Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers in Texas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$39,647
after federal, FICA and Texas tax
Tax takes
$6,983
15.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$40,800
Texas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Texas — 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
$46,630
Kept after tax
$39,647
Worth in national money
$40,800
State rank
38
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is on the low side in Texas. The middle earner gets $46,630. That is 38 of 48 states, and about 15.23% under the national figure. Whether that matters depends on what things cost here.
- Middle of the local pack. Of 493 occupations Texas reports figures for, this is number 322.
- Cost of living is unremarkable here. From $46,630, tax leaves $39,647, and adjusting for local prices barely moves it — about $40,800 in comparable terms. Here the average runs under the middle, at $45,600.
- For morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers, Texas sits in the lower band at $46,630, ranking 38 of 48 and trailing the national median by about 15.23%. Nominal rankings routinely invert once tax and regional price level are applied, so this position should not be read as the conclusion.
- In Texas's occupational distribution, morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers sits at 322 of 493 — 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.
- Because Texas sits close to the national price level, the real-terms figure for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers — median $46,630 — tracks the post-tax figure closely: $39,647 retained, $40,800 adjusted. ⚠️ Neither is a wage; the second describes what the first buys. Mean pay of $45,600 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $24,120 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $46,630 |
| Top tenth earn over | $62,070 |
| This salary | $46,630 |
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 Texas | $39,647 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Florida | $39,647 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,476 |
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 | $46,630 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,187 |
| Prices in Florida | 103 vs 97 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Texas earn less than $46,630. The published range is $24,120 up to $62,070, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Texas the take-home figure of $39,647, from $46,630, 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 322 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $40,800 uses one figure for the whole of Texas. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 322.
- Reported values are medians; for morticians, undertakers, and funeral arrangers in Texas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $24,120 to $62,070. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Texas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $39,647 from $46,630. 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 322 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $40,800, worked from $46,630, 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 Texas address, on work sitting at 322 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $24,120 at the bottom tenth to $62,070 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 Texas sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $40,800 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Most of it arrives. $39,647 lands after tax, since there is no state income tax on wages here — though the federal floor is identical in every state.
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 ($24,120) and the ninetieth ($62,070) 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?
Texas'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 $40,800 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Texas levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $39,647 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.