Funeral Cost and Mortality Map by State

Sources and Methodology

• Funeral Price Increases: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price Index, series CUUR0000SEGD (Funeral expenses in U.S. city average, all urban consumers, not seasonally adjusted; Dec. 1986=100), monthly values retrieved 2026-11-11 from the BLS public API. Historical changes use the published index for the same month in each year, not an assumed inflation rate. October 2025 was not published (BLS: Data unavailable due to the 2025 lapse in appropriations).BLS series CUUR0000SEGD.
• Future Costs: today's price (the estimate for the selected state, or the price you enter) × (1 + yearly increase)^years. The default yearly increase is the funeral index's average annual change over the last 20 years. You can change it.
• Funeral Cost Estimates: National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA), Member General Price List Study, news releases: "2023 NFDA General Price List Study Shows Inflation Increasing Faster than the Cost of a Funeral" (2023-12-08; survey mailed2023-07-07, 809 member funeral homes), median prices for nine census regions and the nation. Each state uses its region's median, multiplied by the BLS funeral index for October 2026 divided by July 2023 (factor 1.158). These are modeled planning estimates: NFDA did not measure individual states, and NFDA members may not represent every funeral home. Packages: Funeral with viewing and burial: basic services fee, removal/transfer, embalming and other preparation, metal casket, facilities and staff for viewing and ceremony, hearse, service car/van, basic memorial printed package. Excludes vault, cemetery, monument/marker and cash-advance charges. Funeral with viewing and cremation (2023 definition): basic services fee, removal/transfer, embalming and other preparation, facilities and staff for viewing and ceremony, service car/van, basic memorial printed package, cremation fee, alternative cremation container, urn. Excludes cemetery, monument/marker and cash-advance charges.Direct cremation is not reported in NFDA's releases, so no direct cremation estimate is shown.NFDA 2023 release.
• Direct Cremation: shown only for states with a funeral consumer organization price survey: Washington's published statewide average, and medians calculated here from the individual funeral-home prices that Funeral Consumers Alliance affiliates publish, using only prices that share one definition. Figures are never combined across states; definitions and years differ by state. The headline figure is an estimate based on historical data: the observed figure multiplied by the BLS funeral index for October 2026 divided by the index for the survey's period (Washington: 2024 average; Arizona: 2025 average (11 published months; BLS did not publish October 2025); Maryland: 2023 average; Delaware: 2023 average; District of Columbia: 2023 average; Idaho: June 2024). Georgia's figure is a current listing and is not adjusted. The observed figure is shown with each estimate.Washington: People's Memorial Association, 2024 Funeral Home Price Survey, 2024 survey average $1,685, range $485 to $3,435. People's Memorial Association surveyed 250 Washington funeral homes in 2024 (some did not participate); the average is of the prices reported. The price each funeral home lists for Direct Cremation on its General Price List. The survey does not state whether a cremation container or crematory fee is included. Arizona: Funeral Consumers Alliance of Arizona, 2025 Funeral Provider Price Comparison Reports, 2025 (completed October 2025), calculated median $1,847.50 (statewide: all five regional reports, compiled from the Arizona State Board of Funeral Directors and Embalmers provider list), range $610 to $3,435. 174 funeral providers with a direct cremation price; member-discount (contracted provider) prices excluded. Minimum "out the door" price from each provider's General Price List: removal within 25 miles, arrangements, permits and death certificate filing, refrigeration for at least 3 days, basic services fee, delivery to the crematory, the cremation, a basic alternative container and a basic urn. Georgia: Funeral Consumers Alliance of Georgia, Funeral Home Pricing Comparison, as listed November 2026 (price list dates vary), calculated median $2,095 (statewide), range $800 to $4,160. 