Undertakers, mortuary and crematorium assistants: salary in the UK
About £26,086 a year after tax (England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2026/27)
median salary a year, full-time, +2.5% on last year
£2,612 a month About £2,174 a month after tax 11 thousand full-time jobs
Gross pay before tax, including bonuses, commission and overtime. Not included: benefits in kind such as a company car. About the data
Pay range
The dark part is the middle half of full-time employees (25% to 75%); the light bar runs from 10% to 90%. ONS doesn't publish the highest or lowest salary, and x means a figure wasn't published.
Pay by year
The median went from £26,628 in 2021 to £31,342 in 2026 (+18%); for all full-time employees in the UK it changed by +31% over the same years.
Figures by year
| P10 | P25 | Median | P75 | P90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | x | £22,978 | £26,628 | £31,404 | x |
| 2022 | x | £23,977 | £28,232 | x | x |
| 2023 | x | £24,059 | £27,921 | x | x |
| 2024 | x | £25,291 | £29,877 | x | x |
| 2025 | x | £26,882 | £30,587 | x | x |
| 2026 | x | £27,787 | £31,342 | x | x |
ONS figures for each year, not adjusted for inflation. Years before 2021 used a different occupation classification, so they can't be compared. Earlier years are ONS's revised figures; the latest is provisional.
Half of full-time employees in this occupation earn less than £31,342 a year and half earn more. That is 23% less than the median for all full-time employees in the UK (£40,911).
Ranked by median, it is number 265 of the 362 occupations with a published figure.
At the median salary, take-home pay after Income Tax and National Insurance is about £2,174 a month in England, Wales or Northern Ireland and £2,176 in Scotland.
The median for men is £33,248 and for women £28,414, a gap of 15% in men's favour. This compares full-time salaries only and doesn't account for seniority or hours.
Percentiles
| Percentile | Annual | Monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 10th (P10) | x | x |
| 20th | £26,917 | £2,243 |
| 25th (P25) | £27,787 | £2,316 |
| 30th | £28,332 | £2,361 |
| 40th | £29,464 | £2,455 |
| Median (50th) | £31,342 | £2,612 |
| 60th | £32,942 | £2,745 |
| 70th | £34,497 | £2,875 |
| 75th (P75) | x | x |
| 80th | x | x |
| 90th (P90) | x | x |
Men and women
| Median | Mean | Jobs (thousands) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men | £33,248 | £35,936 | x |
| Women | £28,414 | £29,514 | x |
Take-home pay at the median
| Where you live | Per year | Per month |
|---|---|---|
| England, Wales, NI | £26,086 | £2,174 |
| Scotland | £26,107 | £2,176 |
After Income Tax and National Insurance for 2026 to 2027, with the standard tax code and no pension or student loan. Work out your own take-home pay · Take-home pay on £31,000
Job titles in this occupation
ONS codes these 31 job titles to SOC 6138 Undertakers, mortuary and crematorium assistants. Pay figures are for the whole occupation, not for each title.
- Assistant superintendent
- Bearer
- Cemetery attendant
- Cemetery worker
- Crematorium assistant
- Crematorium attendant
- Crematorium furnace attendant
- Crematorium operator
- Crematorium technician
- Driver-bearer
- Embalmer
- Foreman
- Funeral administrator
- Funeral arranger
- Funeral assistant
- Funeral bearer
- Funeral director
- Funeral director's assistant
- Funeral operative
- Funeral service arranger
- Funeral service operative
- Furnaceman
- Mortician
- Mortuary assistant
- Mortuary attendant
- Mortuary technician
- Pall bearer
- Superintendent
- Taxidermist
- Undertaker
- Undertaker's assistant
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Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings 2026 provisional, Table 14.7a (full-time employees, gross annual pay, UK, tax year ending 5 April 2026). Provisional figures may be revised.