I'm not sure how qualified I am to answer this question, since I'm not sure what sector of AskHistorians you're asking.

However, I received my undergraduate degree in History and went on to get my Master's degree in International Relations. I currently work with my state legislature as well as a published, freelance author writing sci-fi/fantasy (inspired by history).

I was a Music History & Literature major, and spent the next 25 years in the music business, working for major record companies as a sales manager in their classical/jazz/world music divisions. I did a lot of writing (liner notes, ad copy, sales sheets, etc.), A&R (some of my programs went on to win Grammys, although not for me), traveled the US, got to know a lot of internationally famous music artists. It was awesome until the entire industry decided to shoot itself in the head and blame it on downloading (it wasn't downloading, trust me).

Now I'm in the ice cream business and loving that. I still love to weigh in on this sub about music though.

I worked as a tour guide and in a college admissions office for two years (BA in Anthropology didn't hurt me getting that job), and I got a lot of people coming in saying they were concerned they couldn't get a "practical" degree at a liberal arts school (i.e. something they could get a job in). My stock answer was always that there are a lot of jobs out there that don't have any degree directly associate with them. Whats more, a lot of the jobs that do have a very clear entry degree are not all filled by people with that degree.

What a BA is good for is teaching you how to read, write, and think critically which are often essential skills in getting hired and performing well in a job.

That said, there are certainly jobs that do required specialization and particular kinds of degrees, but I would wager there are many more that don't. As long as you know you don't need a specialized degree to get the job you want, a BA in History (or Anthropology or anything else) isn't going to hurt you. Of course I'm heavily biased, but I would say a good history or anthropology education is one of the best you can get for learning how to think critically and communicate effectively which are really fantastic life skills regardless of getting a job or not.

I should also mention that if you want to teach at the college level, a Masters isn't going to be sufficient qualification in a lot of places. Some schools will certainly let you teach with a Masters (particularly Community Colleges, and there isn't anything wrong with that at all), but a PhD is generally required to teach full time at most big universities.

After my bachelor degree in History, I got hired as a federal historical guide in Canada and climbed the ladder to become a supervisor. Nice job with a good salary, a lot of benefits and 6 months of free time each year.

I teach history. Love it.

I worked in a museum as an Interpretive Specialist/Curator for years. Now, I am a Technical Writer for a software company...now that's a transition!

Grad student. You know, there are worse things than being paid to do history all day, much as it's also fun to gripe about how horrible grad life is. I can worry about 'careers' when this nonsense is finished.

I have a Bachelors of Science in History and a Bachelors of Arts in Music Education. I currently teach 7-12th grade instrumental music classes as well as 9th-12th grade Humanities.