Archives salaries in museums

What museum archives roles have advertised as pay — 24 postings that stated a figure, listed exactly as published. Not a benchmark: with counts this small, “what they paid on these occasions” is the only honest framing. 17 roles are open right now.

Open roles by job title:Archivist Jobs in Museums

• Collection Relocation Project Assistant (TC954)

  Sainsbury Centre · UK

  £26,707 – £30,378 / year · seen 21 October 2026

• Collections Relocation Project Coordinator (ALC1685)

  Sainsbury Centre · UK

  £38,784 – £46,049 / year · seen 21 October 2026

• Mitarbeiter/in Stiftungsarchiv (m/w/d)

  Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau, Dessau-Roßlau

  €3,187 – €3,864 / month, gross · seen 20 October 2026

• Archivist/Gallery Sales Associate

  Lucky Charm LTD

  $30 – $32 / hour · seen 20 October 2026

• Registrar, Archivist and Personal Assistant

  Vanessa Beecroft LLC · Los Angeles

  $20 / hour · seen 17 October 2026

• Inventory & Archival Assistant

  Art Gallery · New York, USA

  $50,000 – $65,000 / year · seen 15 October 2026

• Fine Art Printer & Archivist

  Rodney Smith Archive · Palisades, USA

  $40 – $55 / hour · seen 13 October 2026

• Associate Museum Librarian, Cataloging

  The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, USA

  $95,000 – $105,000 / year · seen 9 October 2026

• Zwei Provenienzforscherinnen/Provenienzforscher (m/w/d) zur Durchführung von Erstchecks zu NS-Raubgut in Thüringer Museen

  Museumsverband Thüringen e.V., Erfurt · Erfurt, Germany

  €4,901 – €7,026 / month, gross · analogous to a public scale · seen 9 October 2026

• Archivar/in

  Stiftung Deutsches Luftschiff- und Marinefliegermuseum, Wurster Nordseeküste · Wurster Nordseeküste, Germany

  €3,659 – €4,980 / month, gross · seen 9 October 2026

• Assistant Archivist, Processing (Three-Year, Grant-Funded, Fixed-Term Position)

  The Museum of Modern Art · Long Island City, USA

  $70,541 / year · seen 5 October 2026

• Library Assistant

  The Museum of Modern Art · New York, USA

  $64,023 / year · seen 5 October 2026

• Associate Archivist (Three-Year, Grant-Funded, Fixed Term Position)

  The Museum of Modern Art · New York, USA

  $89,354 / year · seen 5 October 2026

• Serials and Electronic Resources Librarian

  Cleveland Museum of Art · Cleveland, USA

  $47,000 / year · seen 5 October 2026

• Associate Museum Librarian

  The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, USA

  $95,000 – $105,000 / year · seen 4 October 2026

• Studio Manager and Archivist

  Artist's Studio · New York, USA

  $40 / hour · seen 1 October 2026

• Archives/Registration Assistant

  Artist Studio · Los Angeles, USA

  $28 – $30 / hour · seen 1 September 2026

• Project Archivist

  Institute of Contemporary Art Boston · USA

  $39 / hour · seen 25 August 2026

• Archivar (w/m/d) / Registrar (w/m/d)

  Deutsches Museum, München · Germany

  €3,620 – €5,015 / month, gross · seen 22 August 2026

• Archivist

  Augusta Museum of History

  $17 / hour · seen 17 August 2026

• Archivist, Augusta Museum of History

  Georgia Association of Museums - Jobs

  $17 / hour · seen 16 August 2026

• Processing Archivist and Cataloger

  The University of Chicago · - Chicago, USA

  $25 / hour · seen 16 August 2026

• Archivist

  The Studio Museum in Harlem (New York) · USA

  $75,000 / year · seen 16 August 2026

• Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (w/m/d) für den Bereich „Archivierung“ – 2639

  Deutsches Museum, München · Germany

  €4,759 – €6,765 / month, gross · seen 15 August 2026

Archive last added to 21 October 2026. The archive is deposited under DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22544232. Download the whole archive.