Archivists Salary in Austin, TX

Archivists pay range in Austin

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $48,600 a year or less, while the top 10% make $79,470 or more. The middle half of archivists in Austin earn between $51,140 and $71,220.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Archivists salary after taxes in Austin

On the average salary of $64,170, a single filer in Austin takes home about $53,741 a year, or $4,478 a month and $2,067 every two weeks. Taxes take 16% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

Is Austin a good place for archivists? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Austin area are 2% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 98.1), so the average $64,170 buys what about $65,436 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Austin ($56,950). A typical home costs $428,524, or 6.7 years of this average salary before tax.

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Archivists salary in other Texas cities

Austin ranks 1st of 5 Texas metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

All Archivists salaries in Texas

Highest-paying cities for archivists

Bridgeport, CT pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($102,880).

Archivists salary by city

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