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DOCUMENT Citation Only Dana Bardolph. Anna Chitwood.

This is an abstract from the "Transformations in Professional Archaeology" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. This paper explores the complex realm of compensation realities encountered by academic archaeologists by examining the interplay between salary structures and regional cost of living variations. A hyper-competitive job market and the gradual decline of tenure track job availability have had profound effects on early-career scholars’ prospects...