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Funeral Attendants · SOC 39-4021

Funeral Attendants Salary in the Charleston Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Charleston, WV metro area

Figures describe the Charleston, WV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Charleston city limits.

Median annual wage$34,300
Median hourly wage$16.49

Funeral Attendants in the Charleston, WV metro area earned a median of $34,300 per year ($16.49 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $30,430 at the 10th percentile to $36,300 at the 90th. BLS estimates 30 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Funeral Attendants in the Charleston metro area earn more than $34,300 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $30,480 and $35,170.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$30,430$30,480$34,300$35,170$36,300
Hourly$14.63$14.65$16.49$16.91$17.45

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Charleston metro areathis metro area
    $34,300
  • West Virginiastate (WV)
    $31,410
  • United Statesnational
    $35,680

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +9% vs West Virginia overall and −4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$21,840$38,187$54,533$70,880Aguadilla, PR — $21,840Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $26,820Tallahassee, FL — $27,650Johnson City, TN — $28,250Lynchburg, VA — $28,300Roanoke, VA — $28,410Lincoln, NE — $28,420El Paso, TX — $28,600Wilmington, NC — $28,650Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $28,780Columbia, SC — $28,870Bay City, MI — $28,900Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $29,040Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $29,040Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $29,090Corpus Christi, TX — $29,100Clarksville, TN-KY — $29,150Killeen-Temple, TX — $29,260Omaha, NE-IA — $29,510Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $29,530Montgomery, AL — $29,590Columbus, GA-AL — $29,620North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $29,780Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $29,870Oklahoma City, OK — $29,890Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $29,900Jacksonville, FL — $29,960Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $29,990Saginaw, MI — $30,160Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $30,290San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $30,370Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $30,370Terre Haute, IN — $30,430Odessa, TX — $30,450Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $30,670Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $30,720Jackson, MS — $30,750Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $31,200Evansville, IN — $31,200Ocala, FL — $31,200Wichita, KS — $31,200Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $31,240Birmingham, AL — $31,450Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $31,620Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $32,150Rocky Mount, NC — $32,150Mobile, AL — $32,280Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $32,910South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $33,090Baton Rouge, LA — $33,110Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $33,190Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $33,270Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $33,370Charleston, WV — $34,300Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $34,310Winston-Salem, NC — $34,310Fayetteville, NC — $34,490Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $34,720Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $34,960Richmond, VA — $35,030Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $35,090Reading, PA — $35,130Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $35,140Youngstown-Warren, OH — $35,150Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $35,160Ogden, UT — $35,170Toledo, OH — $35,250Fort Wayne, IN — $35,360Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $35,380Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $35,380Columbus, OH — $35,530Monroe, MI — $35,620Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $35,650Green Bay, WI — $35,660Fargo, ND-MN — $35,740Cleveland, OH — $35,910Greensboro-High Point, NC — $36,000Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $36,030Asheville, NC — $36,040Pittsburgh, PA — $36,080Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $36,510Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $36,540Madison, WI — $36,570Akron, OH — $36,610Lancaster, PA — $36,620Fresno, CA — $36,840Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $37,240Kansas City, MO-KS — $37,360Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $37,490Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $37,630St. Louis, MO-IL — $37,690Springfield, MO — $37,720Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $37,980Modesto, CA — $38,130San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $38,230Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $38,430Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $38,700Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $38,790Portland-South Portland, ME — $39,470Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $39,500Cedar Rapids, IA — $40,060Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $40,140Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $41,130Jefferson City, MO — $42,020Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $42,110Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $42,380Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $42,460San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $44,100Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $44,810New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $45,100Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $45,480Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $45,900Springfield, MA — $46,090Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $46,480Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $48,110Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $51,910Manchester-Nashua, NH — $57,080Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $70,880

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Charleston metro area has the 65th-highest published median for this occupation among the 118 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in West Virginia

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for funeral attendants, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Charleston metro areathis page
    $34,300
  • Huntington metro area
    $30,290
  • Parkersburg metro area
    $29,040

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Childcare Workers$27,370Animal Caretakers$28,360Residential Advisors$31,560Recreation Workers$28,420Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$39,090First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$40,620

Highest-paying metro areas for funeral attendantss · Highest-paying occupations in Charleston Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.