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Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers pay in Chattanooga, TN-GA and Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers is $46,200 per year in Chattanooga, TN-GA. It is $81,440 per year in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. Chattanooga, TN-GA is 43.3% 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 70 wage and salary jobs in Chattanooga, TN-GA 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.