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Funeral Home Managers vs Embalmers

Side-by-side · O*NET · BLS · AI-exposure research · Anthropic Economic Index

A factual, source-backed comparison of Funeral Home Managers and Embalmers on the dimensions both occupations carry. Every figure is a position within an independent published dataset — not a verdict on which job is better, safer, or more “future-proof.”

Funeral Home Managers Embalmers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$76,830
$56,280
Employment · BLS OEWS
13,120
3,420
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
57th pct
4th pct

At a glance

Dimension Funeral Home Managers Embalmers
Median pay $76,830 $56,280
Employment 13,120 3,420
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+4.1%) About average (+1.3%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 2,600 600
Typical education · O*NET Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.
AI exposure · published exposure studies Moderate · 57th pct Low · 4th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk — 21st pct · 17% of tasks
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index — —
Mostly remote-capable · Dingel–Neiman — No

Pay and employment are BLS OEWS estimates; outlook and openings are BLS 2024–2034 projections; AI exposure and observed-use figures come from separate research and reflect exposure and usage, not predictions that either job will disappear. Compare like with like.

Skills

Shared: Customer and Personal Service, Administration and Management, English Language, Administrative, Service Orientation, Oral Comprehension, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Written Comprehension, Oral Expression, Written Expression, Reading Comprehension, Time Management, Problem Sensitivity, Near Vision, Speech Clarity, Psychology, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Speech Recognition, Monitoring, Coordination, Deductive Reasoning, Information Ordering, Biology, Education and Training, Writing, Law and Government.

Specific to Funeral Home Managers

  • Economics and Accounting
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Personnel and Human Resources
  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Computers and Electronics
  • Complex Problem Solving
  • Persuasion
  • Negotiation

Specific to Embalmers

  • Chemistry
  • Arm-Hand Steadiness
  • Inductive Reasoning
  • Visualization
  • Manual Dexterity
  • Philosophy and Theology
  • Active Learning
  • Finger Dexterity

Knowledge, skills & abilities O*NET rates as important for each occupation. “Shared” are common to both; the columns list what is distinctive to each (top by the order O*NET surfaces).

Tools & technology

Shared: Spreadsheet software , Office suite software , Word processing software , Data base user interface and query software , Internet browser software .

Specific to Funeral Home Managers

Specific to Embalmers

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    Sources for this page

    Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

    Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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    Singulariki. "Funeral Home Managers vs Embalmers." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; BLS Employment Projections 2024–2034; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27); Microsoft “Working with AI” working-with-ai; “GPTs are GPTs” (Eloundou et al.) arXiv 2303.10130; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE) Felten, Raj & Seamans; ILO / Gmyrek et al. GenAI exposure gradient 2025; IBS O*NET-SOC ↔ ISCO-08 occupation crosswalk 2022; Frey & Osborne (2013) frey-osborne-automation; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/funeral-home-managers-vs-embalmers

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    Singulariki. (2026). Funeral Home Managers vs Embalmers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/funeral-home-managers-vs-embalmers

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