Archivists, curators, & museum technicians

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2024 Workforce

84.8k

Average Age

43.7

Average Salary

$64,118

Average Male Salary

$68,853

Average Female Salary

$60,838

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Archivists, curators, & museum technicians are most often employed by the Museums, art galleries, historical sites, & similar institutions industry. The average yearly wage for Archivists, curators, & museum technicians was $64,118 in 2024.

The locations that employ the most Archivists, curators, & museum technicians are San Francisco County (Southwest)--Central & Bernal Heights PUMA, CA, NYC-Manhattan Community Districts 1 & 2--Financial District & Greenwich Village PUMA, NY, and Alexandria City PUMA, VA. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Archivists, curators, & museum technicians are San Francisco County (Southwest)--Central & Bernal Heights PUMA, CA, NYC-Manhattan Community Districts 1 & 2--Financial District & Greenwich Village PUMA, NY, and Santa Fe County New Mexico PUMA, NM.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Archivists, curators, & museum technicians workforce. Archivists, curators, & museum technicians workforce in 2024 was 84,820 people, of which 59.1% were women and 40.9% were men.

Archivists, curators, & museum technicians are paid most in Atlanta Regional Commission--Fulton County (Central)--Atlanta City (North) PUMA, GA but are relatively concentrated in San Francisco County (Southwest)--Central & Bernal Heights PUMA, CA.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

34,712

Male Workforce

± 4.57k

50,108

Female Workforce

± 5.49k

The Archivists, curators, & museum technicians workforce in 2024 was 84,820 people (59.1% women and 40.9% men). This implies an average annual growth of 87% between 2014 (45,357) and 2024 (84,820).

Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Archivists, curators, & museum technicians.

During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were District of Columbia ($107,740), Virginia ($81,092), and Maine ($80,397).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$64,118

AVERAGE WAGE

#228 in the ranking (2014)

$69,878

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2024, Archivists, curators, & museum technicians earned an average of $64,118, $5,760 less than the average national salary of $69,878

The graph shows the ranking of Archivists, curators, & museum technicians in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2014.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.381

WAGE GINI

In 2024, Archivists, curators, & museum technicians had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.381, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Archivists, curators, & museum technicians (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Archivists, curators, & museum technicians compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Archivists, curators, & museum technicians and on wages for those in the field. Museums, art galleries, historical sites, & similar institutions is the industry that employs the most Archivists, curators, & museum technicians, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Archivists, curators, & museum technicians, by average wage, is National security & international affairs ($96,152).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

84.8k

2024 Workforce

± 7,148

5.38%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 11.5%

This graphic shows the share of Archivists, curators, & museum technicians employed by various industries. Museums, art galleries, historical sites, & similar institutions employs the largest share of Archivists, curators, & museum technicians at 82.4%, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges with 11.7% and Libraries & archives with 3.52%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Archivists, curators, & museum technicians in the US. The workforce of Archivists, curators, & museum technicians in 2024 was 84,820 people, with 59.1% woman, and 40.9% men. The average age of male Archivists, curators, & museum technicians in the workforce is 45.1 and of female Archivists, curators, & museum technicians is 42.7, and the most common race/ethnicity for Archivists, curators, & museum technicians is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Archivists, curators, & museum technicians in 2024 was 84,820 people, with 59.1% woman, and 40.9% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (10,834 people), 35 to 39 years (10,644 people), and 40 to 44 years (8,907 people). Among them they concentrated 35.9% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2024, 10.5% of Archivists, curators, & museum technicians workers were Hispanic and 89.5% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (52.9%), Puerto Rican (13.6)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (8.36)%

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Races

In 2024, 78.3% of the Archivists, curators, & museum technicians workforce were White, of which 60.6% were women and 39.4% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (9.55%) and Black (4.81%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Archivists, curators, & museum technicians from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Archivists, curators, & museum technicians is Visual & Performing Arts but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Library Science.

Among the necessary skills for Archivists, curators, & museum technicians, Reading Comprehension stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Archivists, curators, & museum technicians need more than the average amount of Management of Material Resources.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Archivists, curators, & museum technicians in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Visual & Performing Arts (15,281 people), History (9,448 people), and Social Sciences (5,900 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Archivists, curators, & museum technicians workers were Graduate Degree (34,068 people), Bachelors Degree (31,316 people), and Some college (9,562 people).

The graphic shows the Archivists, curators, & museum technicians workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Archivists, curators, & museum technicians from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Archivists, curators, & museum technicians need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension, Writing, Active Listening.