Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers in Maryland
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$46,437
after federal, FICA and Maryland tax
Tax takes
$11,623
20.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$44,666
Maryland costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Maryland — 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
$58,060
Kept after tax
$46,437
Worth in national money
$44,666
State rank
21
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Maryland sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $58,060, ranking 21 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 489 occupations Maryland reports figures for, this is number 290.
- Maryland is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $58,060 the take-home is $46,437; in national-average money that behaves like $44,666. The average comes to $64,930, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Maryland occupies the middle band for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers: a median of $58,060, ranking 21 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- In Maryland's occupational distribution, morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers sits at 290 of 489 — neither quartile. This local position is what a resident compares against, and it is determined by the state's own labor market rather than by national patterns for this occupation.
- Take-home for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers in Maryland, on $58,060, is $46,437; deflated by the state's price level, $44,666. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $64,930 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $36,330 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $58,060 |
| Top tenth earn over | $100,330 |
| This salary | $58,060 |
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 Maryland | $46,437 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,831 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$5,585 |
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 | $55,080 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$6,754 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 104 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers in Maryland earn under $58,060 and half over. The published range runs $36,330 at the tenth percentile to $100,330 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- In Maryland the take-home figure of $46,437, from $58,060, 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 290 of 489 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $44,666 uses one figure for the whole of Maryland. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 489 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 290.
- Figures are distribution medians for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers in Maryland, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $36,330 to $100,330; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Take-home for Maryland is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $46,437 from $58,060. 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 290 of 489 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $44,666, worked from $58,060, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Maryland address, on work sitting at 290 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
Half earn more than this and half earn less. The average sits at $64,930 because a long tail of high pay lifts it, so the two answer different questions.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $36,330 at the bottom tenth to $100,330 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Maryland costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $44,666 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and Maryland's own levy, $46,437 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in Maryland is $64,930. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($36,330) and the ninetieth ($100,330) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Maryland's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $44,666 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $46,437 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Maryland 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.