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Museum Technicians and Conservators · SOC 25-4013

Museum Technicians and Conservators Salary in the San Jose Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Jose city limits.

Median annual wage$62,290
Median hourly wage$29.95

Museum Technicians and Conservators in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area earned a median of $62,290 per year ($29.95 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $43,220 at the 10th percentile to $82,100 at the 90th. BLS estimates 40 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Museum Technicians and Conservators in the San Jose metro area earn more than $62,290 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $48,180 and $73,200.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$43,220$48,180$62,290$73,200$82,100
Hourly$20.78$23.17$29.95$35.19$39.47

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

  • San Jose metro areathis metro area
    $62,290
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $61,550
  • United Statesnational
    $51,440

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

The median here is +1% vs California overall and +21% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$32,350$47,977$63,603$79,230Baton Rouge, LA — $32,350Madison, WI — $33,280Ann Arbor, MI — $33,780New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $34,020Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $36,040Colorado Springs, CO — $36,250San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $37,210Fresno, CA — $37,290Pittsburgh, PA — $37,520Urban Honolulu, HI — $39,880Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $41,560Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $41,860Bozeman, MT — $43,560Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $45,020Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $45,030Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $45,050Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $45,120Raleigh-Cary, NC — $45,820Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $45,870Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $46,380Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $47,150Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $47,410Worcester, MA — $47,510Columbus, OH — $47,570Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $47,580Cleveland, OH — $47,810Oklahoma City, OK — $48,050Kansas City, MO-KS — $48,410Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $48,610Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $48,830Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $50,340St. Louis, MO-IL — $50,690Tulsa, OK — $50,740Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $50,880Rochester, NY — $51,070Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $51,170Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $51,590Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $52,050Richmond, VA — $52,190Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $52,480Portland-South Portland, ME — $52,710Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $52,800Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $53,460Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $54,230Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $54,370Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $54,600Barnstable Town, MA — $55,490San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $56,590Santa Fe, NM — $56,670Pittsfield, MA — $57,460Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $58,530Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $58,840Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $59,820Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $60,110Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $60,510Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $60,540Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $61,040Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $61,370San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $62,290Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $65,310Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $66,620Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $68,960San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $75,020Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $75,100New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $77,030Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $79,230

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 San Jose metro area has the 8th-highest published median for this occupation among the 66 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 California

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

  • San Jose metro areathis page
    $62,290
  • Santa Cruz metro area
    $75,100
  • San Francisco metro area
    $75,020
  • Riverside metro area
    $61,040
  • Sacramento metro area
    $60,540
  • Los Angeles metro area
    $60,510
  • San Diego metro area
    $56,590

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:

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$102,860Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$49,010Self-Enrichment Teachers$58,330Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$108,230Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$72,330Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$51,190

Highest-paying metro areas for museum technicians and conservatorss · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose 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.