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Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Director Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

The annual salary statistics of morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York is shown in Table 1. The wage information of morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors 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 Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Directors in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York

Percentile Bracket	Average Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage	$48,120
25th Percentile Wage	$57,640
50th Percentile Wage	$71,410
75th Percentile Wage	$99,330
90th Percentile Wage	$121,680

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors 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 $121,680. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $71,410. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $48,120.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors from 2012 to 2022.

Year	Median Salary	Yearly Growth	10-Year Growth
2022	$71,410	-7.16%	26.89%
2021	$76,520	18.90%	-
2020	$62,060	-0.18%	-
2019	$62,170	-20.27%	-
2018	$74,770	12.46%	-
2017	$65,450	5.61%	-
2016	$61,780	1.15%	-
2015	$61,070	-6.01%	-
2014	$64,740	9.99%	-
2013	$58,270	10.40%	-
2012	$52,210	-	-

Table 2. Compare Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Director Salary in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island with Other New York Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $71,410 in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is in the middle of salary range for morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors in state of New York. In comparison, the annual salary of morticians, undertakers, and funeral directors in New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island is 11.0 percent (11.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Binghamton and 43.9 percent (43.9%) higher than that in the lowest paying Central New York nonmetropolitan area.

Cities/Areas	Median Annual Salary
Binghamton	$80,200
Nassau-Suffolk	$75,350
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island	$71,410
Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area	$58,330
Syracuse	$58,290
Utica-Rome	$52,170
Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area	$47,530
Rochester	$47,470
Albany-Schenectady-Troy	$45,670
Buffalo-Niagara Falls	$45,470
Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown	$44,470
New York-White Plains-Wayne	$43,170
Central East New York nonmetropolitan area	$41,610
Central New York nonmetropolitan area	$40,030