0
14	Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT	$42,110	50	0.2
15	Jefferson City, MO	$42,020	50	0.6
16	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$41,130	120	0.1
17	Gulfport-Biloxi, MS	$40,140	40	0.3
18	Cedar Rapids, IA	$40,060	40	0.3
19	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$39,500	410	0.1
20	Portland-South Portland, ME	$39,470	80	0.3
21	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$38,790	100	0.1
22	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$38,700	680	0.1
23	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA	$38,430	30	0.1
24	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$38,230	130	0.1
25	Modesto, CA	$38,130	50	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Funeral Attendants overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.