How much does a Museum Director make in Reading, PA?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Museum Director in Reading, PA is $56,696. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $41,263 to a high of $75,754, with most professionals earning between $48,618 and $66,671.

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Museum Director Salaries by Percentile
Percentile Salary Location Last Updated
10th Percentile Museum Director Salary $41,263 Reading,PA April 01, 2025
25th Percentile Museum Director Salary $48,618 Reading,PA April 01, 2025
50th Percentile Museum Director Salary $56,696 Reading,PA April 01, 2025
75th Percentile Museum Director Salary $66,671 Reading,PA April 01, 2025
90th Percentile Museum Director Salary $75,754 Reading,PA April 01, 2025
25% $48,618 10% $41,263 90% $75,754 75% $66,671 $56,696 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 Reading, Pennsylvania    Reading (/ˈrɛdɪŋ/ RED-ing; Pennsylvania German: Reddin) is a city in and the county seat of Berks County, Pennsylvania, United States. With a populati....More

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