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Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers · SOC 39-4031

Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers Salary in the Lancaster Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Lancaster, PA metro area

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

Median annual wage$65,250
Median hourly wage$31.37

Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers in the Lancaster, PA metro area earned a median of $65,250 per year ($31.37 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $47,970 at the 10th percentile to $97,740 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers in the Lancaster metro area earn more than $65,250 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $52,420 and $77,120.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$47,970$52,420$65,250$77,120$97,740
Hourly$23.06$25.20$31.37$37.08$46.99

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

  • Lancaster metro areathis metro area
    $65,250
  • Pennsylvaniastate (PA)
    $63,580
  • United Statesnational
    $55,010

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

The median here is +3% vs Pennsylvania overall and +19% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$32,980$49,133$65,287$81,440Florence, SC — $32,980Springfield, MO — $35,310Jefferson City, MO — $35,450Spartanburg, SC — $35,830Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $36,120Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $37,980Tucson, AZ — $38,050Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $38,200Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $38,390El Paso, TX — $39,190Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $43,330Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $43,810Birmingham, AL — $44,930Gainesville, FL — $45,020Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $45,440Port St. Lucie, FL — $45,640Reno, NV — $45,780Mobile, AL — $45,880Odessa, TX — $45,960Chattanooga, TN-GA — $46,200Columbus, GA-AL — $46,210Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $46,240Kansas City, MO-KS — $46,270Urban Honolulu, HI — $46,310Jackson, MS — $46,800Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $46,970Baton Rouge, LA — $47,000Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $47,030Duluth, MN-WI — $47,200Jacksonville, FL — $47,620San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $47,760Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $47,990Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $47,990Fresno, CA — $48,010Macon-Bibb County, GA — $48,040Columbia, SC — $48,130Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $48,140Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $48,140Youngstown-Warren, OH — $48,350Ocala, FL — $48,480Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $48,540Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $48,540St. Cloud, MN — $48,580Modesto, CA — $48,650Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $48,830North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $48,940San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $49,070Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $49,080Tulsa, OK — $49,180Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $49,190St. Louis, MO-IL — $49,280Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $49,610Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $49,880Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $49,930Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $50,080Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $50,490Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $50,530Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $50,700Lake Charles, LA — $51,380Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $51,520Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $52,090Lubbock, TX — $52,270Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $52,660Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $52,660Cleveland, OH — $54,510Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $55,380Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $55,660Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $56,210Roanoke, VA — $56,370Wichita, KS — $56,710Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $57,260Toledo, OH — $57,500Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $57,520Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $57,650Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $57,740Canton-Massillon, OH — $57,770Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $58,070Akron, OH — $58,090Albuquerque, NM — $58,090Madison, WI — $58,250Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $58,510Colorado Springs, CO — $58,690Richmond, VA — $59,340Columbus, OH — $59,480Lynchburg, VA — $59,870Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $59,920Oklahoma City, OK — $59,940Rochester, NY — $59,950Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $59,990Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $60,120Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $60,130Yakima, WA — $60,130San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $60,310Boise City, ID — $60,370Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $60,440Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $60,540Greensboro-High Point, NC — $60,780Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $60,900Flint, MI — $60,920Winston-Salem, NC — $61,030Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $61,430Fort Wayne, IN — $61,630Springfield, MA — $61,640Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $61,940Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $62,040Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $62,190Asheville, NC — $62,380Pittsburgh, PA — $62,450Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $62,540Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $62,580Saginaw, MI — $62,800Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $63,010Lincoln, NE — $63,130San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $63,160Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $63,450Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $64,450York-Hanover, PA — $64,910Lancaster, PA — $65,250Reading, PA — $66,470Omaha, NE-IA — $69,900Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $70,100Cedar Rapids, IA — $70,280Stockton-Lodi, CA — $70,830New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $72,860Ogden, UT — $73,970Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $74,610Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $74,780Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $75,470Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $78,280Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $81,440

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 Lancaster metro area has the 13th-highest published median for this occupation among the 130 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 Pennsylvania

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

  • Lancaster metro areathis page
    $65,250
  • Philadelphia metro area
    $75,470
  • Reading metro area
    $66,470
  • York metro area
    $64,910
  • Harrisburg metro area
    $64,450
  • Pittsburgh metro area
    $62,450
  • Scranton metro area
    $62,040

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:

Amusement and Recreation Attendants$29,120Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$35,510Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$44,200Recreation Workers$35,640Animal Caretakers$32,400Childcare Workers$30,620

Highest-paying metro areas for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangerss · Highest-paying occupations in Lancaster 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.