<p>You should definitely read thsi article. Here is the main highlight:</p>
<p>“U.S. universities also minted 37,000 history degrees in 2006, including 852 Ph.D.s. That for a field with fewer than 500 job openings and average pay of $48,500. Plumbers, by contrast, enjoyed 16,000 new jobs that year and earned only $6,000 less than historians, census figures show.”</p>
<p>[Forbes.com</a> - Magazine Article](<a href=“http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0202/060_print.html]Forbes.com”>http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0202/060_print.html)</p>