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Funeral Attendants pay in Asheville, NC and Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Funeral Attendants is $36,040 per year in Asheville, NC. It is $70,880 per year in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ. Asheville, NC is 49.2% below Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 39-4021 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 100 wage and salary jobs in Asheville, NC and 30 in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings