Master of Arts [MA] (Ancient History) Course Jobs, Careers, Companies, Salary trend and Packages 2025-2026

After completing the MA Ancient history course, a student can get employment in various sectors like tourism, journalism, State Departments, Archaeological Survey of India, museums, law, civil services where he/she can work as a professor, archivist, heritage manager, museum education officer, civil service administrator, archaeologist and historian.

Teaching is one of the most obvious career options for the one who has done his/her MA Ancient History. One can become a lecturer or assistant professor in any college. Other than these, it is never too late to start your own business and becoming your own boss, for which one must have some entrepreneurial skills and passion to achieve new heights.

Here is a list of major recruiters of masters of Ancient History:

Tamil Nadu Archaeology Department
Orissa State Archaeology Department
Karnataka State Department of Archaeology
Kerala State Archaeology Department
National Museum, New Delhi
Government Museum and Art Gallery, Chandigarh

Various job profiles and their description in detail are:

Job Profiles	Description
Archivist	An Archivist collects, protects and manages valuable historical information. They also have to attend enquiries and organise events and exhibitions.
Museum Education Officer	Museum Education Officer develops programmes for a rich learning experience for all ages. His work includes making relationships with schools and colleges to attract people into the museum and encourage the heritage.
Civil Service Administrator	It is a very broad job and includes many tasks as it includes various departments and roles. They have to manage staff and customers, analyse huge loads of data and policies and making reports.
Historical Research Assistant	Job of a historical research assistant is to assist his/her superior with historical researches and other fundamentals.

MA Ancient History: Salary Trends

Students of Ancient history are highly analytical and are capable of processing a large amount of data. This quality gives them a lot of recognition in market. As the people are growing aware of historical monuments and their importance, this gives a backhand to historians in increasing job opportunities for themselves. New museums, historical site are coming into existence that are in desperate need of ancient history masters. ASI on the other hand always have something for deserving historian and the amount of money in this profession is equally good. Average salary a historian can expect is 1 lakh to 4 lakhs per annum.

salary graph for MA in ancient history