The annual salary statistics of museum technicians and conservators in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington is shown in Table 1. The wage information of museum technicians and conservators in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett 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 | $26,200 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $31,560 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $42,670 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $57,210 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $74,030 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for museum technicians and conservators in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $74,030. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $42,670. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $26,200.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of museum technicians and conservators from 2012 to 2017.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 5-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | $42,670 | -10.26% | 3.94% |
| 2016 | $47,050 | 9.37% | - |
| 2015 | $42,640 | 4.36% | - |
| 2014 | $40,780 | 8.21% | - |
| 2013 | $37,430 | -9.51% | - |
| 2012 | $40,990 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $42,670 in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is in the middle of salary range for museum technicians and conservators in state of Washington. In comparison, the annual salary of museum technicians and conservators in Seattle-Bellevue-Everett is 25.1 percent (25.1%) lower than that in the highest paying Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue and 41.2 percent (41.2%) higher than that in the lowest paying Tacoma.
| Cities/Areas | Median Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue | |
| Western Washington nonmetropolitan area | |
| Seattle-Bellevue-Everett | |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro | |
| Tacoma |