Archivist
Appraises, arranges and preserves records so they remain findable. Quiet work with a long time horizon.
- Pay band (est.)
- $62k–$105k
- Time to competence
- 5 years
- Licence
- None
- Setting
- desk
- Leverage
- medium
- Place constraint
- high
- Physical demand
- 25/100
- Hours burden
- 40/100
Factor percentiles
Percentile against the whole curated set. Higher is better on that factor only.
- Play47th
Absorbing rather than merely paid.
- Specific knowledge61th
A combination of skills that is hard to copy.
- Leverage49th
Output that scales through code, media, capital or crew.
- Demand38th
Durability and shortage, scored conservatively.
- Pay38th
Mid-career floor and the range above it.
- Body82th
Inverse of physical demand and hours.
- Autonomy59th
Control of methods and time.
- People fit63th
Distance from your preferred people level.
- Place flexibility14th
Remote fit and freedom from specific metros.
- Time to skill63th
Inverse of years to competence.
- Meaning load50th
Closeness to the families you marked as meaningful. Your mapping, not ours.
- Downside tolerance86th
Inverse of named risk to body, market or platform.
Downside
Few posts, concentrated in institutions; budget-fragile.
Examine this against your weights
The percentiles above use the default weights. Set your own on the ranking and this vocation moves with them.
- Place constraint is high. Where you live is analysed at locationistics.com.
- Hours burden is 40/100 and people intensity 40/100. Who you are with is analysed at relationistics.com.
Source note: BLS OEWS May 2024, Archivists (25-4011): median $61,570, 90th percentile $104,780. Outlook from BLS 2025-35 projections, +3.4%. Other scores editorial. All figures are estimates for comparison.