Hello,
If someone already shared this apologies for duplication but there was a crowd-sourced Salary Transparency doc that circulated in 2019. It may be useful to check out.
Good luck with the pitch!
Michelle
Elkhart County Historical Museum
Original Message:
Sent: 6/26/2023 4:21:00 PM
From: Alison Clark
Subject: RE: Exhibitions & Collections Manager Salary Range
I will just say that I don't think the AAMD salary guide reflects the complexity and scope of collections work well at all and would encourage people not to use the AAMD guide, unless it's in the context of, "Look at how much this one sentence position description makes, and my person does so much more than that!"
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Alison Clark
Collections Manager
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 06-22-2023 11:00 AM
From: Matthew Isble
Subject: Exhibitions & Collections Manager Salary Range
Hi Kynde,
Have you seen AAMD's salary survey? It breaks down salaries by region, size, job function, etc. the only downside is that, for some job functions, the number of respondents can be low. But at least it's something to go on.
I compared AAM's 2017 salary survey (the last they produced) and AAMD's 2017 survey and found that my job was 2% lower in AAMD's survey. AAM's survey has a much higher number of respondents (10X in my case). So I tend to believe it's more accurate.
Now all that said, AAM's does not have as many breakdowns in terms of museum budget size, they just have $3M+, whereas AAMD's is more granular in that area. Sooooooo, hopefully all that helps?
Salary Survey 2022
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| | Salary Survey 2022 | | AAMD has completed its 2022 Salary Survey, which includes responses from 185 museums in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, and covers more than 50 different staff positions, from the director's office to leadership and support positions in curatorial, education, advancement, communications, and security departments. Responding institutions include both current and former AAMD members. | | View this on Association of Art Museum Directors > |
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Good Luck
Matt
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Matthew Isble
Exhibit Designer & Founder of MuseumTrade.org
misble@crockerartmuseum.org
Crocker Art Museum
Sacramento CA
misble@crockerartmuseum.org
Original Message:
Sent: 06-21-2023 12:31 AM
From: Kynde Kiefel
Subject: Exhibitions & Collections Manager Salary Range
Dear Community,
As of this year, I have an amazing Exhibitions & Collections Manager for our gallery whom I feel deserves a sizable raise. Would you be willing to share the salary ranges in the organizations you are aware of for an ECM, specifically comparable numbers from colleges and universities? I need to share data with our dean in order to truly advocate raising this person's salary.
Thanks So Much!
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Kynde Kiefel
Exhibitions & Collections Manager
Sheehan Gallery
Walla Walla WA
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