Curators salary
The median pay for curators in the United States is $63,420 a year. About 12,150 people hold this job.
- 10th percentile
- $40,470
- 25th percentile
- $48,870
- Median percentile
- $63,420
- 75th percentile
- $83,080
- 90th percentile
- $107,140
Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience. BLS does not report experience, so reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only a rough guide. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025.
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Highest-paying states · Highest-paying cities
By state
- District of Columbia $93,310
- New Hampshire $82,490
- New York $79,120
- California $78,740
- Rhode Island $77,930
- New Jersey $77,800
- Massachusetts $77,790
- Connecticut $76,510
- South Dakota $74,990
- Washington $74,030
- Colorado $73,630
- Nevada $69,900
- Wisconsin $64,370
- Alaska $63,880
- Maryland $63,750
- New Mexico $63,690
- Ohio $63,640
- Arizona $63,510
- Michigan $63,190
- Illinois $63,060
- Oregon $62,790
- Idaho $62,190
- Pennsylvania $62,100
- Wyoming $61,910
- Alabama $61,120
- Oklahoma $60,560
- Louisiana $60,080
- Texas $59,990
- Missouri $59,960
- Utah $59,910
- Florida $59,500
- Nebraska $58,600
- Virginia $58,200
- Georgia $57,810
- Tennessee $57,580
- Delaware $56,800
- Kansas $56,630
- Vermont $56,520
- Maine $56,470
- Kentucky $55,460
- Montana $54,460
- Minnesota $53,920
- Indiana $53,910
- Arkansas $53,870
- Iowa $53,830
- Hawaii $50,720
- North Carolina $49,470
- South Carolina $47,200
- Mississippi $40,600
By metro area
- New Haven, CT $102,110
- Dayton, OH $94,740
- San Francisco, CA $90,800
- Washington, DC $87,400
- Phoenix, AZ $84,150
- New York, NY $83,110
- Albany, NY $82,640
- Ann Arbor, MI $82,150
- Boston, MA $78,720
- Worcester, MA $78,450
- Sacramento, CA $78,420
- Seattle, WA $78,340
- Denver, CO $77,700
- Providence, RI $77,670
- Omaha, NE $77,460
- Los Angeles, CA $77,160
- Toledo, OH $76,910
- Pittsfield, MA $76,850
- San Diego, CA $75,800
- Dallas, TX $75,260
- Riverside, CA $74,950
- Kiryas Joel, NY $73,680
- Pittsburgh, PA $73,330
- Columbus, OH $72,780
- Minneapolis, MN $72,760
- Cleveland, OH $71,850
- Santa Maria, CA $71,380
- Cincinnati, OH $70,740
- Birmingham, AL $69,990
- Orlando, FL $69,110
- Madison, WI $68,060
- Bridgeport, CT $67,300
- Richmond, VA $66,650
- Detroit, MI $66,400
- Milwaukee, WI $66,310
- Las Vegas, NV $66,300
- Raleigh, NC $65,670
- Santa Fe, NM $64,520
- Portland, OR $64,060
- Philadelphia, PA $63,860
- Albuquerque, NM $63,690
- Hartford, CT $63,680
- Tulsa, OK $63,620
- Nashville, TN $63,570
- Austin, TX $63,470
- Grand Rapids, MI $63,190
- Harrisburg, PA $63,150
- Baltimore, MD $63,080
- Chicago, IL $63,060
- Indianapolis, IN $62,890
- St. Louis, MO $61,500
- Atlanta, GA $61,060
- Miami, FL $60,950
- Urban Honolulu, HI $60,610
- Oklahoma City, OK $60,560
- San Antonio, TX $60,470
- Jacksonville, FL $60,300
- Kansas City, MO $60,260
- New Orleans, LA $60,170
- Tampa, FL $59,620
- Tucson, AZ $59,550
- Rochester, NY $59,120
- Baton Rouge, LA $58,520
- Louisville/Jefferson County, KY $58,510
- Virginia Beach, VA $58,200
- Portland, ME $58,190
- Fayetteville, AR $58,000
- Houston, TX $57,290
- Lincoln, NE $56,820
- Montgomery, AL $56,720
- Memphis, TN $56,410
- Columbia, SC $56,270
- Buffalo, NY $55,290
- Greensboro, NC $55,170
- Charlotte, NC $53,100
- Lancaster, PA $49,740
- Durham, NC $49,240
- Des Moines, IA $48,600
- Wilmington, NC $48,230
- Charleston, SC $47,200