AI exposure by occupation, O*NET 11-9171.00
Will AI replace Funeral Home Managers?
Funeral Home Managers: AI can already handle 4 of 23 tasks; the work mostly needs a standard-tier model.
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Every task, scored
The 23 tasks O*NET 30.3 lists for Funeral Home Managers, from most to least exposed. 4 reach 60 or more, the level at which AI already handles a task.
| Task | AI exposure | Evidence | Model tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| Conduct market research and analyze industry trends. | Observed | Standard | |
| Evaluate the performance of vendors, contract employees, or other service providers to ensure quality and cost-efficiency. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Review financial statements, sales or activity reports, or other performance data to identify opportunities for cost reductions or service improvements. | Observed | Standard | |
| Consult with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details, such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, or plans for services. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Plan and implement changes to service offerings to meet community needs or increase funeral home revenues. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Identify skill development needs for funeral home staff. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Plan and implement sales promotions or other marketing strategies and activities for funeral home operations. | Estimated | Frontier | |
| Negotiate contracts for prearranged funeral services. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Schedule funerals, burials, or cremations. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Offer counsel and comfort to families and friends of the deceased. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Deliver death certificates to medical facilities or offices to obtain signatures from legally authorized persons. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Monitor funeral service operations to ensure that they comply with applicable policies, regulations, and laws. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Direct and supervise work of embalmers, funeral attendants, death certificate clerks, cosmetologists, or other staff. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Sell funeral services, products, or merchandise to clients. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Respond to customer complaints, legal inquiries, payment negotiations, or other post-service matters. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Explain goals, policies, or procedures to staff members. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Schedule work hours for funeral home or contract employees. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Set prices or credit terms for funeral products or services. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Interview and hire new employees. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Set marketing, sales, or other financial goals for funeral service establishments and monitor progress toward these goals. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Complete and maintain records, such as state-required documents, tracking documents, or product inventories. | Estimated | Efficient | |
| Direct or monitor administrative, support, repair, or maintenance services for funeral homes. | Estimated | Standard | |
| Attend or make presentations at community events to promote funeral home services or build community relationships. | Estimated | No tier |
Observed: scored from AI use recorded in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), 2 of 23 tasks. Estimated: scored from the task's O*NET 30.3 work activity, 21 of 23. Importance is O*NET's 1 to 5 rating of how central the task is. Model tier is the lowest tier that can do the task under the published rubric; "No tier" marks hands-on work.
The model tier this role needs
A standard-tier model or lower covers 83% of the role's importance-weighted task work. 96% of the work is something AI can address at some tier, and 4% is hands-on.
Efficient, standard and frontier tiers come from the JobRoute model tier reference. The recommended tier is the lowest one that covers 80% of the work AI can address. How the method works.
Wages, employment and outlook
- US employment
- 13,910
- Median annual wage
- $78,790
- Middle half of earners
- $61,890 to $103,940
- Projected change, 2024 to 2034
- +4.1%
Employment and wages: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, national. Projection: BLS Employment Projections 2024 to 2034.
Adjacent roles
The occupations that reuse the most of this role's skills, with the usual time to move. These are the first places to look when you plan to redeploy or retrain people in this role.
- Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers 80% skill overlap, about 7 months to move Exposure33
- Funeral Attendants 75% skill overlap, about 9 months to move Exposure30
- Coroners 60% skill overlap, about 14 months to move Exposure73
- Embalmers 59% skill overlap, about 15 months to move Exposure71
- Crematory Operators 59% skill overlap, about 15 months to move Exposure29
Skill overlap and transition time from the JobRoute role adjacency graph on O*NET 30.3 skills.
Questions about Funeral Home Managers and AI
Will AI replace Funeral Home Managers?
AI already handles 4 of the 23 tasks O*NET lists for this occupation, at a task exposure of 60 or more, and the role's importance-weighted exposure is 37 out of 100. JobRoute scores tasks, not whole jobs, so the score shows how much of the work changes rather than whether the job disappears. BLS projects employment to change by +4.1% from 2024 to 2034.
What is the AI exposure of Funeral Home Managers?
37 out of 100 on JobRoute's task exposure measure, the importance-weighted average of the role's O*NET task scores. Higher means more of the work is AI-doable today. 2 of the 23 task scores are observed in the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026 release), and the other 21 are estimated from each task's O*NET work activity.
Which Funeral Home Managers tasks can AI already do?
The tasks with the highest exposure are: Conduct market research and analyze industry trends; Evaluate the performance of vendors, contract employees, or other service providers to ensure quality and cost-efficiency; Review financial statements, sales or activity reports, or other performance data to identify opportunities for cost reductions or service improvements. They are three of the 4 tasks that reach 60 or more.
What AI model tier does this role need?
A standard-tier model or lower covers 83% of the role's importance-weighted task work. JobRoute assigns each task the lowest tier that can do it under a published rubric and recommends the lowest tier that covers 80% of the work AI can address.
How many people work as Funeral Home Managers, and what do they earn?
13,910 people in the United States, with a median annual wage of $78,790 (BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025). BLS Employment Projections expect a change of +4.1% from 2024 to 2034.
How to cite
Data version 2026-11-02, JobRoute method v1.0.0. Download all occupations or this occupation as JSON. Methodology.
JobRoute (2026). AI exposure: Funeral Home Managers. Data version 2026-11-02, method v1.0.0. Built on O*NET 30.3, BLS OEWS May 2025 and the Anthropic Economic Index (June 2026). CC BY 4.0. https://www.jobroute.ai/jobs/funeral-home-managers
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