Families / Steward

Historic Restoration Contractor

Repairs old buildings using original methods and materials. Combines a trade, a licence and archival research.

Pay band (est.)
$62k–$160k
Time to competence
8 years
Licence
Required
Setting
site
Leverage
high
Place constraint
medium
Physical demand
75/100
Hours burden
65/100

Factor percentiles

Percentile against the whole curated set. Higher is better on that factor only.

  • Play86th

    Absorbing rather than merely paid.

  • Specific knowledge84th

    A combination of skills that is hard to copy.

  • Leverage86th

    Output that scales through code, media, capital or crew.

  • Demand35th

    Durability and shortage, scored conservatively.

  • Pay59th

    Mid-career floor and the range above it.

  • Body17th

    Inverse of physical demand and hours.

  • Autonomy74th

    Control of methods and time.

  • People fit89th

    Distance from your preferred people level.

  • Place flexibility35th

    Remote fit and freedom from specific metros.

  • Time to skill16th

    Inverse of years to competence.

  • Meaning load73th

    Care, craft and stewardship weight. Not a moral score.

  • Downside tolerance32th

    Inverse of named risk to body, market or platform.

Downside

Permitting delays; clients and grants both move slowly.

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 medium. Where you live is analysed at locationistics.com.
  • Hours burden is 65/100 and people intensity 60/100. Who you are with is analysed at relationistics.com.

Source note: Trade and heritage sector patterns; editorial estimate. All figures are estimates for comparison.