Archivists salary
The median pay for archivists in the United States is $64,550 a year. About 7,970 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $39,970
- 25th percentile
- $50,680
- Median percentile
- $64,550
- 75th percentile
- $83,020
- 90th percentile
- $110,550
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- District of Columbia $93,040
- Connecticut $79,790
- Massachusetts $78,180
- Rhode Island $76,990
- Washington $76,490
- Maryland $76,440
- New York $73,860
- California $70,530
- New Jersey $67,900
- Minnesota $65,740
- Michigan $63,890
- Oregon $61,880
- New Hampshire $61,410
- Pennsylvania $60,690
- Missouri $60,020
- Wisconsin $59,400
- Illinois $59,340
- Colorado $59,210
- Louisiana $59,070
- Georgia $59,010
- Iowa $59,010
- Ohio $58,790
- Arkansas $58,560
- Idaho $58,370
- Alabama $57,860
- Utah $56,660
- Maine $56,260
- North Carolina $55,370
- Indiana $54,220
- Delaware $53,890
- Tennessee $53,210
- South Carolina $52,810
- Florida $52,100
- Oklahoma $51,940
- Texas $50,160
- Kansas $49,200
- Kentucky $48,810
By metro area
- Bridgeport, CT $119,190
- San Jose, CA $97,550
- Washington, DC $84,590
- Seattle, WA $78,530
- Sacramento, CA $78,490
- Boston, MA $78,220
- Olympia, WA $77,990
- New York, NY $77,450
- Providence, RI $76,990
- Baltimore, MD $76,440
- Oxnard, CA $74,540
- San Francisco, CA $74,320
- Los Angeles, CA $70,630
- Harrisburg, PA $70,450
- Detroit, MI $66,830
- Rochester, NY $66,050
- Minneapolis, MN $65,700
- Richmond, VA $65,240
- Spokane, WA $64,430
- St. Louis, MO $63,630
- Montgomery, AL $63,130
- Atlanta, GA $63,110
- Madison, WI $63,040
- San Diego, CA $62,050
- Riverside, CA $62,030
- Portland, OR $61,880
- Austin, TX $60,900
- Philadelphia, PA $60,690
- Pittsburgh, PA $60,520
- Denver, CO $59,950
- Columbus, OH $59,730
- Milwaukee, WI $59,620
- Hartford, CT $59,440
- Charlotte, NC $58,000
- Chicago, IL $57,930
- Nashville, TN $54,590
- Dallas, TX $52,940
- Raleigh, NC $52,090
- Oklahoma City, OK $52,000
- San Antonio, TX $48,670
- Houston, TX $48,370
- Brownsville, TX $38,260