How Much Do Anthropology Professors Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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

Anthropology and Archeology Professors

Anthropology and Archeology Professors teach courses in anthropology or archeology. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Salary
$98740
Becoming One
Very Hard
Education
Doctoral degree
Job Satisfaction
Job Growth

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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
$98740 per year

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$51,580 to $66,660 per year

Entry-level Postsecondary Anthropology and Archeology Teachers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $51,580 to $66,660 per year. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
A

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Postsecondary Anthropology and Archeology Teachers 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%) $* $162,640
Senior (Top 25%) $* $120,090
Middle (Mid 50%) $* $89,220
Junior (Bottom 25%) $* $66,660
No experience (Bottom 10%) $* $51,580

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
NY $* $121,740
CA $* $114,020
IA $* $107,670
DC $* $107,310
MA $* $106,980
VA $* $105,960
IN $* $101,170
OR $* $100,680
TN $* $99,660
NJ $* $98,000

* Postsecondary Anthropology and Archeology Teachers are generally paid on an annual basis not hourly.

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

According to BLS, the highest paid Anthropology Professors are in the states of NY, CA, IA, DC and MA.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Junior Colleges $100160 $*
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $98550 $*

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