Production salaries in museums
What museum production roles have advertised as pay — 20 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. 25 roles are open right now.
What do museum production roles pay?
Median advertised salary: ≈ €51,742 / year (annualised, 20 figures, from ≈ €35,776 to ≈ €91,105)
USD postings ≈ €52,770 (n=16) · EUR postings ≈ €63,529 (n=2) · GBP postings ≈ €48,082 (n=2)
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
- Driver /Art Handler, Valley Stream, Ny
Aetna Fine Art · Valley Stream, USA
$25 – $35 / hour · seen 4 September 2026
- Exhibitions Manager
Weber State University · Ogden, USA
$46,000 / year · seen 3 September 2026
- Art handler/Driver/Warehouse Staff
Red Hook Crating · Long Island City, USA
$20 – $25 / hour · seen 3 September 2026
- Canvas Stretcher / Art Preparator- NYC Art Studio
Mati Bracha Studio · New York, USA
$35 – $40 / hour · seen 3 September 2026
- Freelance Art Handler/Driver
Boxart, Inc · New York City, USA
$28 – $35 / hour · seen 27 August 2026
- Lead Preparator, Fabrication Shop
SFMOMA - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, USA
$36 – $43 / hour · seen 27 August 2026
- Ausstellungs- und Möbelschreiner
Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe · Germany
€3,824 – €4,637 / month, gross · seen 27 August 2026
- Clay Technician
Drawing Room · New York, USA
$20 – $22 / hour · seen 25 August 2026
- Projektmanager*in für den Bereich Ausstellungen (m/w/d)
GRIMMWELT Kassel gGmbH, Kassel · Germany
€5,124 – €7,592 / month, gross · analogous to a public scale · seen 22 August 2026
- Experienced Art Handler, Greenpoint-Brooklyn
Art Crating, Inc. · Brooklyn, USA
$25 – $33 / hour · seen 21 August 2026
- Art Handler-Part Time
Art Up Nashville · Nashville, USA
$26 – $30 / hour · seen 21 August 2026
- Part-Time Art Handler & Installer
Sugarlift · New York, USA
$40 – $50 / hour · seen 18 August 2026
- Driver/Art Handler Position - DC Office - Full Time & P/T
Maquette Fine Art Services, LLC · Washington, USA
$28 – $45 / hour · seen 17 August 2026
- Operations Manager / Art Handler
Pace Di Donna Schrader Galleries · New York, USA
$70,000 – $75,000 / year · seen 16 August 2026
- Project Manager II, Exhibitions
SFMOMA - San Francisco Museum of Modern Art · San Francisco, USA
$81,374 – $88,055 / year · seen 15 August 2026
- Production Manager (Maternity Cover)
The Barbican · UK
£44,110 / year · seen 15 August 2026
- Art Handler/Installer
Elite Art Enterprises, LLC
$25 – $30 / hour · seen 15 August 2026
- 540 West 25th Street, New York Gallery Assistant
Pace Gallery
$22 / hour · seen 15 August 2026
- Installer
Institute of Contemporary Art Boston · USA
$20 – $33 / hour · seen 15 August 2026
- Technician (Lighting Bias)
The Barbican · UK
£38,080 / year · seen 15 August 2026
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