Mortician
Mortician Job Description
Funeral Directors Perform various tasks to arrange and direct funeral services, such as coordinating transportation of body to mortuary for embalming, interviewing family or other authorized person to arrange details, selecting pallbearers, procuring official for religious rites, and providing transportation for mourners. Embalmers Prepare bodies for interment in conformity with legal requirements.
Mortician Salary Statistics as of 2015
Average annual salary for a Mortician is $36440 based on statistics in the U.S. as of 2015. The highest salary recorded was $62736. The lowest salary reported was $23001. These figures will vary on a state to state basis as these are averages across all 50 states.
Median hourly wage for a Mortician is $18.12 based on statistics in the U.S. as of 2015. The highest hourly rate recorded was $31.2. The lowest hourly rate recorded was $11.44. These figures will vary on a state to state basis as these are averages across all 50 states.
Bonuses for a Mortician are based on the years of experience using statistics from the U.S. as of 2015. The average bonus recorded was $750 from people with 15+ years of experience. The average bonus recorded was $509 from people with under 1 year of experience.
These are the highest paying states for a Mortician. These numbers are based of the median annual salary as of 2015.
California – $20,952 – $46,000
Georgia – n/a
Louisiana – n/a
Maryland – n/a
Missouri – n/a
North Carolina – n/a
Texas – $14,497 – $46,152
These are the highest paying cities for a Mortician. These numbers are based of the median annual salary as of 2015.
Atlanta, Georgia –
Minneapolis, Minnesota –
Baltimore, Maryland –
Chicago, Illinois –
Los Angeles, California –
This chart outlines the average annual salary of a Mortician from the past 5 years. In 2015 the average annual salary was $36440 while in 2007 it was just $33793.81
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Based on our stats gathered across the U.S. 56% of Morticians were males while 44% were females. These numbers are based on averages across all states combined. Some individual states may have a much different ratio however.
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