Career Profile: Career Profile - Anthropology and Archeology...

Teach courses in anthropology or archeology. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Salary and Outlook

According to the US Department of Labor, there are 6,400 people employed as career profile - anthropology and archeology... in the United States. The median annual salary is $97,340. Entry level employees earn approximately $50,580 per year and senior employees earn approximately $163,070 per year.

Estimates do not include other potential benefits such as health insurance, overtime, or retirement benefits that may be offered by employers.

Job Duties

  • Collaborate with colleagues to address teaching and research issues.
  • Advise students on academic and vocational curricula, career issues, and laboratory and field research.
  • Maintain student attendance records, grades, and other required records.
  • Compile, administer, and grade examinations, or assign this work to others.
  • Plan, evaluate, and revise curricula, course content, and course materials and methods of instruction.
  • Supervise students' laboratory or field work.
  • Supervise undergraduate or graduate teaching, internship, and research work.
  • Write grant proposals to procure external research funding and review others' grant proposals.
  • Maintain regularly scheduled office hours to advise and assist students.
  • Write letters of recommendation for students.
  • Select and obtain materials and supplies, such as textbooks and laboratory equipment.
  • Perform administrative duties, such as serving as department head.
  • Serve on academic or administrative committees that deal with institutional policies, departmental matters, and academic issues.
  • Compile bibliographies of specialized materials for outside reading assignments.
  • Review manuscripts for publication in books and professional journals.
  • Participate in student recruitment, registration, and placement activities.
  • Participate in campus and community events.
  • Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
  • Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
  • Conduct ethnographic field research.
  • Provide professional consulting services to government or industry.
  • Act as advisers to student organizations.
  • Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and present findings in professional journals, books, electronic media, or at professional conferences.
  • Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, and participating in professional conferences.
  • Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as research methods, urban anthropology, and language and culture.
  • Initiate, facilitate, and moderate classroom discussions.

Career List

Career Outlook

Total Current Jobs:
6,400
Annual Openings:
600
Increase in Openings by 2030:
8%
Annual Salary Range:
$50,580 - $163,070
Education Requirements:
Master's degree or higher

Data is sourced from United States Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration and the Minnesota Department of Employment & Economic Development.