Curatorial salaries in museums
What museum curatorial roles have advertised as pay — 30 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. 31 roles are open right now.
What do museum curatorial roles pay?
Median advertised salary: ≈ €64,378 / year (annualised, 30 figures, from ≈ €37,840 to ≈ €132,300)
USD postings ≈ €53,975 (n=12) · EUR postings ≈ €82,974 (n=10) · CAD postings ≈ €63,200 (n=7)
Annualised euro figures are deliberately approximate — monthly grades ×12, hourly ×2080, coarse rates for other currencies. The stated figure is always the authoritative one. Methodology
- Curatorial Assistant (January 2027 start)
Walker Art Center · Minneapolis, USA
$45,000 / year · seen 5 September 2026
- Assistant to the Chief Curator
The Museum of Modern Art · New York, USA
$64,023 / year · seen 5 September 2026
- Kurator/in (m/w/d)
Diözese Würzburg, Würzburg · Germany
€5,881 – €8,431 / month, gross · seen 4 September 2026
- Saha Curator in Residence
New Museum of Contemporary Art · New York, USA
$85,066 / year · seen 3 September 2026
- Curatorial Assistant, Publications
The Broad (Los Angeles) · USA
$28 – $29 / hour · seen 1 September 2026
- Kustodin/Kustos Süd-, Südostasien (d/m/w)
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Leipzig · Germany
€5,711 – €8,118 / month, gross · seen 28 August 2026
- Temporary Curatorial Assistant, Painting and Sculpture
The Museum of Modern Art · New York, USA
$74,858 / year · seen 26 August 2026
- Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter Museum und Ausstellung (m/w/d)
Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg · Germany
€5,881 – €8,431 / month, gross · seen 26 August 2026
- Research Assistant - Provenance Studies, China (24-month Contract)
Royal Ontario Museum · Toronto, Canada
CA$62,828 – CA$71,803 / year · seen 26 August 2026
- Research Assistant - Provenance Studies, Ancient Greece & Rome (24-month Contract)
Royal Ontario Museum · Toronto, Canada
CA$62,828 – CA$71,803 / year · seen 26 August 2026
- Kustos/Kustodin Zentral-, West-, Nordasien / Europa (d/m/w)
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden / Staatliche Ethnographische Sammlungen Sachsen, Leipzig · Germany
€5,711 – €8,118 / month, gross · seen 26 August 2026
- Kustos/Kustodin Afrika (d/m/w)
Deutscher Museumsbund · Germany
€5,711 – €8,118 / month, gross · seen 26 August 2026
- Curatorial Assistant, Painting and Sculpture
The Museum of Modern Art · New York, USA
$74,858 / year · seen 26 August 2026
- Wissenschaftlicher Kurator (m/w/d)
Deutscher Museumsbund · Germany
€5,711 – €8,118 / month, gross · seen 22 August 2026
- Carol B. Grossman Curator Scholar (End-Dated)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art · New York, USA
$34 / hour · seen 20 August 2026
- Curator, Outreach and Special Projects
KSU/ Museums, Archives, and Rare Books
$58,000 – $65,000 / year · seen 17 August 2026
- Curator of African Collections and African Diasporic Art
Albany Museum of Art
$44,000 / year · seen 17 August 2026
- Curator of African Collections and African Diasporic Art, Albany Museum of Art
Georgia Association of Museums - Jobs
$44,000 / year · seen 16 August 2026
- Curator, Outreach and Special Projects at KSU/ Museums, Archives, and Rare Books
Georgia Association of Museums - Jobs
$58,000 – $65,000 / year · seen 16 August 2026
- Curator / Senior Curator of Drawings
The Courtauld · London, UK
£52,947 – £60,658 / year · seen 15 August 2026
- Senior Curator
Turchin Center for the Visual Arts · Boone, USA
$70,000 – $81,000 / year · seen 15 August 2026
- Associate Curator, Contemporary Art
Art Gallery of Ontario · Toronto, Canada
CA$89,180 – CA$111,456 / year · seen 15 August 2026
- Chief Curator
Art Gallery of Ontario · Toronto, Canada
CA$185,000 – CA$210,000 / year · seen 15 August 2026
- Chief Curator
Art Gallery of Ontario · Toronto, Canada
CA$185,000 – CA$210,000 / year · seen 15 August 2026
- Associate Curator, Photography
Art Gallery of Ontario · Toronto, Canada
CA$89,180 – CA$111,456 / year · seen 15 August 2026
- Kurator*in / stellvertretende künstlerische Leitung (m/w/d)
Schinkel Pavillon · Germany
€5,881 – €8,431 / month, gross · analogous to a public scale · seen 15 August 2026
- Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (w/m/d) für den Bereich „Geschichte der Künstlichen Neuronalen Netze“ – 2641
Deutsches Museum, München · Germany
€5,711 – €8,118 / month, gross · seen 15 August 2026
- Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter (w/m/d) für den Bereich „Geschichte des Autonomen Fahrens“ – 2640
Deutsches Museum, München · Germany
€5,711 – €8,118 / month, gross · seen 15 August 2026
- Curator of Insects & Arachnids
Royal Ontario Museum · Toronto, Canada
CA$78,047 – CA$122,654 / year · seen 15 August 2026
- Assistant Curator at Kunsthalle Wien – PMC
Kunsthalle Wien · Wien, Austria
€42,000 / year · seen 15 August 2026
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