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Funeral Attendants
Also filed here: Funeral
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 2.6% more of these jobs by 2035, slower than the 3.5% average.
- Rank
- #264 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +2.6% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $35,680 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 31,300 in the US, with about 5,400 openings a year
The work, 16 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
Still yours: Move materials, equipment, or supplies25%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Provide general assistance to others, such as customers, patrons, or motorists11%
AI performed this in about 1 in 9 Copilot conversations and completed it 83% of the time.
AI does this: Perform administrative or clerical activities8%
AI performed this in about 1 in 401 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
Still yours: Clean tools, equipment, facilities, or work areas8%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Identify business or organizational opportunities6%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,883 conversations, and it got them there 90% of the time.
Still yours: Escort others6%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Provide information to guests, clients, or customers6%
AI performed this in about 1 in 9 Copilot conversations and completed it 87% of the time.
AI helps with this: Counsel others about personal matters5%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,845 conversations, and it got them there 87% of the time.
AI helps with this: Arrange displays or decorations4%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,323 conversations, and it got them there 65% of the time.
Still yours: Operate transportation equipment or vehicles4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures4%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI helps with this: Maintain facilities or equipment3%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,312 conversations, and it got them there 95% of the time.
Still yours: Apply hygienic or cosmetic agents to skin or hair3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Embalm corpses3%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
Still yours: Distribute materials, supplies, or resources3%
AI does this in desk jobs, but in this one it is mostly hands-on.
AI does this: Prepare informational or instructional materials2%
AI performed this in about 1 in 51 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 103 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 5,400 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
Jobs that share the most work with this one, where AI does less of it.
- Shares 33% of the workMorticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers10% AI does, against 27% here+3% by 2035 · $55,010 · Associate’s degree
- Shares 32% of the workDining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers0% AI does, against 27% here+5.3% by 2035 · $33,980 · No formal credential
- Shares 31% of the workEmbalmers0% AI does, against 27% here+0.7% by 2035 · $58,780 · Associate’s degree
The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Love front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.18, higher than 64% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 39-4021 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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