Hiring a funeral home manager in Austin, TX

Employers in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX area pay funeral home managers a median of $75,000, with the middle half of the market between $57,470 and $97,590. Austin residents working in management occupations report a median of $100,226, which is 34% above what the metro pays for this role.

What does a funeral home manager earn here?

Place of work

What employers pay

Annual wages paid by employers in the Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX area. BLS OEWS, May 2025.
25th percentile	$57,470
Median	$75,000
75th percentile	$97,590

Half of funeral home managers in this area earn between $57,470 and $97,590. A band set below $57,470 competes for the bottom quarter of the market.

Place of residence

What Austin residents earn

$100,226

Median earnings of Austin residents working in management occupations, 85,794 people. Census ACS 5-year 2023, tables S2401 and B24011. Where people live, not where they work, so it is not the same measurement as the wages beside it.

The 34% figure is not a pay gap. ACS counts the civilian employed population 16 and over, part-time and part-year work included; OEWS counts wage-and-salary jobs only. The two populations differ, so read this number against other cities rather than as a shortfall: the same definitional difference applies to every city equally, which is what makes a city-to-city reading sound.

Residents here already earn more than this role pays, so your offer is competing with whatever they currently commute to.

What does the role actually involve?

Core tasks

Consult with families or friends of the deceased to arrange funeral details, such as obituary notice wording, casket selection, or plans for services.
Schedule funerals, burials, or cremations.
Deliver death certificates to medical facilities or offices to obtain signatures from legally authorized persons.
Offer counsel and comfort to families and friends of the deceased.
Monitor funeral service operations to ensure that they comply with applicable policies, regulations, and laws.

O*NET 29.1, task statements for SOC 11-9171.

Tools and technologies in demand

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office software, Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft PowerPoint, Microsoft Word, CodeJam MemoriesOnTV, CSR Consultants Cemetery Management SC, Email software.

O*NET 29.1, flagged in demand or hot for this occupation. Useful as a screen, not as a checklist.

Is the talent actually in Austin?

This is a job zone three: medium preparation needed occupation. Most occupations in this zone require training in vocational schools, related on-the-job experience, or an associate's degree.

It does not require a degree, which widens the pool considerably. For context, 58.2% of Austin adults hold one. Census ACS 5-year 2023, table S1501.

The average Austin commute runs 24 minutes, which is roughly how far your catchment reaches before candidates start saying no. 27.5% already work from home, so a fully onsite requirement here is competing against that.

What does the search cost?

The fee is set by the seniority of the role, never by salary and never by location. Across all six tiers it runs $6,240 to $54,340 per search. A contingency firm hiring at this role's median would bill roughly $15,000 to $22,500 on the first year salary alone.

One owner runs the search from market map to signed offer. Searches typically fill in 23 to 35 days, which is a typical window rather than a promise, and the replacement guarantee runs 45 days at 50% off.

Price this search

Eight questions about the role. Your tier range appears on screen.

Hiring a funeral home manager somewhere else?

Same role, different market. The wage band moves with the metro.

Other management roles in Austin

Austin is the 5th largest of 17 Texas cities in this dataset.