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Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
Perform various tasks to arrange and direct individual funeral services, such as coordinating transportation of body to mortuary, interviewing family or other authorized person to arrange details, selecting pallbearers, aiding with the selection of officials for religious rites, and providing transportation for mourners.
What a mortician, undertaker, and funeral arranger does
Become a mortician, undertaker, and funeral arranger
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good mortician, undertaker, and funeral arranger
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Talking to others.
- Understanding people's reactions.
- Looking for ways to help people.
- Thinking about the pros and cons of different options and picking the best one.
- Figuring out how a system should work and how changes in the future will affect it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $30 per hour with an average salary of $62,300 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $23 and $32 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $48,400 and $67,000 per year.
Mortician, Undertaker, And Funeral Arranger job outlook
- There are 424 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 48 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.