Highest-paying Cities for Museum Technicians and Conservators

The top 100 highest paying cities for museum technicians and conservators (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 museum technicians and conservators in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $77,440, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia is the highest paying city for museum technicians and conservators. It is followed by New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York (average annual salary $66,180). 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 museum technicians and conservators in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Museum Technicians and Conservators

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$77,440	$44,920	920
2	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$66,180	$39,350	1,090
3	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$65,700	$43,430	270
4	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$63,470	$43,110	380
5	New Haven, Connecticut	$63,360	$45,140	150
6	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$62,300	$40,290	920
7	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$61,820	$52,380	70
8	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$57,630	$37,770	290
9	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$57,000	$36,700	100
10	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$54,980	$35,090	710
11	Central East New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$53,350	$27,460	40
12	Harrisburg-Carlisle, Pennsylvania	$52,980	$29,390	40
13	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$52,590	$41,530	40
14	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$52,000	$30,680	40
15	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$50,920	$36,410	90
16	Buffalo-Niagara Falls, New York	$50,420	$31,090	30
17	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$49,710	$31,820	750
18	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$49,550	$27,930	70
19	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$49,410	$34,300	90
20	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$49,280	$29,460	70
21	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$49,040	$37,770	150
22	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$48,960	$26,630	200
23	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$48,870	$26,600	280
24	Springfield, Massachusetts	$48,710	$36,410	40
25	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$48,600	$35,370	330
26	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$48,480	$27,070	40
27	Rochester, New York	$48,460	$30,520	40
28	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$48,320	$32,080	70
29	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$48,200	$35,060	30
30	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$47,500	$24,250	760
31	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$47,440	$30,080	80
32	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$47,360	$31,490	520
33	Santa Fe, New Mexico	$47,360	$38,130	40
34	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$47,150	$31,960	70
35	Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater, Florida	$46,950	$30,630	30
36	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$46,930	$28,940	80
37	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$46,910	$27,020	220
38	Kansas City, Missouri	$46,800	$34,860	140
39	Bloomington, Indiana	$46,650	$31,880	50
40	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$46,490	$38,960	40
41	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$46,290	$35,860	40
42	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$46,030	$33,640	40
43	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$45,920	$36,840	150
44	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$45,830	$32,530	30
45	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$45,750	$33,280	50
46	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$45,710	$29,760	100
47	Columbus, Ohio	$45,690	$31,260	40
48	Miami-Miami Beach-Kendall, Florida	$45,590	$33,010	80
49	Gainesville, Florida	$45,580	$17,130	30
50	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$45,050	$30,580	90
51	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$44,870	$34,000	90
52	Birmingham-Hoover, Alabama	$44,770	$33,490	40
53	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$44,740	$29,980	30
54	Dayton, Ohio	$44,720	$35,530	80
55	Anchorage, Alaska	$44,630	$28,630	40
56	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$44,600	$31,200	80
57	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$44,590	$28,770	40
58	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$44,510	$21,590	190
59	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$44,440	$27,460	430
60	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$44,440	$30,610	60
61	Memphis, Tennessee	$44,390	$29,110	30
62	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$44,010	$30,510	n/a
63	Southwest Maine nonmetropolitan area, Maine	$43,730	$29,010	60
64	St Louis, Missouri	$43,720	$35,070	710
65	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$43,680	$38,620	n/a
66	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$43,510	$31,940	40
67	Southwest New York nonmetropolitan area, New York	$43,250	$27,460	30
68	Worcester, Massachusetts	$43,240	$27,060	40
69	Wilmington, New Jersey	$42,770	$27,600	60
70	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$42,670	$26,200	140
71	Syracuse, New York	$42,540	$25,110	30
72	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$42,080	$33,910	40
73	Dallas-Plano-Irving, Texas	$42,070	$25,820	40
74	Tulsa, Oklahoma	$41,210	$27,980	50
75	Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, Tennessee	$40,910	$33,460	70
76	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$40,580	$30,400	80
77	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$40,350	$32,800	110
78	Oklahoma City, Oklahoma	$40,330	$28,690	60
79	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$39,470	$32,480	60
80	Honolulu, Hawaii	$39,410	$24,710	30
81	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$38,810	$22,220	740
82	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$38,680	$18,580	50
83	Tucson, Arizona	$38,610	$33,440	40
84	Kansas nonmetropolitan area, Kansas	$38,520	$16,310	50
85	Flagstaff, Arizona	$38,520	$28,590	30
86	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$38,290	$26,510	30
87	San Antonio-New Braunfels, Texas	$38,250	$24,060	60
88	Wichita, Kansas	$37,810	$23,830	40
89	Detroit-Warren-Livonia, Michigan	$37,770	$36,710	120
90	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$37,750	$18,180	30
91	Burlington-South Burlington, Vermont	$37,690	$32,800	30
92	West Palm Beach-Boca Raton-Boynton Beach, Florida	$37,690	$27,460	30
93	Jacksonville, Florida	$37,480	$22,610	n/a
94	Columbia, South Carolina	$37,410	$18,820	30
95	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$37,230	$27,470	60
96	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$37,220	$20,010	n/a
97	West Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$37,020	$27,380	70
98	Grand Rapids-Wyoming, Michigan	$36,640	$35,190	50
99	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$36,190	$21,070	50
100	Charlottesville, Virginia	$36,180	$27,730	30

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for museum technicians and conservators.