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Curators · SOC 25-4012

Curators Salary in the Buffalo Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area

Figures describe the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Buffalo city limits.

Median annual wage$55,290
Median hourly wage$26.58

Curators in the Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY metro area earned a median of $55,290 per year ($26.58 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $38,290 at the 10th percentile to $95,530 at the 90th. BLS estimates 60 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Curators in the Buffalo metro area earn more than $55,290 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $49,230 and $77,150.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$38,290$49,230$55,290$77,150$95,530
Hourly$18.41$23.67$26.58$37.09$45.93

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Buffalo metro areathis metro area
    $55,290
  • New Yorkstate (NY)
    $79,120
  • United Statesnational
    $63,420

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −30% vs New York overall and −13% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$47,200$65,503$83,807$102,110Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $47,200Wilmington, NC — $48,230Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $48,600Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $49,240Lancaster, PA — $49,740Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $53,100Greensboro-High Point, NC — $55,170Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $55,290Columbia, SC — $56,270Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $56,410Montgomery, AL — $56,720Lincoln, NE — $56,820Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $57,290Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $58,000Portland-South Portland, ME — $58,190Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $58,200Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $58,510Baton Rouge, LA — $58,520Rochester, NY — $59,120Tucson, AZ — $59,550Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $59,620New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $60,170Kansas City, MO-KS — $60,260Jacksonville, FL — $60,300San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $60,470Oklahoma City, OK — $60,560Urban Honolulu, HI — $60,610Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $60,950Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $61,060St. Louis, MO-IL — $61,500Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $62,890Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $63,060Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $63,080Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $63,150Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $63,190Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $63,470Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $63,570Tulsa, OK — $63,620Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $63,680Albuquerque, NM — $63,690Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $63,860Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $64,060Santa Fe, NM — $64,520Raleigh-Cary, NC — $65,670Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $66,300Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $66,310Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $66,400Richmond, VA — $66,650Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $67,300Madison, WI — $68,060Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $69,110Birmingham, AL — $69,990Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $70,740Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $71,380Cleveland, OH — $71,850Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $72,760Columbus, OH — $72,780Pittsburgh, PA — $73,330Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $73,680Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $74,950Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $75,260San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $75,800Pittsfield, MA — $76,850Toledo, OH — $76,910Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $77,160Omaha, NE-IA — $77,460Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $77,670Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $77,700Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $78,340Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $78,420Worcester, MA — $78,450Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $78,720Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $79,380Ann Arbor, MI — $82,150Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $82,640New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $83,110Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $84,150Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $87,400San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $90,800Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $94,740New Haven, CT — $102,110

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Buffalo metro area has the 74th-highest published median for this occupation among the 81 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in New York

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for curators, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Buffalo metro areathis page
    $55,290
  • New York metro area
    $83,110
  • Albany metro area
    $82,640
  • Kiryas Joel metro area
    $73,680
  • Rochester metro area
    $59,120

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$35,670Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$76,490Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$42,740Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$79,280Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$89,950Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$37,990

Highest-paying metro areas for curatorss · Highest-paying occupations in Buffalo Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.