255 Georgia funeral homes with a listed direct cremation price (362 others are marked "needed"). Standardized package taken from each General Price List: basic services fee, removal within 30 miles, refrigeration up to 72 hours, alternative container, crematory fee, basic container for the ashes, death certificate filing and Social Security notification. Maryland: Funeral Consumers Alliance of Maryland and Environs, 2023 Mortuary Price Survey, 2023, calculated median $2,757.50 (statewide), range $925 to $4,774. 116 of 258 Maryland establishments listed (those whose price includes the crematory fee). The establishment's least expensive direct cremation price from its General Price List, listed as including the crematory fee; it does not include a cremation container or urn. Establishments whose price excludes the crematory fee, or may not include it, are left out. Delaware: Funeral Consumers Alliance of Maryland and Environs, 2023 Mortuary Price Survey, 2023, calculated median $2,947.50 (statewide), range $1,350 to $5,560. 32 of 64 Delaware establishments listed (those whose price includes the crematory fee). The establishment's least expensive direct cremation price from its General Price List, listed as including the crematory fee; it does not include a cremation container or urn. Establishments whose price excludes the crematory fee, or may not include it, are left out. District of Columbia: Funeral Consumers Alliance of Maryland and Environs, 2023 Mortuary Price Survey, 2023, calculated median $2,195 (District of Columbia), range $1,305 to $6,800. 15 of 31 District of Columbia establishments listed (those whose price includes the crematory fee). The establishment's least expensive direct cremation price from its General Price List, listed as including the crematory fee; it does not include a cremation container or urn. Establishments whose price excludes the crematory fee, or may not include it, are left out. Idaho: Funeral Consumers Alliance of Idaho, Comparative Cost of Funeral Services in Idaho, June 2024, June 2024, calculated sample median $1,865 (not statewide: responding mortuaries in Meridian, Boise, Payette, Emmett, Twin Falls and Lewiston), range $1,495 to $2,380. 9 responding mortuaries whose direct cremation price includes an alternative container; member-discount prices excluded. Direct cremation with no services or viewing from each mortuary's General Price List, including an alternative container. The survey does not state whether the crematory fee is included.Local surveys (shown only for the surveyed area): Kansas City metro area (Missouri and Kansas): Funeral Consumers Alliance of Greater Kansas City, Interactive Price Survey, price lists dated 2018 to 2025 (most 2024 to 2025); median of 106 funeral homes $1,895 (range $825 to $3,840), estimated $2,090 today (each price adjusted from its own price-list month). Direct cremation price from each funeral home's General Price List. The survey does not state whether the container or crematory fee is included. Austin area (Bastrop, Caldwell, Hays, Travis and Williamson counties): Funeral Consumers Alliance of Central Texas, 2026 Survey of Austin Area Funeral Homes, collected January to March 2026 (price lists dated 2015 to 2026); median of 40 funeral homes $2,892.50 (range $695 to $4,210), estimated $3,100 today (each price adjusted from its own price-list month). Direct cremation including the crematory fee and an alternative container, transfer, permits, transportation to the crematory and the basic services fee (refrigeration may be extra). Roanoke and New River Valley (Montgomery, Roanoke, Giles, Floyd and Pulaski counties; Roanoke, Salem, Bedford and Radford): Funeral Consumers Alliance of the Virginia Blue Ridge, funeral home price survey, May 2026; median of 33 funeral homes $2,645 (range $1,340 to $4,000), estimated $2,632 today (adjusted from May 2026). Direct cremation from each General Price List, including the basic services fee. The survey does not state whether the container or crematory fee is included. Rochester area: Monroe County: Funeral Consumers Alliance of Greater Rochester, 2026 Funeral Home Price Survey, 2026; median of 27 funeral homes $1,990 (range $965 to $3,195), estimated $2,010 today (adjusted from the 2026 average to date). Direct cremation from each General Price List, not including the crematory fee (the survey says to add $275 to $320). Rochester region: Genesee, Livingston, Ontario, Orleans, Seneca, Wayne