Median annual salaries for museum education specialists were $46,390 in September 2024, according to ZipRecruiter.com. Salaries ranged from less than $24,000 to $72,500 or more annually. The U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) reports that self-enrichment teachers who were employed by museums, historical sites, and similar institutions earned mean annual wages of $47,870 in May 2023.
Education administrators who were employed by museums and historical sites earned mean annal salaries of $91,150 in May 2023, according to the DOL. Salaries for all education administrators ranged from $49,470 to $158,200 or more.
Fringe benefits, including medical and dental insurance, paid vacations, sick leave, and retirement plans, vary according to each employer's policies.
- Adapted Physical Education Specialists
- Adult and Vocational Education Teachers
- Anthropologists
- Archaeologists
- Archivists
- Art Teachers
- Artists
- Athletic Directors
- Biophysicists
- Book Conservators
- Book Editors
- Career and Employment Counselors
- Career and Employment Technicians
- College Administrators
- College Professors
- Community Nutrition Educators
- Computer Trainers
- Conservators and Conservation Technicians
- Cooking Instructors
- Curriculum Coordinators
- Dance School Owners and Managers
- Demographers
- Distance Learning Coordinators
- Driving School Owners and Instructors
- Economists
- Edupreneurs
- Elementary School Teachers
- English as a Second Language (ESL) Teachers
- Environmental Education Program Directors
- Ethnoscientists
- Exhibit Designers
- Flight Instructors
- Futurists
- Gallery Owners and Directors
- Genealogical Researchers
- Genealogists
- Geographers
- Grant Coordinators and Writers
- Guidance Counselors
- Health Educators
- Historians
- Historic Preservationists
- Instructional Coordinators
- Instructional Designers
- Journalism Teachers
- Learning Innovations Designers
- Lexicographers
- Library and Information Science Instructors
- Linguists
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- Medical Ethicists
- Museum Attendants
- Museum Directors and Curators
- Museum Technicians
- Music Teachers
- National Park Service Employees
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- Physical Education Teachers
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- School Administrators
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- Sociologists
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- Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists
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- Statisticians
- Taxidermists
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- Zoo and Aquarium Curators and Directors
- Zookeepers
- Zoologists