6 of the Most Popular Types of Funeral Associate Jobs in 2026

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Top Types Of Funeral Associate Jobs

• Mortuary

  Salary range: $36,000 - $58,000

  Mortuary jobs include a range of technical and administrative positions. The primary technical role is a mortician, whose job duties are to consult with the family or bereaved about funeral arrangements and prepare bodies according to their specifications, such as embalming or cremation. In many cases, the director of the funeral home is also a mortician. Other administrative positions include funeral service workers, whose responsibilities include consoling the family, helping to prepare the funeral home for services, and assisting clients with death certificates and Social Security documentation.

• Funeral Attendant

  Salary range: $31,500 - $35,000

  Funeral attendants perform various services during the memorial, wake, and burial process. Their job is to assist the funeral director and the family of the deceased. Duties of a funeral attendant can include preparing the parlors or chapels for services, setting up the flowers and the casket, cleaning equipment, and escorting mourners. They may also arrange transportation to the gravesite, or help place obituaries.

• Funeral Home

  Salary range: $36,000 - $58,000

  Funeral Home is a popular job search query. Most salaries for Funeral Home jobs pay between $36,000 (25th percentile) and $58,000 (75th percentile) annually. Currently, there are not many open positions nationwide for Funeral Home job searches hiring now on ZipRecruiter. You can take a look at what is available and find similar job searches in this list.

• Funeral Director

  Salary range: $52,500 - $76,000

  As a funeral director, you organize funeral services. Your job duties include transporting bodies to the funeral home and to burial sites, embalming and preparing bodies for funerals, handling paperwork, writing obituaries, and helping the family of the deceased through each step of the funeral process. You must be comfortable working with and around dead bodies. You need compassion and composure when listening to the families of the deceased as you work with them through their grief to plan funeral services for their lost loved one.

• No Experience Mortuary

  Salary range: $49,500 - $64,500

  No Experience Mortuary is a more unusual job search query but still may give you interesting job results. Most salaries for No Experience Mortuary jobs pay between $49,500 (25th percentile) and $64,500 (75th percentile) annually. There are plenty of open positions nationwide for No Experience Mortuary job searches hiring now on ZipRecruiter.

• Funeral

  Salary range: $36,000 - $58,000

  Funeral is a popular job search query. Most salaries for Funeral jobs pay between $36,000 (25th percentile) and $58,000 (75th percentile) annually. There are plenty of open positions nationwide for Funeral job searches hiring now on ZipRecruiter.