and Yates counties: Funeral Consumers Alliance of Greater Rochester, 2026 Funeral Home Price Survey, 2026; median of 28 funeral homes $2,595 (range $1,395 to $3,597), estimated $2,621 today (adjusted from the 2026 average to date). Direct cremation from each General Price List, not including the crematory fee (the survey says to add $275 to $320). Champaign County: Funeral Consumers Alliance of Champaign County, Funeral Home Price Survey (June 2026), June 2026; median of 12 funeral homes $2,527.50 (range $995 to $3,950), estimated $2,518 today (adjusted from June 2026). Direct cremation including the basic services fee, removal, an alternative container, transportation, authorizations and the cremation; the $100 Illinois cremation permit is extra.Local direct cremation surveys by Funeral Consumers Alliance affiliates. Medians calculated here from the individual funeral-home prices each survey publishes (only summary figures are stored). "Estimated today" adjusts each price with the BLS funeral index to the month named in adjustedTo; price lists dated October 2025 (not published by BLS) use the average of September and November 2025. Shown for the surveyed area only, never as a statewide figure.Not used: Colorado (Prices gathered over several years; the publisher says it cannot attest to their accuracy, particularly pricing. Not used.); Utah (Links to individual price lists only; no compiled survey.); North Carolina (The survey page refused automated access.); New Jersey (Princeton area) (Lists only "the most reasonable prices", a selection of low-priced providers; a median would be biased. Not used.); New York (Finger Lakes) (Survey files are on a file host this environment cannot reach.); Texas (San Antonio) (Price survey is a scanned image without readable text.); Massachusetts (western counties), Ohio (central Ohio and Cleveland) (Western Massachusetts and central Ohio pages refused automated access. Cleveland Memorial Society posts prices on separate county pages from a 2023 survey it describes as still in progress; not compiled here.). NFDA's releases do not report direct cremation.
• Check Against 2021: NFDA's 2021 regional burial medians ("2021 NFDA General Price List Study Shows Funeral Costs Not Rising as Fast as Rate of Inflation"), adjusted to July 2023 with the same index (+14.0%), came out 0% to 11% higher than the 2023 medians NFDA measured: from 2021 to 2023 the BLS funeral index rose faster than NFDA's national burial median (+5.8%). Adjusted estimates may therefore run high. NFDA's 2021 cremation figures used a cremation casket and are not comparable with 2023's. NFDA 2021 release.
• Recent Death Rates: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics (Vital Statistics Rapid Release), "NCHS - VSRR Quarterly provisional estimates for selected indicators of mortality", 12 months ending September 2025 and each earlier quarter back to 2023 Q1, retrieved 2026-11-11. Provisional figures can change.CDC data.
• Deaths by Cause: CDC/NCHS, "Weekly Provisional Counts of Deaths by State and Select Causes, 2020-2023", 2022,Provisional (data as of September 27, 2023). Deaths in 2022 by state where the death occurred (not state of residence), summed from MMWR weeks of 2022. Natural causes only. A total is not shown when CDC suppressed any week (1 to 9 deaths). New York includes New York City. CDC data.
• Deaths by Age and Sex: CDC/NCHS, "Provisional COVID-19 Deaths by Sex and Age", 2022,Provisional (data as of September 27, 2023). New York includes New York City (reported separately by NCHS and added here). CDC data.
• Final Deaths by Cause: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, "NCHS - Leading Causes of Death: United States" (1999 to2017), retrieved 2026-11-11. All ages, both sexes combined; 10 leading causes plus all causes; resident deaths by state. 2017 is the latest year in this dataset. CDC data.
• Life Expectancy: National Center for Health Statistics, United States State Life Tables, 2022 (National Vital Statistics Reports vol. 74 no. 12) and United States Life Tables, 2022 (vol. 74 no. 2), 2022: expectation of life at age 65 and at birth for the total population, from each state's period life table. State life tables,U.S. life tables.
• Map: us-atlas 3.0.1 states-albers-10m (U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundaries, ISC license).

Last updated November 11, 2026.