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Funeral Home Managers pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ and Springfield, MO
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Funeral Home Managers is $113,620 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. It is $62,230 per year in Springfield, MO. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 82.6% above Springfield, MO on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-9171 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 730 wage and salary jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ and 40 in Springfield, MO. 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