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Funeral director
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Key facts
+3%jobs, 2025 to 2035
United StatesThis job is hiring in the United States; its exposure to AI is medium. AI exposure: very low according to the ILO, moderate according to the BLS. Employment change in the United States by 2035: +3% (BLS).
The job
Undertakers and embalmers (ISCO 5163). Undertakers and embalmers arrange funerals and perform various tasks in the disposal of human remains.
Page built from official classifications (ILO, ESCO); figures cover all the jobs grouped here.
30 job titles linked to this page
Titles from the European ESCO classification. They are also used for search.
- attendant for funeral organisation
- bereavement manager
- burial ground attendant
- burial ground custodian
- burial ground worker
- burial grounds custodian
- burial site attendant
- burial site worker
- cemetery attendant
- cemetery caretaker
- cemetery labourer
- cemetery manager
- cemetery worker
- churchyard attendant
- crematorium operator
- crematorium supervisor
- crematorium technician
- embalmer
- funeral attendant
- funeral director
- funeral home assistant
- funeral home worker
- funeral services director
- graves digger
- graveyard attendant
- graveyard worker
- mortician
- mortician's helper
- pallbearer
- undertaker's helper
Training
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Gauges
Risk 3/5 · Moderate
AI exposureMediumBLS AI exposure category "moderate" (2026), higher than the ILO 2025 index (very low)
Employment outlookStableBLS, 2025-2035 projections (Funeral home managers; Funeral attendants; Morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers (+1))
Hiring difficultyNot availableNo US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job
PayAverageBLS, 2025 median annual wage: $57,065
EntryMediumBLS, typical education needed for entry
No US indicator measures hiring difficulty job by job: this gauge stays empty. How countries are compared
Sources
- AI exposure categories and employment projections, 2025-2035 (XLSX file)Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States · August 2026 · official statistics
- Generative AI and Jobs: a refined global index of occupational exposureInternational Labour Organization and NASK · May 2025 · large survey
- ESCO, European classification of skills, competences, qualifications and occupations (job titles and O*NET crosswalk)European Commission · version 1.2 · official statistics
- Jobs in 2030: projections by occupational family (summary table)Dares and France Stratégie · March 2022 · official statistics
- Labour needs survey (BMO) 2026France Travail · 2026 · large survey
- EURES report on labour shortages and surpluses 2025, annexEuropean Labour Authority · June 2026 · official statistics
Checked on 27 October 2026.