Curators Salary
Average salary, salary range, and compensation data for Curators positions across the United States.
Median Annual Salary
$61,770
National average
Salary Range
$37,110 – $105,520
10th–90th percentile
Data Year
2024
Source: BLS
Curators Salary by City
| Location | Median Salary | Min | Max |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Haven, CT | $97,820 | $45,960 | $137,030 |
| Ann Arbor, MI | $97,090 | $64,030 | $176,930 |
| Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH | $96,640 | $43,680 | $127,710 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $94,110 | $44,550 | $130,370 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $90,290 | $63,300 | $149,830 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | $86,420 | $46,750 | $217,560 |
| San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA | $83,910 | $55,100 | $133,080 |
| District of Columbia | $81,990 | $60,180 | $154,860 |
| Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ | $81,030 | $48,480 | $107,090 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $80,300 | $51,740 | $128,940 |
| Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY | $80,240 | $47,410 | $119,710 |
| Omaha, NE-IA | $79,420 | $37,650 | $94,050 |
| New York | $78,760 | $41,920 | $189,070 |
| California | $78,710 | $51,220 | $129,190 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | $78,510 | $35,920 | $126,100 |
| Amherst Town-Northampton, MA | $78,270 | $35,330 | $120,480 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | $78,270 | $48,990 | $123,330 |
| Cleveland, OH | $78,090 | $38,150 | $142,170 |
| Pittsfield, MA | $76,330 | $37,220 | $123,440 |
| Massachusetts | $75,980 | $35,770 | $126,100 |
| Birmingham, AL | $75,830 | $40,610 | $119,970 |
| Columbus, OH | $75,780 | $39,790 | $94,930 |
| Rhode Island | $74,690 | $37,600 | $98,340 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | $74,030 | $45,670 | $96,640 |
| Providence-Warwick, RI-MA | $73,420 | $37,600 | $98,340 |
| Connecticut | $73,350 | $44,690 | $112,280 |
| Pittsburgh, PA | $72,820 | $38,980 | $98,110 |
| Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA | $72,730 | $50,520 | $106,640 |
| Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA | $72,520 | $54,320 | $112,850 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $72,440 | $46,600 | $107,170 |
| Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY | $72,240 | $35,570 | $114,290 |
| Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX | $71,840 | $36,150 | $100,750 |
| Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO | $71,040 | $50,030 | $103,390 |
| Colorado | $70,100 | $47,920 | $100,310 |
| Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI | $67,880 | $42,230 | $96,220 |
| Nevada | $67,310 | $44,250 | $113,340 |
| Washington | $66,160 | $43,950 | $101,350 |
| New Jersey | $65,930 | $32,530 | $109,140 |
| Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV | $65,600 | $44,130 | $113,340 |
| Alaska | $65,150 | $50,820 | $121,580 |
| Alaska nonmetropolitan area | $65,150 | $51,190 | $123,380 |
| Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT | $64,920 | $34,560 | $106,400 |
| Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT | $64,800 | $41,330 | $112,280 |
| Michigan | $64,030 | $36,030 | $101,690 |
| Richmond, VA | $63,960 | $38,470 | $117,800 |
| Arizona | $63,900 | $39,520 | $93,930 |
| Madison, WI | $63,900 | $49,680 | $92,670 |
| South Dakota | $63,810 | $41,340 | $88,510 |
| Pennsylvania | $63,600 | $40,240 | $98,110 |
| Urban Honolulu, HI | $63,290 | $48,830 | $96,970 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD | $63,040 | $40,200 | $98,860 |
| Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX | $63,030 | $45,700 | $100,330 |
| Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI | $62,860 | $34,760 | $94,120 |
| Western Washington nonmetropolitan area | $62,580 | $35,820 | $70,250 |
| Hawaii | $62,400 | $47,330 | $96,970 |
| Tulsa, OK | $62,220 | $43,630 | $78,140 |
| Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI | $61,960 | $43,630 | $100,760 |
| Kansas | $61,770 | $34,400 | $100,090 |
| Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD | $61,720 | $49,360 | $96,420 |
| Wisconsin | $61,560 | $42,850 | $89,780 |
| Maryland | $61,350 | $45,470 | $98,990 |
| Minnesota | $61,270 | $33,230 | $87,950 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | $61,140 | $47,350 | $105,300 |
| Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA | $61,130 | $43,810 | $91,600 |
| Albuquerque, NM | $61,120 | $48,340 | $72,780 |
| Illinois | $60,850 | $38,490 | $103,950 |
| Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX | $60,830 | $30,250 | $92,400 |
| Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN | $60,800 | $44,920 | $85,410 |
| New Mexico | $60,650 | $48,340 | $72,460 |
| New Orleans-Metairie, LA | $60,520 | $40,950 | $144,240 |
| St. Louis, MO-IL | $60,450 | $39,350 | $120,460 |
| Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN | $60,280 | $44,180 | $99,470 |
| Virginia | $60,020 | $33,940 | $108,890 |
| Idaho | $59,640 | $39,220 | $74,960 |
| Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL | $59,370 | $36,120 | $95,320 |
| Charlottesville, VA | $59,370 | $32,190 | $139,250 |
| Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $59,130 | $36,580 | $80,800 |
| Texas | $59,030 | $35,100 | $92,400 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN | $58,930 | $35,840 | $95,610 |
| Ohio | $58,890 | $34,290 | $109,490 |
| Lancaster, PA | $58,890 | $36,350 | $87,610 |
| Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL | $58,640 | $37,310 | $103,740 |
| Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN | $58,610 | $33,280 | $79,040 |
| Santa Fe, NM | $58,520 | $51,190 | $74,990 |
| Kansas City, MO-KS | $58,430 | $31,120 | $100,090 |
| Alabama | $58,390 | $38,530 | $99,470 |
| Toledo, OH | $58,320 | $28,350 | $91,210 |
| Oklahoma City, OK | $58,130 | $31,200 | $94,370 |
| Missouri | $57,790 | $35,720 | $99,430 |
| South Carolina | $57,750 | $33,170 | $75,480 |
| Columbia, SC | $57,750 | $38,490 | $77,570 |
| Salt Lake City-Murray, UT | $57,600 | $33,410 | $76,730 |
| Jacksonville, FL | $57,550 | $34,720 | $134,800 |
| Tucson, AZ | $57,410 | $35,500 | $91,510 |
| San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX | $57,310 | $39,670 | $93,540 |
| Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR | $57,170 | $42,820 | $107,010 |
| Portland-South Portland, ME | $57,020 | $40,020 | $83,050 |
| Rochester, NY | $56,740 | $35,560 | $81,830 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | $56,450 | $39,120 | $107,990 |
| Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area | $56,260 | $38,320 | $74,130 |
| Louisiana | $55,680 | $22,880 | $133,250 |
| Florida | $55,560 | $35,140 | $99,310 |
| Tennessee | $55,490 | $34,940 | $91,830 |
| Vermont | $55,340 | $35,430 | $76,640 |
| Oregon | $55,290 | $36,850 | $99,050 |
| Arkansas | $55,040 | $37,590 | $98,250 |
| Memphis, TN-MS-AR | $54,630 | $43,680 | $87,540 |
| Indiana | $53,850 | $37,880 | $82,310 |
| Greensboro-High Point, NC | $53,540 | $45,770 | $71,410 |
| Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY | $53,460 | $36,260 | $85,530 |
| Lincoln, NE | $53,250 | $36,670 | $80,680 |
| New Hampshire | $53,160 | $37,130 | $86,570 |
| Montgomery, AL | $52,980 | $38,870 | $82,220 |
| Nebraska | $52,870 | $31,020 | $83,670 |
| Raleigh-Cary, NC | $52,590 | $39,510 | $79,150 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA | $52,390 | $41,540 | $105,350 |
| Iowa | $52,230 | $31,160 | $75,130 |
| Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $51,680 | $36,560 | $94,210 |
| Wyoming | $51,040 | $35,260 | $79,970 |
| Delaware | $50,980 | $31,210 | $87,820 |
| Kentucky | $50,940 | $32,650 | $79,040 |
| Georgia | $50,900 | $35,030 | $99,650 |
| West Virginia | $50,810 | $25,070 | $108,500 |
| Maine | $50,690 | $38,970 | $75,220 |
| North Carolina | $50,220 | $35,310 | $79,850 |
| Utah | $50,040 | $28,780 | $76,730 |
| Central East New York nonmetropolitan area | $49,850 | $36,790 | $86,880 |
| Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL | $49,060 | $35,960 | $96,350 |
| Montana | $48,700 | $33,510 | $68,010 |
| Baton Rouge, LA | $48,550 | $22,670 | $95,940 |
| Oklahoma | $48,470 | $24,290 | $80,710 |
| Central Kentucky nonmetropolitan area | $47,440 | $29,040 | $60,550 |
| Wilmington, NC | $46,820 | $42,380 | $62,470 |
| Eastern North Carolina nonmetropolitan area | $46,820 | $30,510 | $56,800 |
| Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC | $45,240 | $34,620 | $86,710 |
| Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area | $44,680 | $35,580 | $79,970 |
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a Curators make?▾
The median annual salary for a Curators is $61,770, with a typical range of $37,110 – $105,520 depending on experience, location, and employer.
What is the starting salary for a Curators?▾
Entry-level Curators positions typically start around $37,110 per year. Salaries increase significantly with experience and specialization.
Where do Curatorss earn the most?▾
Curatorss tend to earn the highest salaries in major metropolitan areas. Use the salary by city table above to compare compensation across different locations.
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