Mid-level Curator salary in New York, NY

Based on 10 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level II in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Brooklyn, Bronx.

Also listed as: Assistant Curator

Median salary$87,370
Middle 50%$85.5k–$93.1k
vs. all levels here+8%comparison median $81,182
Filings10FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $81,182 and $127,570.
PercentileSalary
10th$81,182
25th$85,532
50th (median)$87,370
75th$93,109
90th$105,700

Salary by year

Median salary

$50k $75k $100k FY2021: median $62,277 (12 filings) FY2022: median $67,999 (11 filings) FY2024: median $87,550 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 4 filings FY20 FY2021: 12 filings FY21 FY2022: 11 filings FY22 FY2023: 7 filings FY23 FY2024: 13 filings FY24 FY2025: 8 filings FY25 FY2026: 2 filings FY26 13
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––4
FY2021$62,277$60,216$72,64312
FY2022$67,999$62,832$85,64911
FY2023–––7
FY2024$87,550$82,000$87,55013
FY2025–––8
FY2026–––2

Cost of living

New York's median mid-level Curator salary of $87,370 is worth about $77,600 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; New York = 112.6).

Compared with all workers here

All Curators in the New York, NY area earned a median of $83,110 in May 2025 (970 employed). The H-1B median here is $87,370, 5% higher.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
The Metropolitan Museum of Arttoo few4

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $67,500 14
Mid-level · Level II $87,370 10
Senior · Level III – 0
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$60,258$67,50014
Mid-level · Level II$81,182$87,37010

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.