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Ms. Michaels:
Please don't put words in my mouth. I didn't say that,
either, and don't (necessarily) think the two people in
your example should be paid the same amount. I could
ask you to detail just how big the traveling exhibits
would be in each case, whether they would travel to the
neighboring university or to Europe, and a myriad of
other questions to get the details required to state
unequivocally what each should be paid. We could argue
details until we're blue in the face.
-That's why Andy says we're too diverse to survey-
All I said was that AAM could/should do some sort of
survey to provide us with tools to use in our fight to
get better wages. My situation is that all our
salaries (mine included) are set by the State
Legislature - not by our board or management. Our
legislators would be much more impressed with economic
survey figures than with "standards" imposed by some
national museum group. I could use figures which
document what Museum workers are paid to illustrate our
position in the national mix.
I think we pay the same as museums in NY do (if the
earlier parts of this thread were accurate), and it's a
LOT cheaper to live here. Maybe we pay more, but how
am I to know unless someone with broad connections does
a survey and provides me with definable results? We
have a collections curator position open right now,
graduate degree required, which will probably be filled
at about $23,000 and excellent benefits. AND you get
to live in North Dakota, too!
So, is your point that we shouldn't "average," but
should list every salary, identify ranges, tie
everything to budget (but remember that your $500,000
goes a lot farther here than in NY), or what?
Chris Dill
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