The annual salary statistics of curators in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of curators in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos 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 | $46,410 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $55,540 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $77,140 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $98,070 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $110,830 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for curators in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $110,830. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $77,140. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $46,410.
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 | $77,140 | 1.56% | 12.32% |
| 2021 | $75,940 | -1.65% | - |
| 2020 | $77,190 | 21.96% | - |
| 2019 | $60,240 | 22.06% | - |
| 2018 | $46,950 | 3.64% | - |
| 2017 | $45,240 | -10.19% | - |
| 2016 | $49,850 | 3.67% | - |
| 2015 | $48,020 | -7.62% | - |
| 2014 | $51,680 | -34.54% | - |
| 2013 | $69,530 | 2.72% | - |
| 2012 | $67,640 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $77,140 in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is in the middle of salary range for curators in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of curators in San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos is 15.7 percent (15.7%) lower than that in the highest paying San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara and 24.8 percent (24.8%) higher than that in the lowest paying Santa Rosa-Petaluma.