Summary Report for:
11-9061.00 - Funeral Service Managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate the services or resources of funeral homes. Includes activities such as determining prices for services or merchandise and managing the facilities of funeral homes.
This title represents an occupation for which data collection is currently underway.
Tasks | Tools & Technology | Wages & Employment
Tasks
- Attend or make presentations at community events to promote funeral home services or build community relationships.
- Conduct market research and analyze industry trends.
- Consult with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details, such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, or plans for services.
- Direct and supervise work of embalmers, funeral attendants, death certificate clerks, cosmetologists, or other staff.
- Direct or monitor administrative, support, repair, or maintenance services for funeral homes.
- Monitor funeral service operations to ensure that they comply with applicable policies, regulations, and laws.
- Negotiate contracts for prearranged funeral services.
- Offer counsel and comfort to families and friends of the deceased.
- Plan and implement changes to service offerings to meet community needs or increase funeral home revenues.
- Plan and implement sales promotions or other marketing strategies and activities for funeral home operations.
Tools & Technology
Tools used in this occupation:
| Autopsy tables or accessories — Body bridges; Embalming tables; Mortuary dressing tables; Mortuary operating tables |
| Cadaver carriers — Cremation stands; Mortuary cots |
| Cadaver lifter or transfer devices — Casket carriages; Casket lowering devices; Pallbearer casket carriages; Vault lowering devices |
| Mortuary aspirators — Electric mortuary aspirators; Hydro-electric aspirators |
| Protective gloves — Nitrile gloves; Protective latex gloves |
Technology used in this occupation:
| Accounting software — Financial reporting software |
| Data base user interface and query software — FPA Software MACCS; HMIS Advantage; Twin Tiers Technologies CIMS; Twin Tiers Technologies MIMS |
| Electronic mail software — Email software |
| Spreadsheet software — Microsoft Excel |
| Word processing software — Microsoft Word |
Wages & Employment Trends
National
Median wages data collected from Funeral Service Managers, Directors, Morticians, and Undertakers.
Employment data collected from Funeral Directors.
Industry data collected from Funeral Directors.
| Median wages (2010) | $26.12 hourly, $54,330 annual |
| Employment (2008) | 30,000 employees |
| Projected growth (2008-2018) | 
Average (7% to 13%)
|
| Projected job openings (2008-2018) | 9,600 |
| Top industries (2008) |
State & National
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics 2010 wage data
and 2008-2018 employment projections
.
"Projected growth" represents the estimated change in total employment over the projections period (2008-2018). "Projected job openings" represent openings due to growth and replacement.