Career Explorer Management
Grows with AI
Funeral home managers
Plan, direct, or coordinate the services or resources of funeral homes. Includes activities such as determining prices for services or merchandise and managing the facilities of funeral homes.
In the middle of the pack: more resilient than 56% of the 831 careers we score. AI exposure is high (the Bureau of Labor Statistics rates it high), and US jobs are projected to change by +4.1% by 2035, faster than average. The work leans on emotional intelligence and ethical judgement.
AI can help with many of the tasks, and demand is still growing. Being fluent with AI is the edge here.
- Median pay (2025)
- $78,790
- Job growth to 2035
- +4.1%
- Openings a year
- 2,600
- People doing it (2025)
- 34,800
- Usual route in
- Associate's degree
Where people already use AI for this work
- Advise others on products or services
- Implement procedures or processes
- Promote products, services, or programs
From Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025).
Work AI rarely helps with
- Prepare legal or regulatory documents
- Prepare schedules for services or facilities
- Develop organizational policies, systems, or processes
What the work looks like
- Consult with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details, such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, or plans for services.
- Schedule funerals, burials, or cremations.
- Deliver death certificates to medical facilities or offices to obtain signatures from legally authorized persons.
- Offer counsel and comfort to families and friends of the deceased.
- Monitor funeral service operations to ensure that they comply with applicable policies, regulations, and laws.
From O*NET 31.0, US Department of Labor.
Careers using similar strengths, with a stronger outlook
- Registered nursesGrows with AI, Index 67, +5.6%
- Facilities managersGrows with AI, Index 65, +4.6%
- Healthcare practitioners and technical workers, all otherHuman edge, growing, Index 73, +5.1%
- Construction managersGrows with AI, Index 66, +9.1%
Also known as: Funeral Director, Funeral Home Manager, Funeral Service Manager, Location Manager, Arranging Funeral Director, Funeral Home Location Manager, Funeral Home Owner, Licensed Funeral Director.
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Sources: US Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections 2025 to 2035; O*NET 31.0; Microsoft Research (2025); Anthropic Economic Index (2026); Eloundou and colleagues (Science, 2024); Felten, Raj and Seamans (2023). How we score. Updated 12 October 2026.