Embalmers
SOC Code: 39-4011
Embalmerss conform to laws of health and sanitation and ensure that legal requirements concerning embalming are met. This career typically requires medium preparation (1-2 years). With an AI-proof score of 86.4/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Social Perceptiveness, Speaking, Speaking.
AI-Proof Score: 86.4 — Very High
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Median Salary
$56,280
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Job Growth
1.3%
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Training Time
Medium preparation (1-2 years)
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Job Zone
Zone 3 / 5
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Training Cost
~$15,000
Key Skills
- •Social Perceptiveness
- •Speaking
- •Active Listening
- •Reading Comprehension
- •Time Management
- •Service Orientation
- •Monitoring
Common Tasks
- ✓Conform to laws of health and sanitation and ensure that legal requirements concerning embalming are met.
- ✓Apply cosmetics to impart lifelike appearance to the deceased.
- ✓Join lips, using needles and thread or wire.
- ✓Close incisions, using needles and sutures.
- ✓Incise stomach and abdominal walls and probe internal organs, using trocar, to withdraw blood and waste matter from organs.
Training & Resources
Why AI-Proof?
- ✅Requires hands-on physical presence and dexterity
- ✅Demands human empathy, judgment, and trust
- ✅Operates in unpredictable, variable environments
- ✅Social and regulatory barriers to full automation