Museum jobs: who is hiring and what it pays
Museums, zoos, aquariums, science centers and botanical gardens: curatorial, education, fundraising, visitor and operations roles. 242 open jobs at 63 employers. Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
242
open museum jobs
63
employers hiring
Not enough pay data
median stated pay
November 2026
first month tracked
All museum lists
Employers with the most open museum jobs
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio and Armand Hammer Museum Of ART And Cultural Center lead the museum employers on our board. The ten with the most openings post 74% of the 242 open museum jobs.
| # | Employer | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at HoustonTX | 97 open |
| 2 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at San AntonioTX | 40 open |
| 3 | Armand Hammer Museum Of ART And Cultural CenterCA | 9 open |
| 4 | Seattle Aquarium Society-seasKY | 8 open |
| 5 | The University of Tennessee Health Science CenterTN | 6 open |
| 6 | Museum of Science and Industry ChicagoIL | 5 open |
| 7 | Los Angeles County Museum of ArtCA | 4 open |
| 8 | North Carolina Museum Of ART FoundationNC | 4 open |
| 9 | San Francisco Museum of Modern ArtCA | 4 open |
| 10 | Liberty Science CenterNJ | 3 open |
Skills employers ask for
project management, excel and budgeting are the skills most often named in museum job postings, read from each posting's own text.
Where the museum jobs are
TX, CA and IL have the most open museum jobs.
| # | State | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Texas | 144 open |
| 2 | California | 24 open |
| 3 | Illinois | 11 open |
| 4 | Ohio | 8 open |
| 5 | New York | 7 open |
| 6 | Tennessee | 6 open |
| 7 | Washington | 5 open |
New museum jobs this week
25 museum jobs were posted in the last seven days.
- Communications Coordinator
Museum of Western Colorado · Grand Junction, CO
Nov 7
- Executive Director, Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture
Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture · Seattle, WA
Nov 6
- Grants Manager for Arts & Museums
Museum of Pop Culture · Seattle, WA
Nov 6
- Biostatistician-Intermediate
The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · San Antonio, TX
Nov 6
- Facilities Manager
USS Midway Museum · San Diego, CA
$95k–$115k · Nov 6
- Dean of the Marlan and Rosemary Bourns College of Engineering
California Museum-Photography · Riverside, CA
Nov 6
- Vice President, Marketing and Insights
Houston Zoo · Houston, TX
Nov 6
- Chief Exhibitions and Collections Officer
National Museum of Wildlife Art · Saint Louis, MO
$210k–$240k · Nov 6
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Then look at the employers above that are hiring now.
More industries
- US manufacturing30,611
- Defense and aerospace28,895
- Healthcare26,211
- Financial services26,106
- Education13,810
- Non-profits12,670
- Biotech and pharma11,001
- AI8,080
- Construction7,228
- Space4,946
- Transportation and logistics4,911
- Semiconductors3,730
- Automotive and EV3,565
- Retail3,004
- Robotics and automation2,810
- Consumer packaged goods2,492
- Data centers2,443
- Utilities and power2,287
- Clean energy and nuclear2,163
- Real estate1,592
- Telecom1,388
- Tourism and hospitality1,274
- Steel, aluminum and metals967
- Oil and gas950
- Restaurants931
- Mining and natural resources874
- Airlines and aviation796
- TV and streaming777
- Shipbuilding and maritime549
- Casino and gaming458
- Music435
- Foundation323
- Sports223
- Movies and film48
How these lists are made
- Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
- A job is counted in museum when its employer is on our list of museum employers, or its title names museum work. A job can sit in more than one segment.
- Pay figures use only jobs that state a yearly salary range in dollars; the figure is the middle of the range, and the median is across jobs. A pay list is shown only when enough jobs state pay.
- The same employer under different spellings is counted once. A city where one employer posts half the openings is not ranked.
- Lists are rebuilt weekly from our job board and kept by month. Professional and management roles; hourly roles are not on our board.
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