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Funeral Attendants
Perform a variety of tasks during funeral, such as placing casket in parlor or chapel prior to service, arranging floral offerings or lights around casket, directing or escorting mourners, closing casket, and issuing and storing funeral equipment.
What a funeral attendant does
Become a funeral attendant
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good funeral attendant
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Keeping track of how well people and/or groups are doing in order to make improvements.
- Looking for ways to help people.
- Understanding people's reactions.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $30 per hour with an average salary of $35,700 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $21 and $31 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $4,100 and $40,400 per year.
- 42% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $31 per hour with an average salary of $20,800 per year.
Funeral Attendant job outlook
- There are 83 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 49 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 5% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 29% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.