No offense meant seriously !!! Just that my sister was a history major from 30 years ago, even back then she couldn't find anything.
History jobs are pretty thin on the ground. That's why I went on to law school (not really - I always wanted to practice law, and history honed my research and writing skills). :-D
No offense taken on the history major comment.
Like I said in Virginia history jobs are semi plentiful..in other states it is much harder to find museum work.
I graduated college in 2000. The longest I've been out of work since then is one week. I've worked in 5 different museums. Each promotion brings a little more pay.
I'm still single so 30K is plenty for me. Most of my money is wasted on my library collection ;)An MA is the museum field can bring 40k - 60K around here (if you are management/supervisory). To me that's decent enough.
Besides museum work you can either teach or become a lawyer. Most of my fellow history majors in school weren't too serious about the field. It is not for everyone.
YH