Curators
Occupation · SOC 2018 25-4012 · United States
- SOC 2018 code
- 25-4012
- Share of U.S. applications
- 0.02%
- Applications on record
- 2,096
- FY2025
- 103
- Median offered wage
- $80,000
- Certified (last three years)
- 98.4%
- Main route
- H-1B
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Applications year by year
Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Curators (SOC 25-4012). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.
Applications by fiscal year — Curators
Data table
| FY2008 | 19 |
| FY2009 | 37 |
| FY2010 | 143 |
| FY2011 | 160 |
| FY2012 | 146 |
| FY2013 | 135 |
| FY2014 | 173 |
| FY2015 | 160 |
| FY2016 | 176 |
| FY2017 | 118 |
| FY2018 | 129 |
| FY2019 | 124 |
| FY2020 | 78 |
| FY2021 | 93 |
| FY2022 | 90 |
| FY2023 | 73 |
| FY2024 | 93 |
| FY2025 | 103 |
| FY2026* | 46 |
| Fiscal year | LCA | PERM |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026* | 41 | 5 |
| FY2025 | 92 | 11 |
| FY2024 | 88 | 5 |
| FY2023 | 69 | 4 |
| FY2022 | 81 | 9 |
| FY2021 | 77 | 16 |
| FY2020 | 67 | 11 |
| FY2019 | 112 | 12 |
| FY2018 | 106 | 23 |
| FY2017 | 107 | 11 |
| FY2016 | 154 | 22 |
| FY2015 | 143 | 17 |
| FY2014 | 162 | 11 |
| FY2013 | 128 | 7 |
| FY2012 | 137 | 9 |
| FY2011 | 148 | 12 |
| FY2010 | 122 | 21 |
| FY2009 | 34 | 3 |
| FY2008 | 0 | 19 |
Largest sponsoring employers
Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.
- Sotheby's, Inc.99
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art93
- The Museum of Modern Art57
- Yale University37
- The J. Paul Getty Trust36
- The School of the Art Institute of Chicago34
- Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory24
- Walker Art Center18
- The Cleveland Museum of Art18
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston17
- Museum Associates17
- The University of Chicago16
Where the jobs are
Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).
Curators: applications by worksite state
Data table
| State | Applications |
|---|---|
| NY | 1,031 |
| CA | 238 |
| IL | 106 |
| FL | 96 |
| MA | 69 |
| TX | 58 |
| OH | 46 |
| CT | 42 |
| PA | 40 |
| DC | 37 |
| MI | 35 |
| MN | 29 |
| NJ | 26 |
| GA | 23 |
| CO | 20 |
| NC | 17 |
| VA | 13 |
| PR | 13 |
| AZ | 13 |
| SC | 12 |
| TN | 11 |
| LA | 11 |
| MO | 9 |
| WA | 9 |
| HI | 8 |
| ME | 7 |
| WI | 7 |
| MS | 7 |
| IN | 6 |
| NE | 5 |
| UT | 5 |
| OK | 5 |
| MD | 5 |
| NM | 5 |
| AK | 4 |
| NV | 4 |
| SD | 4 |
| NH | 4 |
| AR | 3 |
| VT | 3 |
| OR | 3 |
| KS | 3 |
| ND | 1 |
| KY | 1 |
| RI | 1 |
| DE | 1 |
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ1,010
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA145
- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN102
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA64
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL44
- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV40
- Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH38
- New Haven, CT37
- Cleveland, OH32
- Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI28
Pay
Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.
Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)
Median $80,000; middle half $65,000 to $95,000 · median prevailing wage $65,312 (marker) · 214 applications.
- Level I70
- Level II72
- Level III24
- Level IV43
- Curator254
- Assistant Curator116
- Associate Curator77
- Curatorial Assistant40
- Gallery Director38
- Art Curator25
- Gallery Manager24
- Curatorial Fellow21
Pages for this occupation by metropolitan area
Areas with at least 50 LCA and PERM applications since FY2020.
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
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