SOC 39-4012 · Personal Care and Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do Crematory Operators make in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Crematory Operators in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is $45,020. The 10th percentile is $39,240 and the 90th percentile is $65,500. Employment is 40.

Median annual wage

$45,020

10th percentile
$39,240
25th percentile
$45,010
Median
$45,020
75th percentile
$50,460
90th percentile
$65,500
Mean
$49,660

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Crematory Operators, the published 10th percentile is $39,240 and the 90th percentile is $65,500. The difference is $26,260, which is 58.3% 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 $45,010 to the 75th at $50,460, covers $5,450.

The mean annual wage is $49,660, which sits above the median of $45,020. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA median is 3.1% higher than the national median of $43,650 for Crematory Operators. In 2024 national prices the local median is $42,295, which is 3.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 9.6% lower than the California median of $49,780.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 106.442, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $45,020 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Crematory Operators at $42,295 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. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ranks 2nd 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).).

  • Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 121 miles away, with a median of $47,000. That median is 4.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,386, against $42,295 here.

Employment share

Crematory Operators accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA (40 of 1,716,760). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (2,970 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.22 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

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Questions this page answers

How much do Crematory Operators make in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Crematory Operators in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is $45,020. The 10th percentile is $39,240 and the 90th percentile is $65,500. Employment is 40.

How does that compare with the national median for Crematory Operators?

The local median is 3.1% higher than the national median of $43,650.

What is Crematory Operators pay in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA is 106.442, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $45,020 is $42,295. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA compare with nearby metros for Crematory Operators?

Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 121 miles away, at $47,000. Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.