Funeral service jobs in Massachusetts

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How does a funeral attendant in Massachusetts become a funeral director? Funeral service jobs in Massachusetts start from an unusually well-paid entry job, since the state's 1,090 attendants earned a median of $46,280 in May 2025, against $35,680 nationally.

Your Massachusetts association is Massachusetts Funeral Directors Association, listed with its counterparts across the country in the association directory.

About Funeral service jobs in Massachusetts

There are two ways out: a license or a management job. The first runs through one of three accredited programs in the state, including community college programs on Cape Cod and the North Shore, and then through supervised training and a board exam. The second, for licensed directors with some years behind them, pays a median of $80,790 among the state's funeral home managers. That comes to 5 live funeral service jobs in Massachusetts, the largest share of them from Milestone Funeral Partner, Service Corporation International, and Precoa, and Sudbury, Attleboro Falls, and Chicopee carrying the most.