How much do Anthropologists and Archeologists make in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

Percentile spread

For Anthropologists and Archeologists, the published 10th percentile is $55,340 and the 90th percentile is $109,550. The difference is $54,210, which is 72.6% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $61,900 to the 75th at $96,080, covers $34,180.

The mean annual wage is $82,560, which sits above the median of $74,630. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median is 5.5% higher than the national median of $70,770 for Anthropologists and Archeologists. In 2024 national prices the local median is $67,154, which is 5.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 0.2% lower than the Washington median of $74,790.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 111.133, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $74,630 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Anthropologists and Archeologists at $67,154 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Anthropologists and Archeologists. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 134 miles away, with a median of $85,160 and employment of 130. That median is 14.1% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $80,781, against $67,154 here.

Employment share

Anthropologists and Archeologists accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (120 of 2,086,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (8,990 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.99 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.