Surveys construction sites for buried artifacts and historic sites before bulldozers arrive.
You walk a pipeline route digging test pits every 50 feet, find stone tools from 3,000 years ago, and help reroute the pipeline around the site.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's in archaeology or anthropology for lead roles.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: Anthropology, Archaeology, History.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years). Anthropologists and archaeologists projection.
Low risk for 10 years. Lidar and AI help find sites from above; fieldwork, tribal consultation and judgment stay human.
Classes: AP US History, Biology, Earth science.
Official data: O*NET occupation 19-3091.
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