Conservation salaries in museums

What museum conservation roles have advertised as pay — 21 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. 22 roles are open right now.

Open roles by job title:Museum Conservator Jobs

• Freelance Opportunity — Time-Based Media Conservator

  Pierre Huyghe Studio · Los Angeles, USA

  $50 – $100 / hour · seen 20 October 2026

• Restaurator /-in (m/w/d) für die Museen der Stadt Regensburg

  Stadt Regensburg, Regensburg

  €3,780 – €5,313 / month, gross · seen 20 October 2026

• Fachteamleitung Restaurierung mit dem Aufgabengebiet Gemälderestaurierung (m/w/d)

  Stiftung Stadtmuseum Berlin, Berlin

  €4,270 – €6,327 / month, gross · seen 20 October 2026

• Lecturer in Historic Buildings, Conservation & Stained Glass

  University of York

  £46,970 – £57,666 / year · seen 19 October 2026

• Associate paintings conservator

  Fine Art Conservation Group LLC · New York, USA

  $70,000 – $85,000 / year · seen 14 October 2026

• Leitung Restaurierung (m/w/d)

  Stiftung Kunstmuseum Stuttgart gGmbH, Stuttgart · Stuttgart, Germany

  €4,156 – €4,912 / month, gross · analogous to a public scale · seen 9 October 2026

• Papierrestaurator (m/w/d)

  Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe · Karlsruhe, Germany

  €4,178 – €6,051 / month, gross · seen 1 October 2026

• Papierrestaurator*in (m/w/d)

  Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe · Karlsruhe, Germany

  €4,178 – €6,051 / month, gross · seen 29 September 2026

• Assistant Conservator

  The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, USA

  $80,000 – $85,000 / year · seen 27 September 2026

• Fachbereichsleitung Fachbereich Papierrestaurierung (m/w/d)

  Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, Potsdam · Germany

  €51,464 – €71,927 / year · seen 23 September 2026

• Senior Conservator (18-month Contract)

  Royal Ontario Museum · Toronto, Canada

  CA$87,870 – CA$100,423 / year · seen 17 September 2026

• Präparator*in (w/m/d) für wirbellose Fossilien

  Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Stuttgart · Germany

  €3,620 – €5,015 / month, gross · seen 16 September 2026

• Metall-Restaurator*in (m,w,d)

  3Landesmuseen Braunschweig, Braunschweig und Wolfenbüttel · Germany

  €3,620 – €5,015 / month, gross · seen 15 September 2026

• Conservator, Works on Paper

  Art Gallery of Ontario · Toronto, Canada

  CA$77,932 – CA$97,388 / year · seen 10 September 2026

• Assistant Conservator for East Asian Works of Art on Paper

  Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, USA

  $64,000 / year · seen 5 September 2026

• Restaurator, Sachbearbeiter Museum/Ausstellungen (m/w/d)

  Vier-Tore-Stadt Neubrandenburg, Neubrandenburg · Germany

  €3,780 – €5,313 / month, gross · seen 4 September 2026

• Assistant Conservator, Objects Conservation (End-Dated)

  The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, USA

  $80,000 – $85,000 / year · seen 20 August 2026

• Studio Manager/Conservation Coordinator

  Modern Art Conservation · New York, USA

  $60,000 – $72,000 / year · seen 19 August 2026

• Associate Conservator of Photographic Materials

  Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, USA

  $72,000 / year · seen 15 August 2026

• Conservation Scientist

  Philadelphia Museum of Art · Philadelphia, USA

  $91,000 / year · seen 15 August 2026

• Assistant Conservator, Paintings

  Art Gallery of Ontario · Toronto, Canada

  CA$38 – CA$47 / hour · seen 15 August 2026

Archive last added to 20 October 2026. The archive is deposited under DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22544232. Download the whole archive.