SOC 39-4011 · Personal Care and Service Occupations · May 2025

How much do Embalmers make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Embalmers in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is $58,490. The 10th percentile is $47,540 and the 90th percentile is $70,250. Employment is 160.

Median annual wage

$58,490

10th percentile
$47,540
25th percentile
$50,690
Median
$58,490
75th percentile
$60,940
90th percentile
$70,250
Mean
$57,320

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

Two cooks working in a commercial kitchen in 1930
Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Embalmers, the published 10th percentile is $47,540 and the 90th percentile is $70,250. The difference is $22,710, which is 38.8% 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 $50,690 to the 75th at $60,940, covers $10,250.

The mean annual wage is $57,320, which sits below the median of $58,490. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX median is 0.5% lower than the national median of $58,780 for Embalmers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $59,303, which is 0.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2% higher than the Texas median of $57,350.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 98.629, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $58,490 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Embalmers at $59,303 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Embalmers in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Embalmers accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX (160 of 3,289,720). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (3,890 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.94 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.

Highest-paying jobs in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX · Embalmers 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 Embalmers make in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Embalmers in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is $58,490. The 10th percentile is $47,540 and the 90th percentile is $70,250. Employment is 160.

How does that compare with the national median for Embalmers?

The local median is 0.5% lower than the national median of $58,780.

What is Embalmers pay in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 98.629, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $58,490 is $59,303. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.