The top 10 highest paying cities for crematory operators (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of crematory operators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $60,470, Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado is the highest paying city for crematory operators. It is followed by New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York (average annual salary $47,300). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of crematory operators in a specific city, use the links in the table.
| Rank | City/Area | Average Salary i | # of Empl. i |
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| 1 | Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado | $60,470 |
40 | |
| 2 | New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York | $47,300 |
130 | |
| 3 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington | $45,950 |
70 | |
| 4 | Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois | $45,880 |
60 | |
| 5 | Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio | $44,620 |
30 | |
| 6 | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia | $43,250 |
n/a | |
| 7 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California | $42,430 |
50 | |
| 8 | Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina | $41,790 |
50 | |
| 9 | Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts | $40,300 |
40 | |
| 10 | Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana | $27,260 |
40 | |
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