Highest-paying Cities for Curators

The top 100 highest paying cities for curators (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of curators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $93,510, New Haven, Connecticut is the highest paying city for curators. It is followed by San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California (average annual salary $91,560). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of curators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Curators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	New Haven, Connecticut	$93,510	$49,300	50
2	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$91,560	$55,320	40
3	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$82,810	$49,610	1,380
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$81,610	$59,450	230
5	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$80,830	$37,440	160
6	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$78,660	$46,870	70
7	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$77,240	$49,550	30
8	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$77,140	$46,410	90
9	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$75,350	$38,070	290
10	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$75,100	$48,740	290
11	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$74,850	$47,450	400
12	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$74,210	$41,840	250
13	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$72,740	$42,430	50
14	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$72,090	$36,290	320
15	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$71,440	$41,530	40
16	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$71,280	$48,840	60
17	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$71,260	$43,380	70
18	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$70,720	$36,260	1,020
19	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$69,790	$46,130	130
20	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$69,410	$47,840	130
21	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$68,550	$50,520	30
22	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$68,170	$42,290	60
23	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$67,550	$44,510	60
24	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$66,220	$53,320	40
25	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$65,830	$42,130	130
26	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$65,600	$48,830	70
27	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$65,420	$47,790	40
28	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$65,240	$45,910	40
29	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$65,190	$42,560	100
30	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$63,850	$36,160	120
31	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$63,430	$45,660	30
32	Lancaster, Pennsylvania	$63,330	$27,130	40
33	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$63,230	$45,440	40
34	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$63,200	$40,870	360
35	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$63,130	$45,660	30
36	Toledo, Ohio	$63,130	$37,160	30
37	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$63,040	$30,890	60
38	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$62,750	$36,750	170
39	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$62,730	$31,190	40
40	Western Wyoming nonmetropolitan area, Wyoming	$62,680	$38,320	30
41	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$62,410	$38,040	90
42	Richmond, Virginia	$62,230	$37,020	90
43	Worcester, Massachusetts	$62,050	$47,670	30
44	Springfield, Massachusetts	$62,020	$46,240	30
45	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$61,770	$46,110	50
46	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$61,740	$45,760	50
47	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$61,720	$42,380	190
48	Madison, Wisconsin	$61,610	$39,460	70
49	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$61,520	$29,240	160
50	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$61,420	$35,220	300
51	Southern Vermont nonmetropolitan area, Vermont	$61,310	$36,660	30
52	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$61,260	$35,850	410
53	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$61,090	$32,070	30
54	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$60,970	$39,170	70
55	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$60,890	$40,330	40
56	Rochester, New York	$60,790	$43,520	50
57	Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, Virginia	$60,660	$40,410	100
58	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$60,610	$46,450	30
59	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$60,520	$40,360	130
60	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$60,410	$39,520	60
61	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$60,400	$33,930	30
62	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$60,150	$35,370	30
63	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$59,980	$37,220	450
64	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$59,570	$56,480	50
65	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$59,260	$40,600	50
66	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$59,150	$32,250	170
67	Kansas City, Missouri	$58,190	$35,250	60
68	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$57,990	$34,330	40
69	Tacoma, Washington	$57,840	$28,650	40
70	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$57,390	$42,780	40
71	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$57,270	$31,970	110
72	St Louis, Missouri	$57,250	$36,320	110
73	Dayton, Ohio	$56,640	$35,500	40
74	Jacksonville, Florida	$56,560	$35,880	40
75	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$56,190	$35,640	30
76	Capital-Northern New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$55,800	$48,550	n/a
77	Wilmington, New Jersey	$55,640	$35,640	50
78	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$55,280	$27,910	40
79	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$55,000	$37,580	90
80	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$54,580	$41,120	50
81	Peabody, Massachusetts	$54,340	$41,160	60
82	Manchester, New Hampshire	$53,210	$30,920	30
83	New Orleans-Metairie-Kenner, Louisiana	$53,000	$39,000	50
84	Waco, Texas	$52,860	$30,800	30
85	Columbus, Ohio	$52,570	$39,790	70
86	Central New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$52,290	$27,940	30
87	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$52,290	$46,540	50
88	Honolulu, Hawaii	$52,190	$30,540	40
89	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$52,160	$36,720	150
90	Memphis, Tennessee	$51,970	$36,400	30
91	Portland-South Portland-Biddeford, Maine	$51,860	$34,000	30
92	Bloomington, Indiana	$51,440	$51,440	60
93	Savannah, Georgia	$50,950	$31,890	30
94	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$50,810	$29,350	60
95	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$50,720	$38,620	50
96	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$50,430	$44,660	30
97	Greensboro-High Point, North Carolina	$50,230	$45,840	50
98	Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, Missouri	$50,070	$41,640	n/a
99	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$49,800	$39,790	40
100	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$49,740	$33,250	40

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for curators.