Museum Director Salary in San Francisco, California

Museum Director Salary in San Francisco, CA

How much does a Museum Director make in San Francisco, CA?

As of March 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Museum Director in San Francisco, CA is $71,810. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $52,263 to a high of $95,949, with most professionals earning between $61,579 and $84,445.

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Museum Director Salaries by Percentile
Percentile Salary Location Last Updated
10th Percentile Museum Director Salary $52,263 San Francisco,CA March 01, 2025
25th Percentile Museum Director Salary $61,579 San Francisco,CA March 01, 2025
50th Percentile Museum Director Salary $71,810 San Francisco,CA March 01, 2025
75th Percentile Museum Director Salary $84,445 San Francisco,CA March 01, 2025
90th Percentile Museum Director Salary $95,949 San Francisco,CA March 01, 2025
25% $61,579 10% $52,263 90% $95,949 75% $84,445 $71,810 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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    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 San Francisco, CA. The base salary for Museum Director ranges from $61,579 to $84,445 with the average base salary of $71,810. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $61,579 to $84,445 with the average total cash compensation of $71,810.

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About San Francisco, California    San Francisco is located on the West Coast of the United States at the north end of the San Francisco Peninsula and includes significant stretches of ....More

San Francisco, California  area prices were up 4.5% from a year ago

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