How much do Funeral Attendants make in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA?

Percentile spread

For Funeral Attendants, the published 10th percentile is $16,400 and the 90th percentile is $37,220. The difference is $20,820, which is 68.6% 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 $24,890 to the 75th at $37,090, covers $12,200.

The mean annual wage is $30,670, which sits above the median of $30,370. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Shreveport-Bossier City, LA median is 14.9% lower than the national median of $35,680 for Funeral Attendants. In 2024 national prices the local median is $35,828, which is 0.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Louisiana median of $30,370.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Shreveport-Bossier City, LA is 84.766, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $30,370 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Funeral Attendants at $35,828 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Funeral Attendants. Shreveport-Bossier City, LA ranks 2nd of 3 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).).

• Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX is 165 miles away, with a median of $29,530 and employment of 70. That median is 2.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $32,794, against $35,828 here.
• Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX is 190 miles away, with a median of $34,310 and employment of 430. That median is 13% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $33,282, against $35,828 here.

Employment share

Funeral Attendants accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Shreveport-Bossier City, LA (40 of 162,750). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (31,090 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.23 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.