TABLE 23

The MA/MS (Subject Matter Masters) has the highest representation in all categories except for Assistant Archivist. Nearly all archivists have a degree. At the Assistant Archivist and Associate Archivist level, females tend to dominate with supervisors and managers being more nearly equally distributed. The most popular pre-employment educational background is three or more graduate archival courses with the next most being one or two graduate archival courses. Educational background appears to be consistent over all job categories in Table 23

	N	10% Earn Less Than ($ Thousand)	25% Earn Less Than ($ Thousand)	Median ($ Thousand)	25% Earn More than ($ Thousand)	10% Earn More than ($ Thousand)
Educaton Level
PhD	3	3	11	7	11	17
MLS/MA	19	22	18	23	27	20
MA/MS	27	36	35	37	32	33
MLS	30	28	26	23	18	20
BA/BS	19	12	7	9	11	9
Some College	3	--	2	2	--	1

Sex
Female 57%	81	68	57	61	47	52
Male 44%	19	32	43	39	54	49

Pre-Employment Training
#Reporting=1,021	37	138	225	90	70	457
1-2 Grad Courses 18%	27	20	17	22	26	15
3+ Grad Courses 33%	41	43	36	33	27	29
Workshop (5+)8%	3	4	11	4	3	11
Workshop (1-4) 2%	--	4	2	1	1	2
Formal Internship 8%	14	6	7	8	9	9
Self-Directed 12%	5	9	12	12	10	13
None 19%	11	15	15	19	24	22