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Average Funeral Home Managers Salary in New Jersey

Funeral Home Managers in New Jersey earn a median annual salary of $101,520, which is +28.8% compared to the national median. There are 420 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for New Jersey (state).

$101,520
New Jersey median annual wage
$49/hour median
+28.8%
Difference vs national median
National median is $78,790
420
Local employment
0.1 jobs per 1,000 workers
1.09
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$63,750
25th
$77,150
Median
$101,520
75th
$129,970
90th
$180,800

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in New Jersey, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
108.8%
Exact state RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$93,305
Goods: 107.1%
Services: 114.2%
Rents: 134.3%
Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State Median annual wage Compare Employment
Rhode Island $122,150 Compare 120
Pennsylvania $104,400 Compare 560
New York $103,530 Compare 820
Connecticut $102,810 Compare 90
Washington $102,540 Compare 80
South Dakota $100,880 Compare 70

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in New Jersey

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Radiologists $482,700 N/A
Surgeons, All Other $437,890 0.98
Physicians, Pathologists $355,970 0.76
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric $341,430 1.09
Emergency Medicine Physicians $315,340 0.56
Chief Executives $310,440 0.43
Family Medicine Physicians $292,170 1.03
Nurse Anesthetists $291,350 N/A

New Jersey has salary data for 749 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Radiologists.

Historical series

Trend for Funeral Home Managers in New Jersey

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Funeral Home Managers are projected to change by +4.1% from 2024 to 2034, with 2,600 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.