The annual salary statistics of curators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of curators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $47,450 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $61,450 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $74,850 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $96,030 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $127,250 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for curators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $127,250. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $74,850. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $47,450.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of curators from 2012 to 2022.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 10-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | $74,850 | -2.31% | 9.06% |
| 2021 | $76,580 | 16.38% | - |
| 2020 | $64,040 | 2.51% | - |
| 2019 | $62,430 | 2.03% | - |
| 2018 | $61,160 | -16.15% | - |
| 2017 | $71,040 | 4.18% | - |
| 2016 | $68,070 | 1.60% | - |
| 2015 | $66,980 | -1.63% | - |
| 2012 | $68,070 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $74,850 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is in the middle of salary range for curators in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of curators in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim is 18.3 percent (18.3%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 22.5 percent (22.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Rosa-Petaluma.