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Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers pay in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX and Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers is $49,880 per year in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. It is $81,440 per year in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 38.8% below Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 39-4031 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 60 wage and salary jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX and 710 in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. 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.