Funeral Attendants
SOC Code: 39-4021
Funeral Attendantss greet people at the funeral home. This career typically requires moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year). With an AI-proof score of 95.9/100, this role has high resilience to automation. Key skills include Social Perceptiveness, Social Perceptiveness, Service Orientation.
AI-Proof Score: 95.9 — Very High
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Median Salary
$34,610
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Job Growth
3.1%
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Training Time
Moderate-term on-the-job training (months to 1 year)
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Job Zone
Zone 2 / 5
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Training Cost
~$5,000
Key Skills
- •Social Perceptiveness
- •Service Orientation
- •Active Listening
- •Speaking
- •Monitoring
Common Tasks
- ✓Greet people at the funeral home.
- ✓Perform a variety of tasks during funerals to assist funeral directors and to ensure that services run smoothly and as planned.
- ✓Close caskets at appropriate point in services.
- ✓Direct or escort mourners to parlors or chapels in which wakes or funerals are being held.
- ✓Place caskets in parlors or chapels prior to wakes or funerals.
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