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Funeral Attendant Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of funeral attendants in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of funeral attendants in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Funeral Attendants in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$35,820
25th Percentile Wage	$36,770
50th Percentile Wage	$44,600
75th Percentile Wage	$47,920
90th Percentile Wage	$62,470

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for funeral attendants in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $62,470. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $44,600. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $35,820.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of funeral attendants from 2012 to 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	10-Year Growth
2022	$44,600	15.27%	39.64%
2021	$37,790	5.53%	-
2020	$35,700	0.53%	-
2019	$35,510	18.50%	-
2018	$28,940	-6.12%	-
2017	$30,710	3.74%	-
2016	$29,560	0.10%	-
2015	$29,530	18.59%	-
2014	$24,040	-7.15%	-
2013	$25,760	-4.50%	-
2012	$26,920	-	-

Table 2. Compare Funeral Attendant Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $44,600, New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is the highest paying city for funeral attendants in state of New York, followed by Rochester (median annual salary $35,410). In comparison, the median annual salary of funeral attendants in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 20.6 percent (20.6%) higher than that in Rochester.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$44,600
Rochester	$35,410
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$34,690
Utica-Rome	$31,580
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	$31,030
Glens Falls	$28,290
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$26,930
Nassau-Suffolk	$26,800
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	$25,360
Syracuse	$25,050
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$22,840
Binghamton	$19,720