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

Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers Salary in the San Jose Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Jose city limits.

Median annual wage$63,160
Median hourly wage$30.37

Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area earned a median of $63,160 per year ($30.37 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $43,050 at the 10th percentile to $89,430 at the 90th. BLS estimates 120 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers in the San Jose metro area earn more than $63,160 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $56,720 and $83,660.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$43,050$56,720$63,160$83,660$89,430
Hourly$20.70$27.27$30.37$40.22$42.99

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

  • San Jose metro areathis metro area
    $63,160
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $50,750
  • United Statesnational
    $55,010

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

The median here is +24% vs California overall and +15% 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 San Jose metro area has the 17th-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 California

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.

  • San Jose metro areathis page
    $63,160
  • Stockton metro area
    $70,830
  • San Francisco metro area
    $60,310
  • Oxnard metro area
    $52,660
  • Sacramento metro area
    $50,700
  • Los Angeles metro area
    $50,490
  • San Diego metro area
    $49,070

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$45,720Amusement and Recreation Attendants$42,850Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors$62,010Recreation Workers$57,580Manicurists and Pedicurists$43,070Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists$43,410

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