Data through FY2026 Q3 (Jun 30, 2026)
Assistant Curator
Occupation profile for Assistant Curator covers 23 filings across the reporting window. FY2026 certified median offer: $66,518.
- FY2026 certified median
- $66,518
- Total filings
- 23
- FY2026 25th–75th percentile
- $66,518–$78,348
- Top employer
- The New York Botanical Garden
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median | 25th percentile | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2024 | 11 | $87,550 | $68,275 | $87,550 |
| FY2025 | 8 | $75,610 | $70,221 | $87,345 |
| FY2026 (Q1–Q3) | 4 | $66,518 | $66,518 | $78,348 |
FY2026 is partial (*). Its filing totals are not comparable to a full fiscal year.
Median offer by fiscal year
Top employers
- The New York Botanical Garden6 filings
- Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums2 filings
- Graduate Theological Union2 filings
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art2 filings
- UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA2 filings
- Helly Nahmad Gallery Inc.1 filings
- Rare Book School at The University of Virginia1 filings
- Saatchi Online Inc.1 filings
- Texas A&M AgriLife Research1 filings
- The Art Institute of Chicago1 filings
Top cities
- Bronx6 filings
- New York5 filings
- Berkeley2 filings
- San Francisco2 filings
- Gainesville2 filings
- Chicago2 filings
- Los Angeles1 filings
- College Station1 filings
- Charlottesville1 filings
- Seattle1 filings
Filings by employer and title
Prevailing wages by area and occupation
The OFLC wage year runs from July through June. Worksites use the area of the most frequently reported county with a matching wage area for their city.
| Wage year | Area | SOC | Level I | Level II | Level III | Level IV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJArea 35620 | 25-4012 | $56,160 | $77,917 | $99,694 | $121,451 |
| 2026-27 | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CAArea 41860 | 25-4012 | $68,307 | $83,179 | $98,051 | $112,923 |
| 2026-27 | Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-INArea 16980 | 25-4012 | $46,738 | $59,322 | $71,906 | $84,490 |
| 2026-27 | Gainesville, FLArea 23540 | 25-4012 | $43,264 | $61,214 | $79,186 | $97,136 |
| 2026-27 | Charlottesville, VAArea 16820 | 25-4012 | $37,981 | $50,898 | $63,814 | $76,731 |
| 2026-27 | College Station-Bryan, TXArea 17780 | 25-4012 | $42,245 | $51,542 | $60,861 | $70,158 |
| 2026-27 | Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CAArea 31080 | 25-4012 | $58,219 | $71,718 | $85,218 | $98,717 |
| 2026-27 | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WAArea 42660 | 25-4012 | $55,099 | $68,536 | $81,994 | $95,430 |