CAREER

Embalmers

Overview

Salary Median (2020)

$47,630

Projected Job Growth (2019-2029)

-7.6% (decline)

Most Common Level of Education

Associate's degree

Career

What Embalmers Do

Prepare bodies for interment in conformity with legal requirements.

Other Job Titles Embalmers May Have

Embalmer, Licensed Embalmer, Trade Embalmer

Tasks & Responsibilities May Include

  • Conform to laws of health and sanitation and ensure that legal requirements concerning embalming are met.
  • Apply cosmetics to impart lifelike appearance to the deceased.
  • Close incisions, using needles and sutures.
  • Join lips, using needles and thread or wire.
  • Incise stomach and abdominal walls and probe internal organs, using trocar, to withdraw blood and waste matter from organs.

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