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Funeral Attendants in The United States
(Asistentes funerarios)
Funeral Attendants -- Perform variety of tasks during funeral, such as placing casket in parlor or chapel prior to service; arranging floral offerings or lights around casket; directing or escorting mourners; closing casket; and issuing and storing funeral equipment.
| SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) | 39-4021.00 |
| Career Interests | SER |
| Minimum education required | (High school) High school diploma or equivalent |
| Minimum work experience required | (None) None |
| Job training required | (Short OJT) Short-term on-the-job training |
| Growth Outlook (projected percentage growth in jobs per year from 2018-2028) | 0.28 (low growth) |
| Current number of workers in USA (2018) | 36,100 |
| Projected number of workers in USA (2028) | 37,100 |
| Average Annual Openings in USA (2018-2028) | 6,000 |
| Average entry-level annual salary in USA (2019) | $19,390 |
| Average annual salary for all workers in USA (2019) | $29,830 |
| Average experienced-worker annual salary for all workers in USA (2019) | $43,710 |
| Career Cluster | Human Services (Servicios Humanos) |
| Major Occupational Group | Personal Care and Service |
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Salaries over $208,000 are sometimes shown as >$208,000 rather than the actual salary.
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SOC Codes
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) system classifies all careers and assigns a unique number to each. This SOC number (39-4021.00) can be used to follow up with other career databases.
Career Interests
Interests are the likes and dislikes of people who work in each career. Matching your interests can help you find a career that will be more satisfying and rewarding for you than occupations that do not meet your interests. Knowing your work interests can help you decide what kinds of jobs and careers you want to explore.
People and work environments can be classified into these six different groups:
- Realistic - "Doers" - People who have athletic or mechanical ability, prefer to work with objects, machines, tools, plants or animals, or to be outdoors.
- Investigative - "Thinkers" - People who like to observe, learn, investigate, analyze, evaluate or solve problems.
- Artistic - "Creators" - People who have artistic, innovating or intuitional abilities and like to work in unstructured situations using their imagination and creativity.
- Social - "Helpers" - People who like to work with people to enlighten, inform, help, train, or cure them, or are skilled with words.
- Enterprising - "Persuaders" - People who like to work with people, influencing, persuading, performing, leading or managing for organizational goals or economic gain.
- Conventional - "Organizers" - People who like to work with data, have clerical or numerical ability, carry out tasks in detail or follow through on others' instructions.
Take an Career Interest Assessment to discover your interests.
Minimum Education Required
Minimum education is the usual minimum level of education required for entry level in each career.
- none - No formal educational credential required
- High school - High school diploma or equivalent
- Some college - Some college, no degree (might be only a few courses that could be earned while a high school student)
- Postsecondary - Postsecondary nondegree award (1- or 2-year certificate or diploma program)
- Associate - Associate's degree (two-year degree program at a community college)
- Bachelor - Bachelor's degree (four-year degree program at a college or university)
- Master - Master's degree (two or more years of college after Bachelor's degree)
- Doctoral - Doctoral or professional degree (three or more years of college after Bachelor's degree)
Minimum Work Experience
Work experience is the usual minimum level of previous work experience that is required for entry level in each career.
- None - no previous work experience in the same field is required.
- < 5 years - less than 5 years of prior work experience in the same field is preferred
- 5 years - 5 years or more of prior work experience in the same field is preferred
Job Training
Job training is the amount of Job Training that is required for entry level in each career. This training could occur either before or after you get hired.
- None
- Short OJT - Short-term on-the-job training is training in the workplace that lasts for less than one month.
- Mod OJT - Moderate-term on-the-job training is training in the workplace that lasts for 1 to 12 months
- Long OJT - Long-term on-the-job training is training in the workplace that lasts for more than one year
- Internship - Internship/residency
- Apprenticeship - (3 to 5 year program that includes training on the job as well as community college or trade school courses.
Growth Outlook
Growth outlook is the projected growth of the number of career openings per year from 2018 to 2028. High growth means that the number of openings are increasing, so the likelihood of getting a job in this career is good. Low growth means that there may not be any openings, so the likelihood of getting a job in this career is not very good.
- low - (red color) - below average projected growth rate (less than 1% growth per year)
- moderate - (green color) - average projected growth rate (between 1 and 2.1% growth per year)
- high - (blue color) - above average projected growth rate (over 2.1% growth per year)
White background indicates that growth outlook information is not available.
Number of Workers
Current number of workers is the number of people in The United States in 2018 who were full-time and part-time employees, workers on paid vacation or other type of paid leave, workers assigned temporarily to other units, and paid owners, officers and staff of incorporated firms.
Projected number of workers is the estimate of the number of people in The United States in 2028 who will be full-time and part-time employees, workers on paid vacation or other type of paid leave, workers assigned temporarily to other units, and paid owners, officers and staff of incorporated firms.
Average Annual Openings is the estimate of the number of job openings in The United States for each year from 2018 to 2028, which includes replacements due to retirements, job turnover, as well as new positions.
Number of workers excludes proprietors, owners and partners of unincorporated firms, unpaid family workers, workers on unpaid leave, and contractors and temporary agency employees not on the company payroll.
Average Entry-Level Salaries
Salary entry is the estimated average salary for all entry-level (first-year) workers in this occupation in The United States in 2019. Technically it is the annual 10th percentile wage.
Salary includes straight time, gross pay, exclusive of premium pay. Base rate, cost-of-living allowances, tips, guaranteed pay, hazardous-duty pay, incentive pay, commissions, production bonuses and on-call pay are included. Excluded is back pay, jury duty pay, overtime pay, severance pay, shift differentials, non-production bonuses, and tuition reimbursements.
Salaries over $208,000 are sometimes shown as >$208,000 rather than the actual salary.
Average Salaries
Salary all is the estimated average salary for all workers in this occupation in The United States in 2019. Technically it is the mean annual wage.
Salaries over $208,000 are sometimes shown as >$208,000 rather than the actual salary.
This research was compiled, analyzed, and posted by Emil Barnabas.
The data come from multiple data tables from the US Department of Labor. Blanks in this table represent missing data, some due to confidentiality because of small numbers of workers in an occupation.
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