Museum Director Salary in Chicago, Illinois

Museum Director Salary in Chicago, IL

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As of December 01, 2024, the average annual pay of Museum Director in Chicago, IL is $68,812. While Salary.com is seeing that the highest pay for Museum Director in Chicago, IL can go up to $102,047 and the lowest down to $46,292, but most earn between $57,024 and $86,209. Salary.com shows the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Museum Director in the United States.

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Percentile Salary Location Last Updated
10th Percentile Museum Director Salary $46,292 Chicago,IL December 01, 2024
25th Percentile Museum Director Salary $57,024 Chicago,IL December 01, 2024
50th Percentile Museum Director Salary $68,812 Chicago,IL December 01, 2024
75th Percentile Museum Director Salary $86,209 Chicago,IL December 01, 2024
90th Percentile Museum Director Salary $102,047 Chicago,IL December 01, 2024
25% $57,024 10% $46,292 90% $102,047 75% $86,209 $68,812 50%(Median) Didn’t find job title? Click
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What is a Museum Director ?

A curator (from Latin: cura, meaning "to take care") is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution (e.g., gallery, museum, library, or archive) is a content specialist charged with an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material. A traditional curator's concern necessarily involves tangible objects of some sort — artwork, collectibles, historic items, or scientific collections. More recently, new kinds of curators have started to emerge: curators of digital data objects and biocurators....

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    Retail Store Manager - Museum

    3 - 5 years experience
    Bachelor's Degree

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    5 + years experience
    Bachelor's Degree

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These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Museum Director in Chicago, IL. The base salary for Museum Director ranges from $57,024 to $86,209 with the average base salary of $68,812. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $57,543 to $86,325 with the average total cash compensation of $69,553.

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