Title: Average Cost of a Funeral in the United States - Your Tribute
Headings: Average Cost of a Funeral in the United States
Average Cost of a Funeral in the United States
Jason Ropchan | Your Tribute Founder
Average Cost of a Funeral
Factors that Impact the Average Cost of a Funeral

Content: The average cost of a funeral includes the most basic products necessary for a funeral service. However, most families will purchase products not included in the average cost. For examples, funeral flowers, a video tribute, webcasting, a memorial website, keepsakes, and thank you cards are only a few of the additional products and services available to families. In summary, the average cost of a funeral covers items like the funeral director’s fees ($1,500), casket cost ($2,300), embalming ($500), using the funeral home for the funeral service ($500), grave site costs ($2,000), digging costs of the grave site ($600), outer burial container or grave liner ($1,000), and headstone cost ($1,500). Therefore, on average a traditional funeral with burial will cost around $10,000. However, depending on the products and services selected, and their quality, the average cost of a funeral may be below $5,000 or cost upwards of $20,000. Cemeteries, funeral homes, and other service providers expect full payment for their services by the time of the funeral. Therefore, the best way to reduce the cost of a funeral is to pre-plan. This will guarantee the cost of the funeral and make it more affordable by setting aside a small sum of money each month, versus paying for the entire funeral at once. Another way to reduce the funeral cost is to choose cremation instead of a traditional burial, which will save costs on the casket and eliminate the need for a burial plot, vault, gravestone, and so on.