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Funeral Attendants pay in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ and Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Funeral Attendants is $70,880 per year in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ. It is $29,870 per year in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ is 137.3% above Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL 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 30 wage and salary jobs in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ and 70 in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. 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