How Much Do Historians Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries

Historians

Historians research, analyze, record, and interpret the past as recorded in sources, such as government and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.

Salary
$68400
Becoming One
Very Hard
Education
Master's degree
Job Satisfaction
Job Growth

Personality
Interest Match



Table of contents
  1. Average salary
  2. Starting salary
  3. Salary rank
  4. Salary range
  5. Highest paying states
  6. Highest paying industries

Average salary

Annual salary
$68400 per year
Hourly wage
$33 per hour

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$29,540 to $40,920 per year
Entry-level hourly wage
$14 to $20 per hour

Entry-level Historians with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $29,540 to $40,920 per year or $14 to $20 per hour. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
B

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Historians to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.

Salary range

Level Hourly Annual
Highest (Top 10%) $56 $116,340
Senior (Top 25%) $43 $90,130
Middle (Mid 50%) $30 $63,100
Junior (Bottom 25%) $20 $40,920
No experience (Bottom 10%) $14 $29,540

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
AK $49 $101,900
VA $45 $92,820
HI $42 $87,650
CO $42 $87,210
MD $41 $84,360
NC $39 $81,670
CA $38 $79,090
GA $38 $78,830
NJ $36 $75,620
TX $36 $74,760

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Historian is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like AK doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at AK might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Historians are in the states of AK, VA, HI, CO and MD.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Federal Executive Branch $103590 $49.80
Architectural, Engineering, and Related Services $75320 $36.21
Scientific Research and Development Services $72590 $34.90
Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services $71960 $34.60
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $67420 $32.42
Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions $59610 $28.66
Civic and Social Organizations $55910 $26.88
State Government $55550 $26.71
Local Government $42360 $20.37
Elementary and Secondary Schools $29710 $14.28

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