Highest-paying Cities for Funeral Attendants

The top 100 highest paying cities for funeral attendants (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 funeral attendants in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $45,600, Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California is the highest paying city for funeral attendants. It is followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California (average annual salary $45,450). 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 funeral attendants in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Funeral Attendants

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$45,600	$27,670	n/a
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$45,450	$38,280	180
3	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$45,270	$26,300	220
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$45,200	$36,050	80
5	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$44,750	$31,500	40
6	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$44,600	$35,820	1,220
7	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$44,140	$33,390	590
8	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$43,410	$28,710	50
9	West Central Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$39,390	$25,820	70
10	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$39,320	$22,900	270
11	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$38,110	$28,440	470
12	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$37,870	$29,120	80
13	Salt Lake City, Utah	$37,850	$24,900	90
14	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$37,640	$33,730	800
15	Peabody, Massachusetts	$37,580	$32,090	40
16	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$37,490	$30,780	100
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$37,480	$29,550	460
18	York-Hanover, Pennsylvania	$37,440	$29,830	80
19	Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, Pennsylvania	$37,440	$27,090	100
20	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$37,320	$23,680	70
21	Reading, Pennsylvania	$37,300	$27,200	70
22	Springfield, Illinois	$37,220	$26,900	60
23	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$37,170	$30,890	220
24	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$36,970	$24,280	40
25	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$36,940	$29,730	50
26	Worcester, Massachusetts	$36,800	$31,310	130
27	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$36,730	$30,730	50
28	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$36,570	$28,280	420
29	Bakersfield-Delano, California	$36,450	$30,560	30
30	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$36,440	$29,120	150
31	Springfield, Massachusetts	$36,400	$31,010	130
32	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$36,350	$34,670	50
33	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$36,270	$26,340	80
34	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$36,210	$24,670	100
35	Visalia-Porterville, California	$36,190	$31,140	40
36	Far Western Pennsylvania nonmetropolitan area, Pennsylvania	$36,180	$22,550	70
37	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$36,110	$25,120	490
38	North Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$35,970	$23,330	80
39	Rockford, Illinois	$35,940	$23,370	40
40	Other Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$35,930	$22,000	140
41	St Cloud, Minnesota	$35,920	$24,790	30
42	Northwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$35,880	$29,100	90
43	Modesto, California	$35,840	$29,120	40
44	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$35,810	$30,390	190
45	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$35,810	$29,070	100
46	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$35,790	$29,900	810
47	Duluth, Wisconsin	$35,790	$27,860	60
48	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$35,710	$30,470	120
49	Southwest Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$35,700	$27,860	40
50	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$35,420	$28,200	110
51	Rochester, New York	$35,410	$29,090	80
52	Northeast Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$35,390	$29,780	40
53	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$35,350	$30,270	80
54	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$35,230	$29,270	70
55	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$35,160	$30,670	30
56	Northeast Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$35,120	$28,810	50
57	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$35,080	$23,970	50
58	Dothan, Alabama	$34,920	$20,520	30
59	East-Central Montana nonmetropolitan area, Montana	$34,910	$30,160	40
60	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$34,830	$27,740	70
61	Southwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$34,770	$27,750	70
62	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$34,690	$30,060	60
63	Erie, Pennsylvania	$34,670	$23,590	60
64	Salisbury, Maryland	$34,360	$27,710	60
65	Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area, Ohio	$34,320	$22,360	80
66	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$34,310	$26,350	50
67	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$34,250	$29,360	60
68	Framingham, Massachusetts	$34,160	$18,950	40
69	Central Missouri nonmetropolitan area, Missouri	$34,140	$27,000	50
70	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$34,130	$25,980	80
71	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$33,990	$21,450	50
72	East North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$33,910	$21,590	50
73	Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, Florida	$33,660	$23,610	90
74	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$33,630	$21,020	40
75	Charleston-North Charleston-Summerville, South Carolina	$33,570	$23,110	80
76	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$33,360	$25,250	60
77	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$33,280	$23,010	640
78	Northwest Iowa nonmetropolitan area, Iowa	$33,250	$25,830	90
79	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$32,500	$25,890	120
80	South Central Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$32,330	$22,820	60
81	Western Tennessee nonmetropolitan area, Tennessee	$32,330	$22,820	130
82	Camden, New Jersey	$32,180	$18,680	200
83	Fargo, North Dakota	$32,170	$30,010	30
84	Peoria, Illinois	$32,160	$27,850	50
85	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$32,160	$23,450	70
86	Williamsport, Pennsylvania	$31,860	$26,680	40
87	Cumberland, West Virginia	$31,810	$30,600	30
88	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$31,630	$26,360	40
89	Utica-Rome, New York	$31,580	$29,190	60
90	Weirton-Steubenville, West Virginia	$31,200	$21,480	30
91	Northwest Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$31,200	$26,390	50
92	Akron, Ohio	$31,170	$22,340	80
93	Gulf Coast Texas nonmetropolitan area, Texas	$31,130	$21,040	60
94	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$31,130	$23,760	100
95	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$31,080	$17,640	260
96	Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, Iowa	$31,070	$26,110	50
97	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$31,030	$30,210	50
98	Eastern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area, New Mexico	$30,980	$26,720	40
99	Kalamazoo-Portage, Michigan	$30,920	$26,440	50
100	South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area, Wisconsin	$30,890	$27,320	40

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for funeral attendants.