Funeral Home Managers

Also Called: Funeral Home Manager, Funeral Service Manager, Mortuary Operations Manager

Associate's Degree

usually needed

Not Available
(Students Only)
Match Percentage

$44,830

Entry Salary

Below Average

Job outlook

What Funeral Home Managers do

Plan, direct, or coordinate the services or resources of funeral homes. Includes activities such as determining prices for services or merchandise and managing the facilities of funeral homes.

  • Consult with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details, such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, or plans for services.
  • Direct and supervise work of embalmers, funeral attendants, death certificate clerks, cosmetologists, or other staff.
  • Schedule funerals, burials, or cremations.
Industry Areas:

Finance and Business • Retail Sales and Services

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Work Context

  • Telephone
  • Contact With Others
  • Electronic Mail
  • Freedom to Make Decisions
  • Structured versus Unstructured Work

Tools

  • Cadaver lifter or transfer devices
  • Autopsy tables or accessories
  • Cadaver carriers
  • Mortuary aspirators
  • Protective gloves

Technology

Spreadsheet software
Microsoft Excel
Presentation software
funeralOne Life Tributes
Microsoft PowerPoint
Data base user interface and query software
FPA Software MACCS
Twin Tiers Technologies CIMS

The Education & Training You Need

Skills

  • Service Orientation
  • Active Listening
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Speaking
  • Monitoring

Knowledge

Business
customer service
management
Arts and Humanities
English language
philisophy and religion
Engineering and Technology
computers and electronics
Math and Science
psychology

Education

  • 57% Associate's degree
  • 13% Professional degree
  • 12% Bachelor's degree

Experience

Previous work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is required for these occupations. For example, an electrician must have completed three or four years of apprenticeship or several years of vocational training, and often must have passed a licensing exam, in order to perform the job.

What are some related occupations at different educational levels?


Job Training Match

Funeral Attendants

Educational Level

High School Diploma or Equivalent

 Job Training Match

Residential Advisors

Educational Level

Post-secondary, non-degree

Funeral Home Managers Currently Selected

Educational Level

Associate's Degree

 Job Training Match

Social & Community Service Managers

Educational Level

Bachelor's Degree

Business Teachers, Postsecondary

Educational Level

Advanced Degree

What are your training options on the pathway to this occupation?

Advanced Training

There are currently no advanced training opportunities for this career.

ACT & College

  • Adams State University

    Alamosa, CO

  • AIB College of Business

    Des Moines, IA

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Are You a Good Fit?

Occupation Traits

Work Styles

  • Attention to Detail
  • Integrity
  • Dependability
  • Self Control
  • Stress Tolerance
  • Concern for Others

Values

  • Relationships
  • Achievement
  • Independence

Abilities

  • Verbal
  • Ideas and Logic

This is what Funeral Home Managers across the country typically make.

$21.56 / hour
$44,830 /year

Entry Level

$36.37 / hour
$75,660 /year

Median Level

$63.16 / hour
$131,360 /year

Experienced Level

Income information reflects a regional average.
Income information reflects a national average.

This career’s National Job Outlook is

Below Average

Please be sure to verify the outlook of this occupation with your instructor.

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