What does a Funeral Cost? What does the average funeral cost? This is very hard to determine. A Funeral is a combination of many individual choices. Every one’s choices are different. So essentially there is no average funeral. The median cost of a funeral can be referred to as the average cost of a funeral. Your cost is determined at your arrangement conference.
The median
Funeral Cost/Funeral Arrangement
means equal dollar number above and equal number below. Industry analysts say it is $10,000 USD. The National Funeral Directors Association (NFDA) say it is $7,323.00 USD.
The NFDA states that the average cost in the South to be $7,807.00USD. They call the average in the the Pacific Mountain Region to be $6,514.00 USD.
Due to the economy folks are opting for the lower cost funeral and cremations. However in order for costs to significantly come down, the cremation rate needs to be above the current 35% nationwide. Also third party casket purchases need to be more than 15% (be sure to get your casket on the internet). In spite of economic pressures for lower cost funerals, people over 70 want the traditional event and to pay a little less.
With all these factors taken into consideration I have declared the average or median cost of a funeral in 2009 to be $8,500.00+ USD.
Blog by Your Funeral Guy.
Source: NFDA issued funeral industry 2006 figures.
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