<p>Where can you go with a degree in history? A teacher is a obvious one, but does anyone know others? Does anyone know the salaries for these jobs?</p>
<p>Mediator-Civil Service/private sector. I don't know.
Political scientist-Academia. Expect very little money.
Social Worker-Civil service. Expect very little.
Political Aide-I don't know.
Stockbroker-Wall St/Business. Expect six figures. can vary wildly. Avg according to BLS is ~$145k.
Trial Lawyer-Expect $125k+bonus right out of law school.
Politician-Varies wildly.
Political Campeign worker-I don't know.</p>
<p>MOST, not all, of the occupations that a history major can become are NOT GOOD money makers.</p>
<p>You could work as a museum curator</p>
<p>Oh come on. I majored in history and have had a successful career in public affairs. I have worked for major corporations, doing pr, lobbying, regulatory work, media relations, and now have my own business doing community relations. Most of this has been in the environmental field, which became my niche. My fellow history majors went on to law school, various businesses, teaching on the college level. It's a liberal arts degree that gives you fluency in research, writing, presentation. In the long run it will serve you very well. The environmental field really didn't exist until AFTER I had graduated from college, and I have made a good career in it.</p>
<p>Spikemom you just made me feel a whole lot better!</p>
<p>Is the trick to get good grades to get into 'decent' jobs with a history degree? or did you have to do further study and work experience to get those opportunities?</p>
<p>Sorry to side track the thread...</p>
<p>sid19:</p>
<p>The history major itself will not get you a lucrative job. No way in hell.</p>
<p>What Spikemom didn't tell you though is that most lucrative jobs are not attained because of your major necessarily. It's virtually based off the strength of WHO YOU KNOW. And this goes with basically all career fields. The only difference is that, history is not like a trade skill like let's say engineering, computer programming, accounting, graphic design, etc. Thereby, it will be difficult to get a job as a history major because there are limited job opportunities for that outside of networking. </p>
<p>As long as you network, you'll be able to land a job somewhere, even if its doing something TOTALLY unrelated to history.</p>