Average Salary

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One of the most popular questions we get from our readers here is how much do Historians make per year and their hourly wage.

Starting Salary

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Entry-level Historians with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $29270 to $40670 per year or $14 to $20 per hour.

Just like any other job, the salary of a Historian will increase as they become more experienced.

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Salary Rank

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

After comparing how much do Historians make with other careers, they have a salary rank of B.

Salary range

Level	Hourly	Yearly
Highest (Top 10%)	$53	$110670
Senior (Top 25%)	$41	$85700
Middle (Mid 50%)	$29	$61140
Junior (Bottom 25%)	$20	$40670
No experience (Bottom 10%)	$14	$29270

Highest paying states

State	Hourly	Annual
DC	$ 52	$ 107,440
CA	$ 43	$ 88,770
VA	$ 39	$ 80,480
CO	$ 38	$ 79,100
NJ	$ 37	$ 76,320
MD	$ 37	$ 76,300
WA	$ 36	$ 74,530
OH	$ 36	$ 74,090
NM	$ 35	$ 71,800
UT	$ 34	$ 70,310

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 DC doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at DC 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 DC, CA, VA, CO and NJ.

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http://www.bls.gov/OOH/life-physical-and-social-science/historians.htm

http://www.historians.org/

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