Highest Paying Jobs For Anthropology Majors | Anthropology Student Explains Careers, Salary, Etc.

Let's talk about the highest paying jobs for anthropology majors! As an anthropology major myself, questions on career plans are popping up left and right. So, this week I dove into research on the highest paid jobs for anthropology graduates. I tried to make sure there was a mixed bag as far as education levels go which should be helpful to those of you who aren't sure how much school you would like yo go to. Hopefully this helps all the anthropology students out there!!

Who am I? My name is Alivia Brown and I am currently an undergraduate Anthropology student at UCLA on a mission to find a career that I love. My major does not have a straight forward "path" as many would say and I am not only determined to prove that I can be successful in my major but also demonstrate my ability to find a career that brings me joy. This is my journey to expanding my global and anthropological knowledge. This is my journey to finding the best career I can. This is my journey to finding happiness. This is my journey to success.

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[AliviaBrown]

Did you know I wrote a course on human evolution? 🧬🦍🦧🐒🌱🌳

[joshuaeliud]

I used to stress alot about what I would do with an anthropology major. After some research I laughed at myself as to why I was so worried. Plenty of jobs exist just not titled "anthropologist". Especially in the medical field.

[KayleyWhalen]

I'm actually a marketing manager, and my social science/anthropology background honestly does help a lot. That said, I actually specialize in nonprofit digital marketing, which I feel is definitely more relevant to my interests/experiences, especially because I was a gender & sexuality studies minor and I work with LGBTQ organizations (and disability nonprofits, and environmental nonprofits, etc.) It definitely pays less than for-profit marketing, but I find it more rewarding

[juanjosegutierrezalvarez]

Alivia, I am sharing this fantastic clip with students taking my Intro to Anthro at CSU Monterey Bay. Keep up the amazing work you do!

[Luminocite]

I felt a little bit disappointed when most of the offers where more into marketing or sociology, since I want with a passion to work more in the cultural field aka maybe museums but you know without starving

[elyssavenerable]

I’m a culture anthro major doing archaeology research at UCLA!! but I really want to incorporate my major with entertainment and try to pitch an anthropological show

[andrewgonzales]

As a campaign field organizer, I recruited volunteers, trained interns, knocked on doors, did advanced data entry and made phone calls for presidential campaigns. The most I made was $25/hr, which places this less than positions that are paid but I also lived in places with extremely low cost of living and literally paid $330/mo per rent. Honestly, these positions don't even require bachelor's degrees. And yes, in the course taught by the anthropology PhD (David Karjanen), we covered the visa system, particularly H1 visas.

[Yikkoofficial]

Awesome, I’m also studying anthropology and I found myself stressing out so much!!! This video really pumped me up and made me feel a lot better. Thank you ☺️

[Battlebaconxxl]

Great video! I would add IT or programming to that list. Over the years I have met more than a few people with backgrounds in history, sociology, and english working in an IT or programming position. There are plenty of programming jobs that only require a degree and train on the job. Many of those jobs can easily make someone $100k+ after just a few years and are not managerial roles either.

[kari.doesart]

Yess! Wonderful video (as always😉). I'd really like to see the 2nd part of this and also it would so nice of you if you could include more about jobs on forensic anthropology, research field, etc. Tysm ❤️

[prettypocahontas]

Summary Notes:
5. Sociologist = $82, 000
4. Training and Development Manager = $110, 000
3. Public Relations Manager = $115, 000
2. A Lawyer = $120, 000
1. Marketing Manager = $135, 000

[stevenbaker]

The best thing you can do as an anthropology major in the US is to put yourself in a position of cultural vulnerability (ie visiting developing nations). The culture shock alone will make you realize how dumbed down our westernized society makes us. The other lesson will be an understanding of how privileged we are to even study other cultures, artifacts, languages, etc.

[lori]

Hi! I’m an anthro undergrad major at U.C Berkeley! Thanks for having a cheerful outlook on anthropology. :)

[dominiquevibez]

Such a great informational video! I would love to see a part 2!

[skylerpennock]

great video Alicia! I’m also an anthropology major and your videos are always so informative for me!

[adrealz]

Thanks for the video ! I think that we may add UX researcher to the list, I’m pretty sure that those profiles might be really popular in the Bay Area.

[Andrei-mtul]

It's strange that UX/CX research is not on the list. This role is highly relevant to the skills any anthropologist has. Besides, salaries for such positions in IT industry are pretty good.

[iceetas]

very helpful video! i'm an anthropology major and i love the subject and learning more and more about human existence but i'm graduating next year and everyone keeps asking me what i'm going to do with it. one job i've been interested in is a national park ranger, although its very competitive, i've seen a few anthropology major go into this field.

[mariapalafox]

"I'm an anthropology major who has no idea what I want to do" 😅 the reason im watching this

[duopchotchuol]

Hello my people very great vedio, let us work hard together as Anthropologists, I need to be researcher but no opportunity, I committed to put Anthropological perspective knowledge in to practice, know the community much then theory