The annual salary statistics of morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $28,740 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $33,220 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $49,860 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $63,100 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $78,970 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $78,970. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $49,860. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $28,740.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $49,860 | -8.10% | -0.94% |
| 2016 | $53,900 | -0.09% | - |
| 2015 | $53,950 | 4.93% | - |
| 2014 | $51,290 | -0.51% | - |
| 2013 | $51,550 | 2.37% | - |
| 2012 | $50,330 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $49,860, San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is the second highest paying city for morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors in state of California, following the highest paying city San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara (median annual salary of $53,790). Compared with San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, the median annual salary of morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors in San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City is 7.3 percent (7.3%) lower.