Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$47,749
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$10,051
17.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$52,008
Ohio costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Ohio — 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
$57,800
Kept after tax
$47,749
Worth in national money
$52,008
State rank
22
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 22 of 48 states for this job, with a middle wage of $57,800. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- Ordinary, locally speaking. This job ranks 257 among 494 occupations Ohio publishes pay for.
- Ohio is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $57,800 the take-home is $47,749; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $52,008 would nationally. The average comes to $58,870, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Ohio ranks 22 of 48 for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers at $57,800. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Position 257 of 494 in Ohio 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.
- Post-tax income for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers in Ohio, on $57,800, is $47,749 — equivalent to $52,008 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $58,870 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 | $29,290 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $57,800 |
| Top tenth earn over | $82,430 |
| This salary | $57,800 |
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 Ohio | $47,749 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $48,622 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$1,972 |
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 | $56,713 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$2,385 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
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 Ohio earn under $57,800 and half over. The published range runs $29,290 at the tenth percentile to $82,430 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $47,749 take-home in Ohio comes from $57,800. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 257 of 494.
- One number stands for prices across all of Ohio, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $52,008, the adjusted value of that $57,800 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 257 of 494 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers in Ohio, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $29,290 to $82,430; 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.
- Retained pay of $47,749, from $57,800, assumes a single Ohio filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 257 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 22 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Ohio, so $52,008 — the adjusted value of that $57,800 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 257 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $29,290 at the bottom tenth to $82,430 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Ohio sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $52,008 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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 Ohio's own levy, $47,749 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($29,290) and the ninetieth ($82,430) 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?
Ohio'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 $52,008 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 $47,749 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Ohio 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.