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History and Archeology

Knowledge · O*NET work requirement

Knowledge of historical events and their causes, indicators, and effects on civilizations and cultures.

In the O*NET occupational database, History and Archeology is an area of knowledge that work requires. O*NET rates how important it is (1–5) and what level of it a job needs (0–7) for every U.S. occupation. It is rated as important (3 or higher) in 24 of 894 occupations.

Breadth here means how widely O*NET rates this area of knowledge as important across occupations — not that it is rare, high-paying, or currently in employer demand.

Occupations that rely most on History and Archeology

Ranked by O*NET importance to the occupation (1–5). Bars are sized against the 1–5 scale; the level column is what depth of the area of knowledge the job needs (0–7).

Occupation Importance Score Level
History Teachers, Postsecondary 5.0 6.5
Historians 4.6 5.8
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary 4.5 5.7
Curators 4.5 5.8
Archivists 4.3 5.3
Anthropologists and Archeologists 4.2 5.5
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary 3.9 5.0
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 3.8 4.7
Tour Guides and Escorts 3.6 4.2
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary 3.6 4.8
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 3.6 4.6
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary 3.5 4.0
Set and Exhibit Designers 3.4 4.2
Political Scientists 3.4 4.7
Sociologists 3.4 4.5
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 3.4 4.1
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary 3.4 4.3
Park Naturalists 3.3 4.0
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 3.3 3.7
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 3.3 4.3
Museum Technicians and Conservators 3.2 4.0
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 3.2 3.8
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 3.0 3.9
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary 3.0 3.8
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 3.0 3.6
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists 2.9 3.5
Instructional Coordinators 2.9 3.1
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 2.9 3.2
Geographers 2.9 3.6
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 2.9 3.5
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 2.8 3.1
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers 2.8 3.5
Clergy 2.8 3.4
Landscape Architects 2.8 3.0
Urban and Regional Planners 2.7 3.4
Film and Video Editors 2.7 2.0
Forest and Conservation Technicians 2.7 2.6
Entertainment and Recreation Managers, Except Gambling 2.6 2.9
Security Guards 2.6 2.7
Editors 2.6 2.9

How AI is used by roles that need History and Archeology

This area of knowledge is not itself "being automated" — but we can look at the roles for which O*NET rates it important and ask how those people actually use AI. This rolls the Anthropic Economic Index per-role signal up across those roles (importance-weighted). 95.8% of the 24 roles where this is important carry observed AI-usage data (23 roles).

Across those roles, 57.6% of AI conversations are people working with AI and 33.8% hand a task to AI , with an average autonomy of 3.67 / 5.

Collaboration pattern Share What it means
directive 32.9% AI does it; you give the instruction
task iteration 29.5% you and AI go back and forth
learning 19.4% you ask AI to explain or teach
validation 8.8% you do it; AI checks your work
feedback loop 0.9% AI does it, then adjusts from your feedback

Roles behind this signal

The roles where this area of knowledge is most important and that also have the most AEI data. "Works with AI" is the role's share of conversations that augment rather than automate.

Occupation Importance Works with AI Autonomy
English Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 3.8 63.2% 4.0/5
History Teachers, Postsecondary 5.0 65.1% 3.5/5
Foreign Language and Literature Teachers, Postsecondary 3.3 65.2% 3.0/5
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary 3.9 66.2% 3.5/5
Philosophy and Religion Teachers, Postsecondary 3.5 66.8% 3.3/5
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary 3.6 65.7% 3.3/5
Geography Teachers, Postsecondary 3.4 65.7% 3.3/5
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary 3.3 65.7% 3.0/5
Anthropology and Archeology Teachers, Postsecondary 4.5 63.1% 4.0/5
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary 3.6 62.5% 3.5/5
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary 3.4 66.1% 4.0/5
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondary 3.0 65.7% 3.8/5

Source: Anthropic Economic Index (2026-01-15-v4-plus-2025-03-27-v2) over a sample of Claude.ai Free and Pro conversations — not all AI tools and not the whole workforce. Shares are of observed conversations, weighted by how important this area of knowledge is to each role; some conversations are left unclassified by Anthropic's taxonomy, so shares need not sum to 100.

Industries that concentrate this

Where History and Archeology matters most across the economy. Employment reach is the share of an industry's workers in occupations that significantly rely on History and Archeology (O*NET importance ≥ 3 of 5). Concentration compares that reach to the national average industry, so a value above 1× means the requirement is more pervasive here than across the economy as a whole.

Nationally, about 1.4% of workers are in occupations that significantly rely on History and Archeology (measured across 16 industries).

Sectors with the most such workers

Sector Workers Employment reach
Educational Services 2,000,430 14.7%
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation 20,260 0.8%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services 8,960 0.1%
Information 4,100 0.1%
Other Services (except Public Administration) 3,260 0.1%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services 1,840 0.0%
Health Care and Social Assistance 1,330 0.0%
Retail Trade 150 0.0%
Management of Companies and Enterprises 120 0.0%
Wholesale Trade 50 0.0%

Industries where it is most concentrated

Industry Level Concentration Employment reach
Educational Services Sector 10.5× 14.7%
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation Sector 0.57× 0.8%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services Sector 0.07× 0.1%

Reach is a measure of how widespread a requirement is across an industry's workforce, not how intensively any individual uses it. Sector worker counts come from BLS OEWS employment; the significance threshold and tool use come from O*NET. Industries shown by concentration are filtered to a real worker base so a tiny specialty cannot top the list on rounding.

Capabilities required by many of the same occupations — a measure of which skills, knowledge and abilities tend to travel together, not a judgment of similarity.

Capability Type Shared occupations
Philosophy and Theology Knowledge 15
Sociology and Anthropology Knowledge 19
Foreign Language Knowledge 4
Geography Knowledge 12
Fine Arts Knowledge 7
Communications and Media Knowledge 15
Learning Strategies Basic skill 20
Instructing Cross-functional skill 22
Education and Training Knowledge 22
Originality Ability 19
Fluency of Ideas Ability 22
Psychology Knowledge 9

Sources for this page

Every figure above traces to a named public dataset and the exact release below — not hand-written opinion. See the full methodology for what each measure does and does not mean.

Data compiled June 2, 2026. Figures are estimates, not advice.

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Singulariki. "History and Archeology." Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Built from O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27). Accessed June 7, 2026. https://singulariki.com/knowledge/history-and-archeology

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Singulariki. (2026). History and Archeology. Singulariki: a source-backed encyclopedia of work. Retrieved June 7, 2026, from https://singulariki.com/knowledge/history-and-archeology

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@misc{singulariki-history-and-archeology,
  title  = {History and Archeology},
  author = {{Singulariki}},
  year   = {2026},
  note   = {O*NET 30.3; BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2024; Census NAICS 2022; Anthropic Economic Index v4 (2026-01-15) + v2 (2025-03-27). Accessed June 7, 2026},
  url    = {https://singulariki.com/knowledge/history-and-archeology}
}

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