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Historians in Mississippi

Considering working as a Historians in Mississippi? Here’s what you need to know. Research, analyze, record, and interpret the past as recorded in sources, such as government and institutional records, newspapers and other periodicals, photographs, interviews, films, electronic media, and unpublished manuscripts, such as personal diaries and letters.

What do Historians Make in Mississippi?

For historians working in Mississippi, the median annual wage is $44,800 per year (or roughly $21.54/hour).Earnings range from $33,590 at the 10th percentile to $66,210 at the 90th percentile.

Wage Statistic	Annual	Hourly
10th percentile	$33,590	$16.15
25th percentile	$36,460	$17.53
Median (50th)	$44,800	$21.54
75th percentile	$54,830	$26.36
90th percentile	$66,210	$31.83

Location quotient — how concentrated this career is in Mississippi compared to the national average — is 3.65, suggesting that historians are more concentrated here than the national average.

National Wage Comparison

Nationally, historians earn a median of $89,780 per year ($43.16/hour), lower than the Mississippi median.

Employment Outlook

Nationally, total employment in this occupation is 67,367 historians in the U.S.. In Mississippi alone, approximately 90 people work in this role. That puts the state above the typical state, which employs around 60 historians.

Top States for Historians Employment

View the states that employ the most historians work.

State	Number Employed
New York	420
District of Columbia	260
California	180
Virginia	180
New Jersey	90
Utah	90
Mississippi	90
Florida	80
Michigan	70
Pennsylvania	70
Georgia	70
Texas	70
Hawaii	60
Oregon	60
Washington	60
Maryland	60
Alabama	60
South Carolina	60
Indiana	50
Connecticut	50

Highest-Paying States for Historians

Where historians earn the most: historians.

State	Annual Median Salary
District of Columbia	$117,960
North Carolina	$101,440
Maryland	$99,300
Washington	$94,760
Virginia	$94,060
Illinois	$92,020
Connecticut	$88,890
Florida	$84,590
Texas	$84,160
Minnesota	$84,160

Skills

Top historians skills, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Knowledge Areas

Key knowledge areas for this occupation, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Abilities

Key abilities for historians, rated on an importance scale of 0 to 5:

Daily Tasks

Day-to-day, historians typically:

• Gather historical data from sources such as archives, court records, diaries, news files, and photographs, as well as from books, pamphlets, and periodicals.
• Organize data, and analyze and interpret its authenticity and relative significance.
• Prepare publications and exhibits, or review those prepared by others, to ensure their historical accuracy.
• Organize information for publication and for other means of dissemination, such as via storage media or the Internet.
• Conduct historical research as a basis for the identification, conservation, and reconstruction of historic places and materials.
• Conserve and preserve manuscripts, records, and other artifacts.
• Present historical accounts in terms of individuals or social, ethnic, political, economic, or geographic groupings.
• Research the history of a particular country or region, or of a specific time period.
• Conduct historical research, and publish or present findings and theories.
• Determine which topics to research, or pursue research topics specified by clients or employers.
• Recommend actions related to historical art, such as which items to add to a collection or which items to display in an exhibit.
• Research and prepare manuscripts in support of public programming and the development of exhibits at historic sites, museums, libraries, and archives.

Work Activities

• Getting Information
• Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
• Working with Computers
• Processing Information
• Communicating with People Outside the Organization
• Documenting/Recording Information
• Interpreting the Meaning of Information for Others
• Establishing and Maintaining Interpersonal Relationships
• Communicating with Supervisors, Peers, or Subordinates
• Judging the Qualities of Objects, Services, or People
• Making Decisions and Solving Problems
• Analyzing Data or Information

Tools & Technology

Technologies frequently used: Hot technologies: Adobe Acrobat, Adobe InDesign In-demand technologies: ESRI ArcGIS software

What Major Will Prepare You For This Career?

Programs that train for this career include:

• History
• Historic Preservation
• History and Language/Literature
• Classical & Ancient Studies
• Medieval Studies
• Maritime Studies
• History and Political Science
• Holocaust Studies
• Bioethics/Medical Ethics
• Architectural History

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Related Careers

Related occupations to historians include:

• Sociologists
• Anthropologists and Archeologists
• Geographers
• Social Science Research Assistants
• Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary
• Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary

Also Known As

Architectural Historian, Art Historian, Collections Specialist, County Historian, Dance Historian, Dramatic Arts Historian, Field Court Researcher, Film Historian, Genealogist, Genealogist Researcher, Health Historian, Historian, Historian Developer, Historic Architectural Resources Curator, Historic Interpreter.

References

• U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — https://www.bls.gov/oes/
• O*NET Online — https://www.onetonline.org/
• BLS Employment Projections — https://www.bls.gov/emp/
• O*NET-SOC code: 19-3093.00