How much does a Museum Director make in Helena, MT?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Museum Director in Helena, MT is $49,951. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $36,354 to a high of $66,742, with most professionals earning between $42,834 and $58,740.

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Museum Director Salaries by Percentile
Percentile Salary Location Last Updated
10th Percentile Museum Director Salary $36,354 Helena,MT April 01, 2025
25th Percentile Museum Director Salary $42,834 Helena,MT April 01, 2025
50th Percentile Museum Director Salary $49,951 Helena,MT April 01, 2025
75th Percentile Museum Director Salary $58,740 Helena,MT April 01, 2025
90th Percentile Museum Director Salary $66,742 Helena,MT April 01, 2025
25% $42,834 10% $36,354 90% $66,742 75% $58,740 $49,951 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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About Helena, Montana    Helena (/ˈhɛlɪnə/) is the state capital of the U.S. state of Montana and the county seat of Lewis and Clark County. Helena was founded as a gold camp ....More

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