Also called: Records Archivist
Preserves historical documents, photos, film, and digital records.
Archivists organize collections, digitize fragile items, and help researchers find everything from presidential letters to old sports footage.
Master's degree, about 6 years after high school. Master's in library science or history with archives focus.
Ways in: 4-year college, Graduate school. Training cost: $60k – $150k.
Majors to look at: History, Library Science.
Growing about average (about 4% over 10 years).
Medium risk for 10 years. AI transcribes handwriting and tags records fast, so fewer cataloging roles; preserving originals and helping researchers stay human.
Classes: History, English, Computer Science, A foreign language.
Official data: O*NET occupation 25-4011.
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