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Archivists pay in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD and Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Archivists is $76,440 per year in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD. It is $119,190 per year in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 35.9% below Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-4011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 230 wage and salary jobs in Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD and 80 in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings