Also called: Shovel Bum
Digs, screens, and records artifacts on archaeology crews, often ahead of construction.
You dig a neat square hole with a trowel, sift dirt through a screen, and bag every pottery shard with its exact location.
Often project-based with travel.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Bachelor's degree (4-year), about 4 years after high school. Bachelor's in anthropology plus a field school.
Ways in: 4-year college. Training cost: $15k – $60k.
Majors to look at: Anthropology, Archaeology.
Growing about average. No separate BLS projection for this specialty; rating is an estimate based on industry trends.
Low risk in 5 years, medium in 10. Remote sensing helps find sites, but digging, screening and recording stay manual; fewer techs if surveys automate.
Classes: AP US History, Biology, Earth science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-4061.
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