DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA
19-3091 Anthropologists and Archeologists
Occupational Description:
Study the origin, development, and behavior of human beings. May study the way of life, language, or physical characteristics of people in various parts of the world. May engage in systematic recovery and examination of material evidence, such as tools or pottery remaining from past human cultures, in order to determine the history, customs, and living habits of earlier civilizations.| Percentiles | |||||||||
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| Geography | Employment | Emp SE* | Mean | Mean SE* | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
| Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington MN-WI MSA | 10 | 1 | $42.85/hr | $1.54/hr | $32.01/hr | $37.98/hr | $45.31/hr | $48.28/hr | $49.55/hr |
| Minnesota | 30 | 3 | $36.36/hr | $1.05/hr | $26.46/hr | $28.67/hr | $35.65/hr | $43.20/hr | $48.71/hr |
| U S | 6,720 | 410 | $32.45/hr | $0.42/hr | $19.17/hr | $24.17/hr | $30.93/hr | $39.58/hr | $47.58/hr |
| *SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate. | |||||||||
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| Occupation (click title for details) | OES | Projections | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Employment | Median Wage | % Change - | |
| Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | 13,390 | $65,976/yr | N/A |
| Urban and Regional Planners | 710 | $41.12/hr | N/A |
| Conservation Scientists | 230 | $30.02/hr | N/A |
| Geographers | 50 | $31.43/hr | N/A |
| Historians | 30 | $51.87/hr | N/A |
| Sociologists | N/A | $28.35/hr | N/A |
Tasks for Anthropologists and Archeologists
- Gathers, analyzes, and reports data on human physique, social customs, and artifacts, such as weapons, tools, pottery, and clothing.
- Studies growth patterns, sexual differences, and aging phenomena of human groups, current and past.
- Observes and measures bodily variations and physical attributes of existing human types.
- Formulates general laws of cultural development, general rules of social and cultural behavior, or general value orientations.
- Studies relationships between language and culture and socialinguistic studies, relationship between individual personality and culture, or complex industrialized societies.
- Applies anthropological concepts to current problems.
- Applies anthropological data and techniques to solution of problems in human relations.
- Studies cultures, particularly preindustrial and non-Western societies, including religion, economics, mythology and traditions, and intellectual and artistic life.
- Studies physical and physiological adaptations to differing environments and hereditary characteristics of living populations.
- Studies museum collections of skeletal remains and human fossils to determine their meaning in terms of long-range human evolution.
- Studies artifacts, architectural features, and types of structures recovered by excavation in order to determine age and cultural identity.
- Classifies and interprets artifacts, architectural features, and types of structures recovered by excavation to determine age and cultural identity.
- Establishes chronological sequence of development of each culture from simpler to more advanced levels.
