A-hah! So, our salary rates have nothing to do with cost of living,
rather depend on the budgets and population bases we work with....I say
we all head for Mexico City...London...Tokyo!! ;-) ... :->
Cynthia Ogorek
Matteson Historical Museum
Matteson, IL
Population: almost 13,000
[Guess my budget]
aron De Groft wrote:
>
> Dear Dr. Lawless:
>
> According to the Association of Art Museum Directors 1997 Salary Survey the
> salary ranges for a Curator A/Chief Curator is broken up into many ranges.
> The ranges include a summary for all museums responding, those responding by
> region, those responding by operational budget and those responding based on
> metropolitan Area population. The highest to lowest ranges are then broken up
> into 25th percentile increments and then a mean.
>
> For museums responding to the survey by region, in the western region, the
> highest is$182,600 and the lowest is $30,084 with a mean of $68,850. Those
> responding in terms of operational budget of under $1,000,000 reflects the
> highest salary at $55,000 and the lowest at $33,000 with a mean of $40,054.
> Museums with $1,000,000 to $2,499,000 budgets reflect the highest at $67,000
> and the lowest at $20,604 with a mean of $43, 716. Those responding by
> population under 100,000 reflect the highest $56,650 and the lowest $34,680
> with a mean of $46,159. Populations of 100,000 to 499,999 reflect the highest
> at $71, 763 and lowest at $20,604 with a mean of 43,903.
>
> For Curator B/Curator following the same as above reflects region: $146,400
> highest, $58,717 lowest; budget under $1,000,000:$40,200 highest, $30,941
> lowest; $1,000,000 to $2,499,000: $68,729 highest, $45, 908 lowest; population
> under 100,00;$73,385 highest, $46,643 lowest; population of 100,00 to 499,999:
> $53,500 highest, $38,384 lowest.
>
> By geography, the western region seems to pay the highest salaries in general,
> I believe the 1998 survey is published and may be obtained through the AAM I
> believe. I hope this helps.
>
> Sincerely,
> Aaron De Groft
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