The regional Museum associations, NEMA in my case, do publish salary
surveys which are used by museum administrators to compare salaries
and benefit packages.

NEMA's is available at:  http://www.nemanet.org/publications.html

Guy

>Am I the only one who wonders why the whole issue of compensation, starting/
>living wages, etcetera as discussed on Museum-L (over and over) is rarely
>addressed by the AAM?
>
>I personally cannot recall _any_ articles in Museum News about this topic in
>the past few years, although of course I may have missed it. Given that this
>is a huge one for the future of the profession, a constant source of debate
>on Museum-L, always a hot topic in museum offices and staff cafeterias across
>the country, and has been a problem for as long as anyone can remember, am I
>the only one who finds it odd that the professional organization that
>represents all of us has never broached the subject?
>
>I haven't even seen any mention of the fact that a large percentage of the
>staff of one of the nation's largest museums (MoMA, New York) is out on
>strike this very minute (and has been for months) over compensation issues.
>
>I'd be interested in hearing from anyone on-list who works within AAM; if the
>AAM has addressed this topic, how and when? How does the AAM see its role as
>advocate in this scenario- are you the advocate only for institutions, or do
>you also have a role as an advocate for museum professionals if the issue is
>one in which the problem may reside in the institutions themselves?
>
>Just interested in hearing what others think- am I off base here?
--

Guy Hermann
Museum Planner
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Museum Architects & Planners
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