Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$49,062
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$11,668
19.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,117
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
$60,730
Kept after tax
$49,062
Worth in national money
$52,117
State rank
13
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- This is a good state for the work. North Carolina pays this job a middle wage of $60,730, ranking 13 of 48 states and sitting about 10.4% above the national middle.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 200 among 489 occupations North Carolina publishes pay for.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $60,730 you keep $49,062 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $52,117 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $62,110, since top earners drag the number up.
- North Carolina's median for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers is $60,730, about 10.4% above the national figure and 13 of 48 states reporting. Whether that premium reaches the worker depends on the two adjustments below, which is the part a wage table cannot tell you.
- Position 200 of 489 in North Carolina places morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers in the middle of the state's wage distribution. Because within-state and cross-state rankings measure different things, this figure and the national one above should be read together rather than as a single verdict.
- Retained pay in North Carolina is $49,062 after the full tax stack, from $60,730. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $52,117 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $62,110 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $29,950 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $60,730 |
| Top tenth earn over | $84,920 |
| This salary | $60,730 |
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 | $49,062 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $50,977 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$342 |
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 | $58,347 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$413 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
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 North Carolina earn under $60,730 and half over. The published range runs $29,950 at the tenth percentile to $84,920 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind North Carolina's $49,062, worked from $60,730. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 200 of 489.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $52,117 uses one figure for the whole of North Carolina. 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 200.
- Figures are distribution medians for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers in North Carolina, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,950 to $84,920; 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.
- The North Carolina take-home of $49,062, on $60,730 for work ranking 200 of 489 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 200 of 489 in the state.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $52,117, worked from $60,730, 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 North Carolina address, on work sitting at 200 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $29,950 at the bottom tenth to $84,920 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $52,117.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and North Carolina adds its own income tax on top — which is why $49,062 of this wage survives to your account.
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.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($29,950) and the ninetieth ($84,920) 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.
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 $52,117 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 $49,062 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.