Funeral Home Managers · SOC 11-9171

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Funeral Home Managerss

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

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for funeral home managers. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (3 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 64 metro areas

Funeral Home Managers: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$113,620	730	0.1
2	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	$110,130	40	0.1
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$107,820	40	0.0
4	Pittsburgh, PA	$105,930	140	0.1
5	Providence-Warwick, RI-MA	$102,490	150	0.2
6	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$101,770	120	0.0
7	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$101,220	220	0.1
8	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN	$100,860	100	0.1
9	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$99,760	140	0.1
10	Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	$97,710	40	0.1
11	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$97,440	30	0.1
12	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$96,480	30	0.0
13	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$94,060	90	0.0
14	Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA	$90,410	30	0.1
15	Salt Lake City-Murray, UT	$86,970	70	0.1
16	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$85,200	180	0.1
17	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$83,960	40	0.0
18	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$83,450	220	0.1
19	Omaha, NE-IA	$83,280	40	0.1
20	Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN	$82,870	80	0.1
21	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$82,700	60	0.0
22	Ogden, UT	$82,560	40	0.1
23	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$82,420	40	0.0
24	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$82,370	270	0.0
25	Madison, WI	$82,230	40	0.1

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Funeral Home Managers 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.