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Jobs for Former Funeral Home Managers

Funeral Home Managers build service orientation, social perceptiveness and time management skills that carry over to other work. Below are 25 careers ranked by how closely their skills match, with pay from BLS May 2025. The closest match is Administrative Services Managers (82%).

Updated October 2026 · Data: O*NET 31.0 and BLS OEWS May 2025 · How we match careers

Skills you enjoy

Pick the skills you want to keep using. The list re-ranks.

Sorted by skill match.

25 careers that use your skills

  1. 82%
    Median pay
    $114,130
    Pay change
    +45%
    Extra educationNone
  2. 80%
    Median pay
    $55,010
    Pay change
    −30%
    Extra educationNone
  3. 77%
    Median pay
    $69,500
    Pay change
    −12%
    Extra educationNone
  4. 76%
    Median pay
    $76,590
    Pay change
    −3%
    Extra educationNone
  5. 75%
    Median pay
    $105,770
    Pay change
    +34%
    Extra educationBachelor's degree
  6. 73%
    Median pay
    $77,970
    Pay change
    −1%
    Extra educationNone
  7. 73%
    Median pay
    $166,570
    Pay change
    +111%
    Extra educationBachelor's degree
  8. 73%
    Median pay
    $106,040
    Pay change
    +35%
    Extra educationNone
  9. 72%
    Median pay
    $87,520
    Pay change
    +11%
    Extra educationBachelor's degree
  10. 72%
    Median pay
    $75,940
    Pay change
    −4%
    Extra educationBachelor's degree

Compared with Funeral Home Managers, median $78,790. Skill match is our estimate (0–99) from O*NET 31.0 skills, knowledge, work activities and interests, adjusted for preparation and big pay drops. Pay: BLS OEWS May 2025, national median.

Your transferable skills

How important each skill is in work as funeral home managers (O*NET importance, scale 1–5).

Service Orientation4.00
Social Perceptiveness3.88
Time Management3.62
Management of Personnel Resources3.50
Judgment and Decision Making3.50
Coordination3.38

Skills to learn

The gaps that show up most often across your top 10 matches.

  • Systems Analysis
  • Operations Analysis
  • Systems Evaluation
  • Instructing

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Your top 3 moves, up close

A concrete first step, the skills to add, and the hard parts of each job, from O*NET 31.0 education, training and work context data.

Administrative Services Managers

82% skill match · $114,130 · +45% pay

First step

  • Most common education: High School Diploma or the equivalent (such as a GED) (34% of workers).
  • On-the-job training: over 1 month, up to and including 3 months.

Skills to add

Operations Analysis · Systems Analysis · Negotiation

Is this right for you?

  • Tight deadlines are common

Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers

80% skill match · $55,010 · −30% pay

First step

  • Most common education: Associate's Degree or other 2-year degree (73% of workers).
  • A professional certification is often expected.
  • On-the-job training: over 1 year, up to and including 2 years.

Skills to add

Operations Analysis · Operations Monitoring · Operation and Control

Is this right for you?

  • Tight deadlines are common

First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers

77% skill match · $69,500 · −12% pay

First step

  • Most common education: Bachelor's Degree (45% of workers).
  • On-the-job training: over 6 months, up to and including 1 year.

Skills to add

Operations Analysis · Quality Control Analysis · Instructing

Is this right for you?

  • Tight deadlines are common

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Questions former funeral home managers ask

What jobs can former funeral home managers do?

The closest matches are Administrative Services Managers (82% skill match, median $114,130), Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers (80% skill match, median $55,010) and First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers (77% skill match, median $69,500), based on O*NET 31.0 data and BLS May 2025 pay.

Which funeral home manager career changes pay more?

Among the 25 matches, 12 pay more than funeral home managers at the median. The biggest increases: Financial Managers (+111%, $166,570), Human Resources Managers (+89%, $149,280) and Compensation and Benefits Managers (+89%, $149,230).

Do former funeral home managers need another degree?

10 of the 25 matches usually need no more education than you have now, based on O*NET Job Zones.

How is the skill match calculated?

We compare the importance of skills, knowledge, work activities and interests in O*NET 31.0 for your job and every other career, then adjust for extra preparation and big pay drops. The full method is on our Methodology page.

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Sources. Skills, tasks and education: O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under CC BY 4.0. Pay: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Data Sources & Licenses