Jobs you can get with an Archaeology degree

Do you study Archaeology and have no clue on what career you want to do? Well hereโ€™s the post for you!

Jobs directly related to your degree include:

  • Academic researcher
  • Archaeologist
  • Conservator
  • Heritage manager
  • Historic buildings inspector/conservation officer
  • Museum education officer
  • Museum/gallery curator
  • Museum/gallery exhibitions officer

Jobs where your degree would be useful include:

  • Archivist
  • Cartographer
  • Higher education lecturer
  • Government social research officer
  • Local government officer
  • Palaeontologist
  • Records manager
  • Social researcher
  • Tourism officer

Skills from an Archaeology degree for your CV:

  • Applying theoretical and scientific principles and concepts to archaeological problems
  • Field work, post-excavation, and laboratory techniques
  • Applying statistical and numerical techniques to process archaeological data
  • Interpretation of spatial data

What do archaeology graduates do?

  • Employed โ€“ 54.7%
  • Further study โ€“ 20.6%
  • Working and studying โ€“ 10%
  • Unemployed โ€“ 6.6%
  • Other โ€“ 8.1%

Type of work:

  • Legal, social and welfare โ€“ 33.2%
  • Retail, catering and customer service โ€“ 18.6%
  • Clerical, secretarial and administrative โ€“ 10.8%
  • Business, HR and finance โ€“ 7.4%
  • Other โ€“ 30%
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