U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) / Smithsonian Institution / Archives Technician
Job-title file
Archives Technician
Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.
8 employees hold this title in Smithsonian Institution. Median total compensation for the role is $69,313, below the department median of $91,039.
- Employees
- 8
- Total payroll
- $564.1K
- Role median
- $69,313
- Agency median
- $91,039
- Comparison
- Below
What the records show
Role pay distribution
Pay distribution for this role
How total compensation varies among the 8 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.
Compared with the local labor market
Archives Technician pay vs. the United States
Across all employers in the United States, the median wage for Archivists — about 7,970 people — is $64,550. Smithsonian Institution pays a median base salary of $69,313 for this role, 7% above that figure — about the 56th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Smithsonian Institution sits in the local pay range
The bar is the range of annual wages for Archivists across every employer in the United States, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Smithsonian Institution’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
Median total compensation for this role at Smithsonian Institution is $69,313, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
Compare departments
This role across U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)
Archives Technician is held in 7 U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) departments. In Smithsonian Institution, the median of $69,313 ranks #3 of 7.
Highest-paying departments for this role
Median total compensation for the Archives Technician role in other U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)departments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
Archives Technician beyond U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)
This role is reported in 2 jurisdictions. In U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense), the median of $53,204 ranks #1 of 2. See Archives Technician across all of U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) →
Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role
Median total compensation for comparable Archives Technicianroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
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