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Curators: H-1B salaries

Standard Occupational Classification 25-4012. 272 labor condition applications; median offered base salary $79,801, middle half $65,000–$95,000.

Applications (LCAs)272

Median offered salary$79,801

Middle half of salaries$65,000–$95,000

10th–90th percentile$52,912–$146,500

By wage level

Wage level	LCAs	Median salary
Level I (entry)	78	$61,000
Level II (qualified)	77	$82,451
Level III (experienced)	28	$90,578
Level IV (fully competent)	52	$135,000

The Department of Labor sets four prevailing wage levels for each occupation and area, from Level I (entry) to Level IV (fully competent). The employer picks the level that matches the job's requirements.

Employers

Employer	LCAs	Median salary
The Metropolitan Museum of Art	12	$91,500
Sotheby's, Inc.	9	$90,000
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston	8	$76,600
Smithsonian Institution	8	$91,900
The Museum of Modern Art	8	$97,000
The J. Paul Getty Trust	7	$108,000
Cleveland Museum of Art	6	$87,500
The New York Botanical Garden	6	$87,550
Denver Art Museum	5	$83,000
The University of Chicago	5	$135,000
The Frick Collection	5	$74,500
Yale University	5	$85,114
The Field Museum of Natural History	5	$57,654
Walker Art Center	4	$90,605
Worcester Art Museum	4	$52,397
The Art Institute of Chicago	4	$58,728
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania	3	$74,256
American Museum of Natural History	3	$145,000
University of California, Berkeley	3	$160,000
The Philadelphia Museum of Art	3	$71,000
D'Lan Contemporary LLC	3	$88,000
University of Nevada, Las Vegas	3	$64,000
Kenyon College	3	$182,546
Corporation of the Fine Arts Museums	3	$66,518
Fulgent Therapeutics, LLC	3	$99,861
ArtLabbe Gallery LLC	2	$38,427
C&M 2020 Inc	2	$53,000
Colby College	2	$44,784
Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska	2	$60,498
Lisson Gallery Ny Inc	2	$132,500
Tampa Museum of Art	2	$73,655
Trustees of the Smith College	2	$70,685
University of Oregon	2	$62,138
Portland Museum of Art	2	$74,768
Burchfield Penney Art Center	2	$52,688
Dinosaur Designs USA LLC	2	$80,000
Mexic-Arte Museum	2	$50,512
Extraterritorial Inc.	2	$250,000
For Freedoms Federation, LLC	2	$65,000
Texas A&M AgriLife Research	2	$54,000
About Glamour Inc.	2	—
Bishop Museum	2	$55,000
Friedman Benda LLC	2	$72,500
The Florida State University	2	$70,811
Pierpont Morgan Library	2	$79,110
The Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences	2	$96,890
University of Michigan	2	$68,400
Oakridge Auction Gallery Inc.	2	—
Graduate Theological Union	2	$72,821
University of Florida	2	$92,500

Cities

New York, NY$81,182

Job titles

By fiscal year

Fiscal year	LCAs	Median salary
FY2023	61	$75,000
FY2024	80	$79,750
FY2025	90	$83,700
FY2026	41	$80,000

Salaries are the lower end of the wage offered on each application, converted to a yearly amount; statistics use certified full-time applications only. An LCA is not a visa approval and one LCA can cover several positions. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC LCA Disclosure Data, fiscal years 2023–2026 (latest decision Jun 30, 2026).