The District of Columbia was the top-paying state, where archaeologists earned an average of $93,620. This is more than $20,000 more than the next highest-paying state, Massachusetts, where the average salary was $73,140 per year.he District of Columbia was the top-paying state, where archaeologists earned an average of $93,620. This is more than $20,000 more than the next highest-paying state, Massachusetts, where the average salary was $73,140 per year.
deficiency disease - any disease caused by a lack of an essential nutrient (as a vitamin or mineral) disease - an impairment of health or a condition of abnormal functioning. malnutrition - a state of poor nutrition; can result from insufficient or excessive or unbalanced diet or from inability to absorb foods. zinc deficiency - a deficiency caused by inadequate zinc in the diet or by liver disease or cystic fibrosis or other diseases.
deficiency - the state of needing something that is absent or unavailable; there is a serious lack of insight into the problem; water is the critical deficiency in desert regions; for want of a nail the shoe was lost.