Archivist Salary in the United States

How much does an Archivist make in the United States? The average Archivist salary in the United States is $54,559 as of October 30, 2019, but the salary range typically falls between $47,371 and $64,119. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target.  View the Cost of Living in Major Cities

What is an Archivist?

An Archivist is an information professional who assesses, collects, organizes, preserves, maintains control over, and provides access to records and archives determined to have long-term value. The records maintained by an Archivist can consist of a variety of forms, including letters, diaries, logs, other personal documents, government documents, sound and/or picture recordings, digital files, or other physical objects....

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City Records Manager
City of Minneapolis - Minneapolis , MN
City Archives * Supervise the City's Archival program in accordance with state law and best practices. Ensure appropriate collection and maintenance of the City's archives, artifacts, and holdings of ...
Yourmembership.com - 4 days ago
Digital Asset Manager
Aquent - San Bruno , CA
Requirements: 1. Manage, organize and archive existing marketing, photo and video assets. 2. Manage memory, sharing, and troubleshooting of storage. 3. Ensure latest brand assets are properly updated ...
ZipRecruiter - 5 days ago
Art Department Manager
Forward Artists -
Maintain, organize, and archive the digital library of assets. * Conceive, craft, and execute innovative ideas on time and on strategy. * Continually survey and discuss social media, digital and ...
LinkedIn - 2 days ago
Quality Assurance Generalist
Pharmaron -
To act as the Company's Archivist to comply with current GLP and GCP regulatory practices. * Maintain the physical secured archive area and archived records and maintain the archive server
LinkedIn - 9 days ago
Technical Writer
Aperia Solutions, Inc. -
... and archival of relative document versions • Maintain Aperia Style Guide and conduct training/distributing to project teams as necessary • Production of templates for project teams (email ...
LinkedIn - 6 days ago
Coordinator art+design research team
1stdibs.com - Denver , Colorado
Experience with Salesforce Experience with research databases including Artnet, askART, Artprice, and Docantic, Archive.org Experience corresponding with foundations and archives of designers and ...
Jobtome - 10 days ago