Here are some figures from the career by numbersı column in todayıs Work section of the Guardian newspaper which looks at the career of archivist (the data is supplied by the Society of Archivists). £22,500 guideline salary for a newly-qualified archivist £30,000 guideline salary for an experienced archivist £43,000 guideline salary for a senior archivist 70% - percentage of archivists who are female 30% - percentage of archivists who are male 2,500 approximate number of archivists currently working in the UK 1 number of yearsı postgraduate study required to become a qualified archivist 90% - percentage of newly qualified archivists who find employment 71% of archivists work in the public sector 29% of archivists work in the private sector Gary Collins 16 Clifton Road Rugby Warwickshire CV21 3QF 01788 542887 07932 747649 [log in to unmask] Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=archives-nra