Burial Costs in California

 

Burial:  Good $5,500  Better $7,000  Best $9,500 
 
Casket:
  • Good: 20-gauge steel —or pine.
  • Better: 18-gauge steel —or oak.
  • Best:16-gauge steel, stainless steel or copper — or oak, cherry, maple or walnut.

Outer Container:

  • Good: Grave liner —concrete box with drain holes (no sealing features).
  • Better: Burial vault — concrete top seal with plastic liner or 18-gauge steel air seal.
  • Best: Burial vault —concrete top seal with stainless steel liner or 7-gauge steel air seal.
 
Transportation:
  • Good: Casket coach, clergy coach and flower car.
  • Better: Casket coach, clergy coach and flower car.
  • Best: Casket coach, clergy coach, limousine and flower car.
 
Flowers:
  • Good: Casket spray and lid piece.
  • Better: Casket spray and lid piece.
  • Best: Casket spray, family piece and lid piece.
Each option above also includes:
  • Transfer of remains to funeral home.
  • Basic services of funeral director and staff; including embalming and sanitation of the deceased; cosmetology and casketing the deceased.
  • Death certificate; obituary notices.
  • Printing package, including register book, memorial cards or prayer cards, and acknowledgment cards.
  • Use of facilities and staff for visitation at funeral home, and for funeral ceremony at funeral home or church.
  • Outer burial container, tent and cemetery equipment set-up charge.
  • Church or clergy stipend.
  • Cemetery opening and closing charge.
 
Note: This is not a contract for funeral goods and services. This is an estimate for budgeting purposes only. This Budget does NOT include costs, if any, for cemetery property or grave marker.