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AI Automation Index
Will AI Replace Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers?
Task-level automation exposure for Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers: 22 O*NET tasks scored against their work activities, plus the simulator.
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32%
weighted task index
22 of 22 tasks scored
Median Salary
$55,010 / year
BLS OEWS, May 2025 — this exact occupation
Employment Level
Medium
25,100 people hold this job — size, not growth
Projected 2025–35
+3.0%
employment change
3,000 openings a year · BLS line item
Pay by state
BLS OEWS publishes 49 state estimates for this occupation. Each is its own survey estimate, not the national median adjusted for local prices.
$25,630 – $81,530
Highest medians
Delaware $81,530
Utah $72,800
Illinois $69,600
New Jersey $69,110
Nebraska $64,310
Lowest medians
Puerto Rico $25,630
Arkansas $36,120
South Carolina $40,020
Arizona $41,870
Missouri $42,940
State figures come from the 39-4031 row in the May 2025 state panel. States where the estimate was suppressed or too small to publish are absent.
What the score is made of
Each task is mapped to its work activities, scored for AI automation potential, and weighted by how important those activities are to the job. These are the components.
Automation potential 32%
Importance-weighted mean of the scored tasks. This is the headline index.
Physical work 32%
Share of weighted tasks in hands-on or machine-operating work activities.
Judgment & influence 50%
Share in analysis, decisions, teaching, directing, advising, or caring for others.
Routine administration 4%
Share in documenting, recording, and administrative activities.
Rewritten by O*NET 0%
Share of weighted tasks O*NET rewrote in a recent update. Reported, not folded into the score.
Consequence of error 23/100
Low
O*NET's own rating of how serious an uncorrectable mistake would be here — respondents, not us. Deliberately not in the index: the score measures what AI can do with the task content, and multiplying it by stakes would be our judgment dressed as data.
Constituent Task Mix
22 tasks for this occupation, weighted by work-activity importance. Shares below are of total task weight, not task count.
High exposure (≥ 60% of the task is automatable) 15%
3 tasks
Medium exposure (≥ 35%) 22%
5 tasks
Low exposure (below 35%) 64%
14 tasks
How would you survive?
Move your week away from the high-exposure tasks and toward the ones that need judgment. The simulator recalculates the index as you shift the mix.
Simulate Upskilling →Constituent Tasks
#3335 · Core · 25% automatable
Oversee the preparation and care of the remains of people who have died.
physical manipulation — Mortuary direction is hands-on and emotionally situated
Direct funeral or mortuary activities.
#3334 · Core · 70% automatable
Obtain information needed to complete legal documents, such as death certificates or burial permits.
information retrieval — Gather client info aided, relationship human
Gather information in order to provide services to clients.
#3343 · Core · 4% automatable
Perform embalming duties, as necessary.
physical manipulation — Embalming is delicate hands-on cadaver work
Embalm corpses.
#3332 · Core · 50% automatable
Consult with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details, such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, or plans for services.
interpersonal — Client service-option discussion needs human relationship
Discuss service options or needs with clients.
#21009 · Core · 10% automatable
Remove deceased remains from place of death.
physical manipulation — Physical transport of biological materials
Transport biological or other medical materials.
#3336 · Core · 72% automatable
Contact cemeteries to schedule the opening and closing of graves.
data analysis — AI optimizes schedules; human handles exceptions
Arrange facility schedules.
#15200 · Core · 25% automatable
Plan, schedule, or coordinate funerals, burials, or cremations, arranging details such as floral delivery or the time and place of services.
physical manipulation — Mortuary direction is hands-on and emotionally situated
Direct funeral or mortuary activities.
#3340 · Core · 15% automatable
Close caskets and lead funeral corteges to churches or burial sites.
physical manipulation — Mortuary direction is hands-on and emotionally situated
Handle caskets. Direct funeral or mortuary activities.
