SOC 39-4012 · Personal Care and Service Occupations · May 2025
How much do Crematory Operators make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Crematory Operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $47,000. The 10th percentile is $42,450 and the 90th percentile is $66,160. Employment was not published.
Median annual wage
$47,000
- 10th percentile
- $42,450
- 25th percentile
- $46,540
- Median
- $47,000
- 75th percentile
- $50,220
- 90th percentile
- $66,160
- Mean
- $50,550
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
Percentile spread
For Crematory Operators, the published 10th percentile is $42,450 and the 90th percentile is $66,160. The difference is $23,710, which is 50.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.
The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $46,540 to the 75th at $50,220, covers $3,680.
The mean annual wage is $50,550, which sits above the median of $47,000. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA median is 7.7% higher than the national median of $43,650 for Crematory Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $41,386, which is 5.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 5.6% lower than the California median of $49,780.
Price-adjusted pay
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $47,000 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Crematory Operators at $41,386 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Crematory Operators. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 1st of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 121 miles away, with a median of $45,020 and employment of 40. That median is 4.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,295, against $41,386 here.
Highest-paying jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA · Crematory Operators by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Crematory Operators make in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Crematory Operators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is $47,000. The 10th percentile is $42,450 and the 90th percentile is $66,160.
How does that compare with the national median for Crematory Operators?
The local median is 7.7% higher than the national median of $43,650.
What is Crematory Operators pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 113.566, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $47,000 is $41,386. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.
How does Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA compare with nearby metros for Crematory Operators?
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 121 miles away, at $45,020. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA ranks 1st of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.