What's life like in the funeral industry?

I'm contemplating a career change. One industry I'm thinking of is the funeral industry. I mention this as I have considerable experience dealing with people having the worst times of their lives, and also professionally have dealt with death and dying more times than I care to remember, so death doesn't bother me. So, can someone here tell me what it is like working in the funeral industry? What are the best jobs in it, and how does one get into it? What's the pay and employment prospects like?