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Funeral Home Managers

Cares for the deceased and guides families through funerals.

Typical education to startAssociate's degree
Job outlook2025–2035: +4%
Median pay$78,790 a year (2025)
Interest codeECS Enterprising, Conventional, Social

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Funeral directors meet with grieving families, plan services, handle paperwork and permits, and prepare bodies for viewing or burial. Many own or manage family funeral homes.

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High school courses that build toward it

  • Entrepreneurship · Career and Technical

    Builds business management, which this job uses.

  • English 10 · English

    Builds reading and writing, which this job uses.

  • Physical Education · Health and PE

    Builds working with customers and clients, which this job uses.

  • Statistics · Math

    Builds math, which this job uses.

  • Psychology · Social Studies

    Builds psychology, which this job uses.

  • Computer Science Principles · Computer Science

    Builds computers and electronics, which this job uses.

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Funeral Home Managers on O*NET OnLine · O*NET 31.0 (U.S. Department of Labor, CC BY 4.0); BLS Employment Projections 2025.