>What should a small suburban museum in the North East pay its full-time >educator? (This individual has a B.A. plus five years part-time experience >as a museum educator.) The educator is responsible for developing and >implementing public programs, trains and supervises four part-time interns, >is in charge of docent education, does some teaching in the galleries and >some of the tour/program scheduling. How much can you afford? ;) Well, a small museum in Old Town Alexandria advertised it's education director at $9.40/hr plus full bennies including health care, sick and annual leave. That's about $20K/year. Incredibly underpriced IMnoHO. With those requirements you stated, on the Federal level the position looks like a GS-7 which starts at around $26k or a GS-9, around $30k/yr. Still a bit underpaid but at least hte government bennies are really good. In my area, starting teachers with a B.A. and no experience start at $27K. 5 years experience pushes the salary up to $32K. I"d say a good educator is worth their weight in gold and should be paid accordingly but no everyone can afford it. :) Deb Fuller