Curator earnings by seniority

90th percentile

Top-level curator earnings begin at:

$41.42 per hour

$86,150 per year

75th percentile

Senior-level curator earnings begin at:

$27.84 per hour

$57,900 per year

50th percentile

Mid-level curator earnings begin at:

$19.52 per hour

$40,590 per year

25th percentile

Junior-level curator earnings begin at:

$9.59 per hour

$19,950 per year

10th percentile

Starting level curator earnings begin at:

$8.83 per hour

$18,370 per year

Approximate values based on highest and lowest earning segments.

Curator salary by state

State Name Average Salary
District of Columbia $79,370
New York $66,400
Alaska $66,000
New Jersey $65,620
Connecticut $64,913
Massachusetts $63,810
Maryland $63,240
Washington $61,640
Virginia $60,920
California $60,640
Missouri $59,150
Delaware $59,000
Colorado $58,650
Nevada $57,450
Arizona $56,050
Hawaii $55,900
Vermont $55,490
Rhode Island $54,010
Pennsylvania $53,840
New Mexico $51,500
Kentucky $51,230
Texas $51,000
Illinois $50,921
Alabama $50,741
Ohio $49,980
Wisconsin $49,590
South Carolina $49,160
Utah $49,000
Kansas $48,816
Maine $48,110
South Dakota $47,620
North Dakota $47,580
Minnesota $47,440
Tennessee $46,420
Arkansas $46,330
Michigan $46,300
Iowa $45,900
Indiana $45,560
Oklahoma $44,540
North Carolina $43,640
Nebraska $43,340
Georgia $43,230
Oregon $41,050
Florida $40,590
New Hampshire $40,530
Louisiana $39,820
Montana $39,510
Wyoming $39,200
Mississippi $38,220
Idaho $35,500
West Virginia $35,330

How do curator salaries compare to similar careers?

Curators earn 8% less than similar careers in Florida. On average, they make less than urban planners but more than humanitarians.

Career Median Salary
Urban planner salary $70K
Historian salary $48K
Anthropologist salary $48K
Archaeologist salary $48K
Embalmer salary $38K
Curator salary $41K
Archivist salary $41K
Museum conservator salary $40K
Humanitarian salary $32K

Source: CareerExplorer (Aggregated)