Funeral Attendants Salary — Chicago, Illinois

The average Funeral Attendants in Chicago, Illinois earns $38,460 a year.

$38,460 / year, mean
↑ 0.5% above national average 100th percentile in Illinois

Chicago sits at the very top of the range for this role in Illinois — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's close to the national average for funeral attendants — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Illinois

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
420
Estimate confidence
RSE 2.5%
Cost of living 104 #31 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1770 #92 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $353,998 #78 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $88,850 #28 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Chicago ranks #31 for cost of living and #78 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Atlantic City $58,490 Sacramento $47,320 San Francisco $46,440 New York $45,660 Seattle $44,650 Los Angeles $43,090 Philadelphia $43,040 Oxnard $41,040 Allentown $40,730 Modesto $40,530 Baltimore $40,310 Buffalo $39,890 Fresno $39,350 San Diego $38,970 Pittsburgh $38,660 Chicago $38,460 Lancaster $38,390 Riverside $38,260 Reading $37,910 Harrisburg $36,650 Indianapolis $36,210 Detroit $35,940 Austin $35,730 Fort Wayne $35,480 Blacksburg $35,120 Richmond $35,000 Lansing $34,720 Grand Rapids $34,540 South Bend $34,430 Dallas $34,390 Miami $34,250 Louisville $34,080 Monroe $34,050 Tampa $34,050 Fort Myers $33,980 Pensacola $33,630 Houston $33,580 Virginia Beach $33,560 Jacksonville $33,540 Charleston $33,500 Ocala $33,470 Terre Haute $33,360 Odessa $33,340 Deltona $33,020 Orlando $32,990 Evansville $32,710 Sarasota $32,580 San Antonio $32,500 Huntington $32,240 Saginaw $32,190 Roanoke $32,120 Beaumont $31,700 Lynchburg $31,670 Tallahassee $31,630 Killeen $31,420 Parkersburg $31,180 Corpus Christi $30,980 Bay City $30,540 El Paso $30,480 Brownsville $27,030
CityMean salaryvs. Chicago
Allentown, Pennsylvania$40,730+5.9%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$58,490+52.1%
Austin, Texas$35,730-7.1%
Baltimore, Maryland$40,310+4.8%
Bay City, Michigan$30,540-20.6%
Beaumont, Texas$31,700-17.6%
Blacksburg, Virginia$35,120-8.7%
Brownsville, Texas$27,030-29.7%
Buffalo, New York$39,890+3.7%
Fort Myers, Florida$33,980-11.6%
Charleston, West Virginia$33,500-12.9%
Corpus Christi, Texas$30,980-19.4%
Dallas, Texas$34,390-10.6%
Deltona, Florida$33,020-14.1%
Detroit, Michigan$35,940-6.6%
El Paso, Texas$30,480-20.7%
Evansville, Indiana$32,710-15.0%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$35,480-7.7%
Fresno, California$39,350+2.3%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$34,540-10.2%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$36,650-4.7%
Houston, Texas$33,580-12.7%
Huntington, West Virginia$32,240-16.2%
Indianapolis, Indiana$36,210-5.9%
Jacksonville, Florida$33,540-12.8%
Killeen, Texas$31,420-18.3%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$38,390-0.2%
Lansing, Michigan$34,720-9.7%
Los Angeles, California$43,090+12.0%
Louisville, Kentucky$34,080-11.4%
Lynchburg, Virginia$31,670-17.7%
Miami, Florida$34,250-10.9%
Modesto, California$40,530+5.4%
Monroe, Michigan$34,050-11.5%
New York, New York$45,660+18.7%
Sarasota, Florida$32,580-15.3%
Ocala, Florida$33,470-13.0%
Odessa, Texas$33,340-13.3%
Orlando, Florida$32,990-14.2%
Oxnard, California$41,040+6.7%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$31,180-18.9%
Pensacola, Florida$33,630-12.6%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$43,040+11.9%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$38,660+0.5%
Reading, Pennsylvania$37,910-1.4%
Richmond, Virginia$35,000-9.0%
Riverside, California$38,260-0.5%
Roanoke, Virginia$32,120-16.5%
Sacramento, California$47,320+23.0%
Saginaw, Michigan$32,190-16.3%
San Antonio, Texas$32,500-15.5%
San Diego, California$38,970+1.3%
San Francisco, California$46,440+20.7%
Seattle, Washington$44,650+16.1%
South Bend, Indiana$34,430-10.5%
Tallahassee, Florida$31,630-17.8%
Tampa, Florida$34,050-11.5%
Terre Haute, Indiana$33,360-13.3%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$33,560-12.7%

This metro area spans more than one state — where you actually pay income tax depends on where you work, not just where BLS assigns the area. Choose your work state:

Gross salary
38,460/yr
Estimated take-home
31,320/yr
Est. total withheld
18.6%

Single filer, federal + state tax (where the selected state levies one) + FICA, 2025 rates, for whichever state you select above. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 39-4021 SOC code
Official area Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 16980 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: il_idor_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
NapervilleElgin
Multi-state area: IL;IN
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Highlighted: Illinois

Population (metro area)
9,359,555