The highest-paying states for funeral home managers (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 home managers in those states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $122,280, Virginia is the highest paying state for funeral home managers. It is followed by Michigan (average annual salary $117,900). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2020 [1]. For more salary information of funeral home managers in a specific state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia | $122,280 |
$74,180 | 150 |
| 2 | Michigan | $117,900 |
$54,240 | 210 |
| 3 | Wisconsin | $113,410 |
$81,020 | 140 |
| 4 | New York | $108,920 |
$51,040 | 540 |
| 5 | Minnesota | $104,410 |
$51,490 | 150 |
| 6 | Illinois | $100,820 |
$36,250 | 370 |
| 7 | Maryland | $90,800 |
$52,800 | 170 |
| 8 | California | $85,780 |
$53,990 | 650 |
| 9 | Ohio | $85,370 |
$63,390 | 450 |
| 10 | Washington | $81,440 |
$40,890 | 50 |
| 11 | Colorado | $80,610 |
$41,180 | 60 |
| 12 | Pennsylvania | $79,190 |
$60,370 | 640 |
| 13 | Massachusetts | $78,560 |
$49,560 | 280 |
| 14 | North Carolina | $77,900 |
$49,130 | 230 |
| 15 | Iowa | $73,870 |
$28,650 | 80 |
| 16 | Nebraska | $73,860 |
$53,680 | 60 |
| 17 | New Hampshire | $70,970 |
$47,220 | 30 |
| 18 | Alabama | $70,760 |
$41,380 | 220 |
| 19 | Utah | $69,070 |
$28,690 | 90 |
| 20 | Maine | $68,590 |
$38,350 | 70 |
| 21 | Oklahoma | $68,370 |
$31,720 | 160 |
| 22 | Texas | $66,080 |
$35,790 | 610 |
| 23 | Arkansas | $65,690 |
$41,630 | 110 |
| 24 | Louisiana | $65,350 |
$45,690 | 180 |
| 25 | Tennessee | $64,220 |
$41,630 | 440 |
| 26 | Florida | $64,140 |
$41,390 | 500 |
| 27 | Arizona | $63,790 |
$52,710 | 120 |
| 28 | Oregon | $63,570 |
$51,220 | 50 |
| 29 | Idaho | $63,120 |
$53,210 | 40 |
| 30 | Connecticut | $62,610 |
$53,040 | 110 |
| 31 | Indiana | $61,730 |
$43,130 | 440 |
| 32 | West Virginia | $61,060 |
$39,800 | 150 |
| 33 | Kansas | $60,470 |
$53,000 | 140 |
| 34 | South Carolina | $60,280 |
$39,370 | 190 |
| 35 | Mississippi | $59,280 |
$31,380 | 130 |
| 36 | New Mexico | $58,370 |
$43,970 | 50 |
| 37 | Georgia | $57,930 |
$36,950 | 410 |
| 38 | Kentucky | $57,550 |
$30,290 | 280 |
Note: some states are missing from this table because the median salary information of funeral home managers in those states is not available at this time.
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