How much does a Museum Director make in Long Beach, CA?

As of March 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Museum Director in Long Beach, CA is $72,964. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $49,092 to a high of $108,218, with most professionals earning between $60,469 and $91,417.

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Museum Director Salaries by Percentile
Percentile Salary Location Last Updated
10th Percentile Museum Director Salary $49,092 Long Beach,CA March 01, 2025
25th Percentile Museum Director Salary $60,469 Long Beach,CA March 01, 2025
50th Percentile Museum Director Salary $72,964 Long Beach,CA March 01, 2025
75th Percentile Museum Director Salary $91,417 Long Beach,CA March 01, 2025
90th Percentile Museum Director Salary $108,218 Long Beach,CA March 01, 2025
25% $60,469 10% $49,092 90% $108,218 75% $91,417 $72,964 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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    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 Long Beach, CA. The base salary for Museum Director ranges from $60,469 to $91,417 with the average base salary of $72,964. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $61,015 to $91,540 with the average total cash compensation of $73,756.

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About Long Beach, California    Long Beach is a city on the Pacific Coast of the United States, within the Los Angeles metropolitan area of Southern California. As of 2010, its popul....More

Long Beach, California  area prices were up 3.2% from a year ago

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