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As of Aug 29, 2026, the average hourly pay for funeral greeter in California is $15.41, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $12.36 and $15.19 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is a funeral greeter?

A Funeral Greeter is responsible for welcoming and assisting guests at a funeral or memorial service. They provide guidance, answer basic questions, and help create a respectful and comforting atmosphere. Their duties may include directing attendees, distributing service materials, and offering support to grieving families. Greeters should be compassionate, professional, and attentive to the needs of guests.

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As a Funeral Greeter, your main duties include welcoming guests, providing directions within the funeral home, answering basic questions, and helping to maintain an atmosphere of respect and comfort. You'll often coordinate with funeral directors and other staff to ensure services run smoothly, assist with distributing service materials, and sometimes help with guest registration. This role requires attentiveness and compassion, as you are often the first point of contact for grieving families and attendees. By handling these responsibilities with professionalism and care, you play a critical role in ensuring each service is organized and comforting for all who attend.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive as a funeral greeter, and why are they important?

To thrive as a Funeral Greeter, you need strong interpersonal skills, attention to detail, and the ability to provide compassionate customer service, often with a high school diploma or equivalent. Familiarity with funeral home procedures, basic scheduling tools, and visitor management systems is sometimes required. Professionalism, empathy, excellent communication, and calmness under emotional circumstances are important soft skills. These abilities ensure that grieving families and guests feel supported, respected, and guided throughout the funeral service.

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Funeral greeters typically earn between $10 and $15 per hour, depending on location and experience. The role often involves providing support and guidance during funeral services and may require good interpersonal skills and a respectful demeanor.

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Funeral Attendant

Colton, CA

Service Corporation International

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$18/hr

Full-time

Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, Retirement

Posted 18 days ago

Job description

Our associates celebrate lives. We celebrate our associates.

This support role performs a variety of manual and office tasks in preparation of, during and after funeral services to ensure services run smoothly and as planned. Duties include setting up rooms for ceremonies, copying memorial materials, greeting and escorting friends of the family, driving family members and cleaning vehicles. Funeral Attendants also assist with the preparation of the deceased and casket. The ability to work beyond standard business hours, including weekends and holidays, is required.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

Funeral Services

  • Prepare casket and deceased for visitation or funeral services such as dressing casket, adjusting deceased clothing and jewelry, and transporting casket through hallways. May assist with lifting deceased
  • Prepare rooms for a variety of services including but not limited to setting up and cleaning chairs, tables, icons, guest books, flowers, keepsakes, mementos, casket, and urn
  • Greet visitors, provide programs, answers questions, and provide funeral services information
  • May serve as pallbearer
  • May drive families to cemetery site
  • Following services, removal, cleaning, and proper storage of company property as well as packaging, loading, or delivery of family mementos, keepsakes, and flowers

Office Assistance

  • Courteously answer phones, screen callers, and take 'first call' information
  • Notify staff members when appointments arrive and escort guests to appropriate room
  • Maintain reception area and refreshments including making coffee, disposing of trash, replenishing supplies, and straightening, cleaning, or vacuuming
  • Review a variety of documents for accuracy
  • Data entry of document information into proprietary systems
  • Receive deliveries
  • Make copies, scan, fax, fold/prepare memorial materials, and perform other mailroom task

Driver and vehicle maintenance

  • Transport, pick up, and deliver documents, family mementos, flowers, and similar articles safely to destination that may include family's residence, care center, or funeral home
  • May transport the deceased to funeral home
  • Wash, vacuum, and clean vehicles to ensure vehicle is presentable
  • Fuels vehicles as necessary; following safety guidelines and expenditure processes

MINIMUM Requirements

Education

  • High School Diploma or equivalent

Certification/License

  • Valid state issued driver's license with an acceptable driving record

Experience

  • No prior work experience required
  • Funeral industry experience preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

  • Ability to follow instructions given over the phone or in person
  • Ability to use personal computer and type
  • Ability to work and communicate effectively with others
  • Ability to work with kindness and compassion for the deceased and their families
  • Ability to maintain composure in challenging situations
  • Good verbal and written communications skills
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality
  • Ability to work with colleagues to accomplish tasks
  • Ability to work evenings and weekends
  • Ability to lift up to 50 pounds; push/pull up to 200 pounds

Work CONDITIONS

When considering the work hours associated with this job, the following factors may apply:

Work Environment
  • Work indoors and outdoors during all seasons and weather conditions
  • Professional Dress is required when in contact with families
  • Drive company owned vehicles, with and without passengers, in surrounding community with varying traffic conditions
Work Postures
  • Frequent, continuous periods of time standing, up 6 hours per day
  • Climbing stairs to access buildings frequently
Physical Demands
  • Ability to lift up to 50 pounds; push/pull up to 200 pounds
  • Physical effort requiring manual dexterity is required, includes paperwork, calculators, computers and phone usage
Work Hours
  • Working beyond "standard" hours, including weekends, nights and holidays
  • Local travel


Compensation:
Salary: $18.00/hr.

Benefits:
Medical*Dental*Vision*Flexible Spending Accounts (health care and dependent care) *Health Savings Account with Company Contribution*Sick Leave*Short-Term Disability*Long-Term Disability*Life Insurance*Voluntary Accidental Death or Dismemberment Insurance*Dependent Life Insurance*SCI 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan with Company match*Employee Assistance Program

Postal Code: 92324Category (Portal Searching): OperationsJob Location: US-CA - Colton

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