The career of many full time anthropologists is usually based on experience. Therefore, it is difficult to commence a steady forensic anthropology career without first having physical anthropological experience. According to the criminal justice career blog, Most forensic anthropologists are employed by "a laboratory for a state or federal bureau of investigation or a private firm. [a forensic anthropologist] may be employed at national or global facilities working in tandem with a medical examiner. [As well as] a consultant for law firms, law enforcement agencies and federal agencies." However, these jobs require having an extensive education (master or PHD) in the field, and often times years of experience. The endangerment of the anthropological field has pulled many people away from the study. The profession of forensic anthropology is exceptionally tentative. A forensic anthropologist is mainly only called upon when there is a troubling murder case. As there aren’t ambiguous cases too often, this makes a steady career uncertain. Also, many times when a murder case does arise, a coroner deals with the identification of the remains although they don‘t have the expertise of an anthropologist. Fortunately for those who dedicated years of their lives to the career, forensic anthropologists have other opportunities to work as physical anthropologists. According to the ABFA, forensic anthropologists are also "employed in medical examiner's offices and the armed forces… Others occasionally work for ad hoc tribunals and non-government organizations as part of teams investigating war crimes involving mass graves. Relatively few people practice forensic anthropology on a full–time basis." Physical anthropologist may also be employed as archeologists who uncover pre-historical human remains, and unveil their sex and age. Although opportunities in the forensic anthropological field are scarce, students who have found their calling in bones still have the prospect of getting paid for doing what they love.
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