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Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers vs First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers

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

A factual, source-backed comparison of Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers and First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 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.”

Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers
Median pay · BLS OEWS
$49,800
$47,080
Employment · BLS OEWS
25,700
107,060
AI exposure (percentile) · task overlap, not automation
33rd pct
86th pct

At a glance

Dimension Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers
Median pay $49,800 $47,080
Employment 25,700 107,060
Employment outlook (2024–34) · BLS projection About average (+3.1%) About average (+6.7%)
Annual openings · BLS projection 3,200 16,300
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 Low · 33rd pct High · 86th pct
Global GenAI gradient · ILO ISCO-08 · via crosswalk 21st pct · 17% of tasks —
Observed AI use · Anthropic Economic Index Automation-leaning (50.0%) —
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, Active Listening, Social Perceptiveness, Oral Expression, Service Orientation, English Language, Speaking, Coordination, Oral Comprehension, Speech Recognition, Speech Clarity, Administrative, Administration and Management, Problem Sensitivity, Psychology, Time Management, Reading Comprehension, Writing, Information Ordering, Near Vision, Personnel and Human Resources, Computers and Electronics, Critical Thinking, Persuasion, Negotiation, Judgment and Decision Making, Written Comprehension, Written Expression, Deductive Reasoning, Public Safety and Security, Active Learning, Monitoring, Instructing, Complex Problem Solving, Systems Analysis.

Specific to Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers

  • Fluency of Ideas
  • Selective Attention
  • Sales and Marketing
  • Biology
  • Philosophy and Theology

Specific to First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers

  • Management of Personnel Resources
  • Education and Training
  • Learning Strategies
  • Inductive Reasoning
  • Systems Evaluation

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 , Electronic mail software , Presentation software , Word processing software , Internet browser software .

Specific to Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers

Specific to First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers

Full profiles

This page is a summary. See the complete source-backed profile for Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers or First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers — tasks, the full skill graph, tools, work context, preparation, wages by percentile, industries, AI exposure and the AI work map.

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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. "Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers vs First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers." 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; Dingel & Neiman (2020) dingel-neiman-workathome. Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/compare/morticians-undertakers-and-funeral-arrangers-vs-first-line-supervisors-of-personal-service-workers

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Singulariki. (2026). Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers vs First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/compare/morticians-undertakers-and-funeral-arrangers-vs-first-line-supervisors-of-personal-service-workers

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