Also called: Living History Tradesperson, Colonial Tradesperson
Works an 18th-century trade like blacksmithing, wheelwrighting, or shoemaking at a living-history museum, making real goods while teaching visitors.
At a living-history site, a historic trades artisan in period clothes builds a wagon wheel with hand tools while explaining each step to tourists. Apprentices spend years learning the trade the old way, and what they make is used around the museum.
Approximate; museum wages.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Apprenticeship, about 6 years after high school. Long apprenticeship at a living-history museum.
Ways in: Apprenticeship, On-the-job training. Training cost: Get paid while you train.
Majors to look at: History, Woodworking or Metalworking.
Growing slowly. Very few openings, tied to museum budgets.
Low risk for 10 years. Hand trades done the old way, in front of visitors, are the whole point; AI can't replace that.
Classes: U.S. History, Woodshop or metals CTE, Theater.
Career Universe is an early version. Pay, training and AI-risk figures are estimates to start your own research, not verified facts. The research was written with AI research assistants, checked by validation scripts and spot-checked by hand. Check anything important with schools, employers and official sources. How the numbers work.