Funeral Attendants in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$29,369
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$5,571
15.9% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$31,197
North Carolina costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in North Carolina — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$34,940
Kept after tax
$29,369
Worth in national money
$31,197
State rank
30
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. North Carolina pays funeral attendants around $34,940 at the midpoint, 30 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Against 489 occupations North Carolina publishes, funeral attendants lands at 445. That is the lower quarter. That is the comparison people actually feel, more than any national table.
- Here is where North Carolina does better than its wage suggests. From a median of $34,940 you keep $29,369, and because things cost less here than the national average, that behaves like $31,197 would elsewhere. The average is higher, $35,530, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For funeral attendants the North Carolina median is $34,940, ranking 30 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Within North Carolina, this work ranks 445 of 489 occupations by median pay, in the bottom quartile. The within-state position is the more salient one for anyone weighing this job against alternatives available to them locally.
- After federal, FICA and North Carolina income tax, retained pay for funeral attendants on $34,940 is $29,369. Deflating by the state's price level — below the national average — gives $31,197 in national-average terms. ⚠️ That figure is purchasing power, not a wage, and nobody is paid it; it is what the take-home buys. The mean of $35,530 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Funeral Attendants
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $24,480 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $34,940 |
| Top tenth earn over | $47,190 |
| This salary | $34,940 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in North Carolina | $29,369 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $30,254 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$64 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $33,838 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$77 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in North Carolina earn less than $34,940. The published range is $24,480 up to $47,190, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In North Carolina the take-home figure of $29,369, from $34,940, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 445 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $31,197, the adjusted value of that $34,940 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of North Carolina. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 445 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for funeral attendants in North Carolina the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $24,480 to $47,190. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for North Carolina is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $29,369 from $34,940. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 445 of 489 locally.
- This $31,197 adjusted figure, worked from $34,940, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 445 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 445 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $24,480 at the bottom tenth to $47,190 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. North Carolina is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $31,197 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; North Carolina then takes its own share, leaving $29,369.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($24,480 to $47,190) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to North Carolina rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
North Carolina's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $31,197 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $29,369 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and North Carolina income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.