TABLE 7
SENIOR ARCHIVIST -- FULL TIME
N = 202

Senior Archivist salaries increase with responsibility for higher budgets. Table 7 would indicate that education, other than Ph.D., has limited effect on the salaries of Senior Archivists. Experience in the field is, however, compensated.
  
 

N

10% Earn Less Than
($ Thousand)

25% Earn Less Than
($ Thousand)

Median
($ Thousand)

25% Earn More than
($ Thousand)

10% Earn More than
($ Thousand)

Budget Resp For

Under 20,000 40 21.0 25.0 30.8 33.6 46.0
20,000-49,999 12 25.0 28.0 35.5 40.0 53.0
50,000-99,999 12 28.0 32.8 36.1 39.0 44.0
100,000-449,999 5 -- -- 43.0 -- --
500,000+
   

Highest Educational Level

PhD 19 22.0 30.8 40.3 54.0 68.0
MLS/MA 39 25.0 30.8 34.7 39.0 50.0
MA/MS 69 24.0 29.0 34.5 43.0 51.3
MLS 53 25.0 28.0 32.8 38.0 50.0
BA/BS 16 12.7 25.2 33.4 40.0 45.0
Some College 5 -- -- 44.5 -- --
   
Years Spent in Archival Related Employment
Less than 3 13 20.0 25.0 32.0 36.4 70.0
3-9 79 23.0 26.0 31.0 35.0 43.0
10-19 85 26.5 31.2 36.5 43.0 51.3
20-29 21 28.0 31.6 44.0 53.0 64.0
30+ 4 -- -- 51.5 -- --

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