Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, aged to 2026 using compounded market movement. State selections show BLS state-level figures where published. Actual pay varies with experience, industry, and organization size.
Museum Technicians and Conservators salary by state
Museum Technicians and Conservators is a professional role in the Educational Instruction and Library job family, focused on Museum Technicians and Conservators work. Pay for this title reflects both its level and its scope; see our Title Level and Organization Responsibility guides for how WePayFairly defines them.
What Museum Technicians and Conservatorss do
Typical education: Master's Degree
Install, arrange, assemble, and prepare artifacts for exhibition, ensuring the artifacts' safety, reporting their status and condition, and identifying and correcting any problems with the set up.
Repair, restore, and reassemble artifacts, designing and fabricating missing or broken parts, to restore them to their original appearance and prevent deterioration.
Clean objects, such as paper, textiles, wood, metal, glass, rock, pottery, and furniture, using cleansers, solvents, soap solutions, and polishes.
Photograph objects for documentation.
Determine whether objects need repair and choose the safest and most effective method of repair.
Top skills:Active ListeningSpeakingReading ComprehensionWritingCritical ThinkingMonitoring
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Museum Technicians and Conservators salary by industry
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
6,440 workers
$56,000
Federal, State, and Local Government, excl. State & Local Schools & Hospitals & USPS
3,580 workers
$65,000
Federal Government, including the U.S. Postal Service (OEWS Designation)
2,080 workers
$73,500
Educational Services
1,460 workers
$63,500
State Government, including Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation)
1,400 workers
$59,500
Local Government, including Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation)
1,030 workers
$53,000
Other Services (except Public Administration)
300 workers
$51,000
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
230 workers
$43,000
National sector-level figures, BLS OEWS May 2025, aged to 2026.
How this role compares
Museum Technicians and Conservators pays 33% below the average across 64 roles in the Educational Instruction and Library job family (family average $88,500).
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