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Museum Technicians and Conservators

Occupation · SOC 2018 25-4013 · United States

SOC 2018 code
25-4013
Share of U.S. applications
0.01%
Applications on record
677
FY2025
47
Median offered wage
$70,620
Certified (last three years)
99.2%
Main route
H-1B
Median wage$70,620certified LCAs, FY2024–FY2026
Year by year
Data as at 30 Jun 2026
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Applications year by year

Labor condition, PERM and H-2 applications classified as Museum Technicians and Conservators (SOC 25-4013). Older SOC codes are mapped to SOC 2018.

Applications by fiscal year — Museum Technicians and Conservators

3264FY2008FY2010FY2012FY2014FY2016FY2018FY2020FY2022FY2024FY2026*
3264FY2008FY2012FY2016FY2020FY2024FY2026*
Data table
FY20083
FY200919
FY201044
FY201155
FY201237
FY201341
FY201445
FY201564
FY201629
FY201744
FY201851
FY201938
FY202020
FY202127
FY202226
FY202329
FY202442
FY202547
FY2026*16
Fiscal yearH-2BLCAPERM
FY2026*0133
FY20250434
FY20240402
FY20230281
FY20220260
FY20210234
FY20200182
FY20190362
FY20180438
FY20170404
FY20160245
FY20150604
FY20140441
FY20130410
FY20121342
FY20110523
FY20100404
FY20090154
FY2008003
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Largest sponsoring employers

Employers with the most applications in this occupation, all years.

Applications by employer
  1. The Metropolitan Museum of Art100
  2. The J. Paul Getty Trust58
  3. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston19
  4. The School of the Art Institute of Chicago18
  5. The Museum of Modern Art18
  6. Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory17
  7. Museum Associates16
  8. Suzanne Siano Paintings Conservation Inc.14
  9. Contemporary Conservation Ltd.12
  10. Yale University12
  11. The Cleveland Museum of Art11
  12. University of Michigan10
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Where the jobs are

Worksite state and metropolitan area (Census CBSA).

Museum Technicians and Conservators: applications by worksite state

1+2+3+7+16+
1+2+3+7+16+
Data table
StateApplications
NY261
CA106
IL42
MA38
PA26
TX22
DC17
MD17
OH16
CT16
MI12
PR10
FL10
SC9
AK7
VA7
AZ7
GA7
OK6
NJ4
SD4
CO3
KY3
ME3
IN3
GU3
KS3
UT2
RI2
NM2
WI2
DE1
HI1
LA1
MN1
ID1
TN1
OR1
Metropolitan areas
  1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ259
  2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA81
  3. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN42
  4. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH30
  5. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD25
  6. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV25
  7. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA22
  8. New Haven, CT13
  9. Cleveland, OH13
  10. Ann Arbor, MI11
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

Pay

Offered annual wages on certified labor condition applications, FY2024–FY2026.

Offered annual wage, 10th to 90th percentile (certified LCAs)

Median $70,620; middle half $55,287 to $86,499 · median prevailing wage $58,006 (marker) · 94 applications.

$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
$40k$55k$70k$85k$100k
Prevailing wage level
  1. Level I16
  2. Level II26
  3. Level III17
  4. Level IV31
Job titles on labor condition applications
  1. Conservator57
  2. Associate Conservator47
  3. Assistant Conservator43
  4. Research Associate14
  5. Museum Technician13
  6. Associate Project Specialist12
  7. Conservation Scientist12
  8. Art Conservator9
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC — Labor Condition Application disclosure dataData as at 30 Jun 2026

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
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — disclosure data FY2008–FY2026 Q3Data as at 30 Jun 2026

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