Archivists

36% (Low Risk)

Low Risk (21-40%): Jobs in this level have a limited risk of automation, as they demand a mix of technical and human-centric skills.

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Wages

Moderately paid relative to other professions

In 2023, the median annual wage for 'Archivists' was $59,910, or $28 per hour

'Archivists' were paid 24.7% higher than the national median wage, which stood at $48,060

Wages over time

Comments

H Jon B (Low) 3 months ago

First of all, there are many archives which have not and will likely never be digitized so there will be perhaps decades of hands-on work left to do before it's all available online. Second, many archives and documents collection practices are governed in most jurisdictions by laws and legislation. Therefore, having an in-house archivist around is good so institutions stick to legal documents and media retention regulations. Finally, archivists are like data architects. Any institution that accumulates records will eventually need someone to organize it and that organization of documents will require creativity and intuition to meet that specific institution's needs. Every institution is different and will require a creative human to design a system of organization.

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بلعباس هجيرة (Uncertain) 1 year ago

Due to the presence of archival tasks that are difficult for artificial intelligence robots to perform, they require pure human effort and intelligence.

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Gavin Couchot (No chance) 1 year ago

This job requires not just knowledge on history which ai can do but it is human centric for the most part Ai would not have the capability’s to understand it’s importants or significance

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Sol (Moderate) 1 year ago

Essentially data entry. Most sorting and categorisation can be more quickly, easily, and more accurately done by AI. Will become a sink for the overqualified and underpaid completing low-skilled data entry whilst the system completes complex archival activity.

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Michael (Low) 1 year ago

Physical preservation is a significant part of this job, so I don’t see how this can be automated without huge breakthroughs in robotics

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Saddam (Highly likely) 5 years ago

I am a History Graduate, my job was supposed to be checking records and keeping them in good shape in both paper and non paper. but everything is changed to electronic and digital for a long time. You just need to digitalize everything and store it. No need to have an Archivist. Save lots of money and when you need something you can use search engine.

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Maria 3 years ago

You have a very mechanical view of the work of an archivist. Scanning all? And who will pay for the preservation costs?

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