#3337 · Core · 50% automatable
Provide information on funeral service options, products, or merchandise, and maintain a casket display area.
interpersonal — Client service-option discussion needs human relationship
Discuss service options or needs with clients.
#3339 · Core · 25% automatable
Offer counsel and comfort to bereaved families or friends.
interpersonal — Comfort and encouragement need live emotional presence
Provide counsel, comfort, or encouragement to individuals or families.
#3344 · Core · 25% automatable
Direct preparations and shipment of bodies for out-of-state burial.
physical manipulation — Mortuary direction is hands-on and emotionally situated
Direct funeral or mortuary activities.
#3345 · Core · 50% automatable
Discuss and negotiate prearranged funerals with clients.
interpersonal — Client service-option discussion needs human relationship
Discuss service options or needs with clients.
#3347 · Core · 78% automatable
Maintain financial records, order merchandise, or prepare accounts.
data analysis — Maintain financial records; human reconciles exceptions
Maintain financial or account records. Order materials, supplies, or equipment.
#3342 · Core · 10% automatable
Provide or arrange transportation between sites for the remains, mourners, pallbearers, clergy, or flowers.
situated mobility — Physical escort and transportation of people
Provide escort or transportation.
#3341 · Core · 25% automatable
Arrange for clergy members to perform needed services.
physical manipulation — Mortuary direction is hands-on and emotionally situated
Direct funeral or mortuary activities.
#3348 · Core · 16% automatable
Plan placement of caskets at funeral sites or place or adjust lights, fixtures, or floral displays.
physical manipulation — Mortuary direction is hands-on and emotionally situated
Arrange items for use or display. Direct funeral or mortuary activities.
#15202 · Core · 5% automatable
Clean funeral home facilities and grounds.
physical manipulation — Physical cleaning of facilities and work areas
Clean facilities or work areas.
#15201 · Core · 37% automatable
Manage funeral home operations, including the hiring, training, or supervision of embalmers, funeral attendants, or other staff.
decision support — Broad HR work needs human judgment and accountability
Train service staff. Supervise service workers. Perform human resources activities.
#3346 · Core · 25% automatable
Inform survivors of benefits for which they may be eligible.
interpersonal — Comfort and encouragement need live emotional presence
Provide counsel, comfort, or encouragement to individuals or families.
#3349 · Core · 25% automatable
Arrange for pallbearers or inform pallbearers or honorary groups of their duties.
physical manipulation — Mortuary direction is hands-on and emotionally situated
Direct funeral or mortuary activities.
#3350 · Core · 5% automatable
Receive or usher people to their seats for services.
situated mobility — Physically guiding people through crowded spaces
Usher patrons to seats or exits.
#15203 · Core · 55% automatable
Participate in community activities for funeral home promotion or other purposes.
text generation — Promotional materials drafted; human executes outreach
Promote products, services, or programs.
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How this was scored
- 1. Tasks. O*NET task statements for this occupation, from a release whose newest record is dated 08/2026.
- 2. Work activities. Each task maps to 1–5 Detailed Work Activities; each activity belongs to one of 41 Generalized Work Activities that O*NET rates for importance (1–5) in this occupation.
- 3. Automation potential. Every work activity carries one score for how far current AI can perform it end-to-end. Tasks inherit the mean of their activities.
- 4. Weighting. Task weight = 0.35 + 0.65 × (importance − 1)/4, scaled by how often the task is performed and by 0.7 for Supplemental tasks. Importance is the task's own O*NET rating where it exists (18,369 of 18,838 tasks); the rest inherit their work activities' importance. The index is the weighted mean.
Check: across the 910 occupations where O*NET also rates how far machine speed sets the pace, this index moves opposite to it (Spearman ρ = -0.49). The more a job is paced by equipment, the less of its task content AI can address — the relationship you would expect if the scoring is working.
Sources · O*NET 31.0 (task records to 08/2026) · BLS OEWS May 2025 · BLS projections 2025-2035 · rubric v2.1 · tasks for O*NET, not a forecast
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