Automation index
How much of a Funeral director’s job can AI already do?
A form and an obituary come earlier. Collecting someone and looking after the family do not.
This percentage does not predict how many people will lose their jobs.
Task comparison
IS WORK OVER?
Funeral director
22%
AI can already do 22% of this job.
#330 / 633
View rankingFuneral director
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Paperwork, chapel, burial and cremation.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 40% | +6.4 |
Collection, thanatopraxy and care of the body.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 12% | +2.2 |
The family, the wake, and what is and is not possible.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 18% | 18% | +3.2 |
Notice, flowers, hearse and the minute-by-minute of the rite.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
Cemetery, times and suppliers.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Dignity, legal times and owning the service.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 14% | +2.2 |
| Total | 100% | 22% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- arrange funerals
- file death paperwork
- collect the deceased
- support the family
- thanatopraxy
- run the wake
- arrange cremation
- notices
Sources for this job· O*NET 39-4031.00· ESCO/ISCO 5163
IS WORK OVER?
Kayak guide
19%
#497 / 633
View rankingKayak guide
Where the time goes
Task weights are our estimates based on O*NET frequency data, not time shares published by O*NET.
The time saving for each task is estimated separately.
| Task | Share | AI | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
Flow, kit and the briefing.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 32% | +5.1 |
Water, the novice and the one who flips.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 22% | 8% | +1.8 |
Rescue, the rope and not losing anyone.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 22% | +3.5 |
Rapid, the yes or no and aborting.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 28% | +4.5 |
The cold, the wetsuit and not pushing the grade.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 16% | 18% | +2.9 |
Without flipping the group, and whole to the take-out.EstimateNo public source provides a precise figure. This is our estimate. | 14% | 12% | +1.7 |
| Total | 100% | 19% |
Modelled workweek: 100% · Public evidence: 0% · Estimate: 100% · Confidence: Low
Skills and activities
- flow
- river rescue
- rapids
- wetsuit
- kayak novices
- rope
- river briefing
- flip
Sources for this job· O*NET 39-7011.00· ESCO/ISCO 5113