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Funeral home managers

Typically requires Associate's degree

What is this page & how do I use it?

This is a research report for one career — the kind an analyst would write for a stock. The rating at the top is the neutral baseline (same for everyone); below it come the cases for and against, how the last official forecast for this career actually aged, and what the education path costs and pays.

How to use it: read the bulls-vs-bears case, then hit Score this career to weigh it against your other options with your own interests factored in.

CareerStar rating
MixedMedium uncertainty
top 24% of all 730 careers

Analyst take: Strong market prospects — +4.1% projected growth, moderate AI exposure (43/100).

52
/ 100
low riskhigh
top row = high reward

Moat (borrowed from investing — the water that defends a castle): how shielded this career is from AI. Narrow = some shelter, but AI can reach a real share of its tasks.

The small grid is a style box (borrowed from Morningstar’s fund reports): the blue square places this career on reward (top row = high) versus risk (left column = low), against all 730 careers. Medium uncertainty means the score leans partly on forward-looking bets like AI exposure, so treat the exact number loosely.

🐂 Bulls say
  • +High pay — above 71% of careers ($76,830).
  • +Strong projected growth — outpaces 67% of careers (+4.1%).
  • +Low AI exposure — resilient (43% of tasks exposed).
🐻 Bears say
  • Its softest spot: it carries some AI exposure (43% of tasks).
Was this rating fair?
Projected growth
+4.1%
Median pay
$76,830
AI exposure
43/100
share of tasks exposed to AI — not job loss

Education & ROI — how to get here

Real outcomes for the college majors that feed this occupation, across 16 bachelor’s programs.

Median earnings
$40,421
1 year after graduating
Typical debt
$25,416
median federal debt
Pay-to-debt
1.6×
first-year pay ÷ debt
Feeder majors
Funeral Service and Mortuary Science
Selective schools offering these majors
Gannon University
PA · 74% admit rate
$52,869/yr
$58,845 grad pay
University of Central Oklahoma
OK · 78% admit rate
$26,392/yr
$48,351 grad pay
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
MN · 80% admit rate
$30,061/yr
$69,020 grad pay
Wayne State University
MI · 81% admit rate
$27,350/yr
$53,493 grad pay
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
IL · 87% admit rate
$28,329/yr
$53,390 grad pay
SUNY College of Technology at Canton
NY · 92% admit rate
$24,906/yr
$47,860 grad pay

Earnings & debt from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard; majors mapped to this occupation via the NCES CIP→SOC crosswalk. A grounded ROI snapshot, not a guarantee — pay varies widely by school and specialty.

What this work involves

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