Is it easy to find a well-paid at least properly paid job in archaeology today? Whether in a museum or in the field? Juliette (15)
It depends what you mean by ‘well-paid’… There are properly paid jobs in archaeology, both in the field and in museums, but there are not that many, especially in museums. If you go into field archaeology then this will usually be with a commercial organisation, one of the many, of different sizes, that carry out the work in advance of development schemes. Here you will have to be prepared to start at the bottom which, although pay and conditions are now reasonable, often means short contracts and being willing to move around the country to where the work is taking place.
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