Curators Salary in Birmingham, AL

Curators pay range in Birmingham

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $45,760 a year or less, while the top 10% make $123,410 or more. The middle half of curators in Birmingham earn between $60,010 and $106,430.

*Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year.

Curators salary after taxes in Birmingham

On the average salary of $77,880, a single filer in Birmingham takes home about $60,380 a year, or $5,032 a month and $2,322 every two weeks. Taxes take 22% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules). City occupational taxes (for example in Birmingham and Gadsden) are not included.

Is Birmingham a good place for curators? Pay vs. cost of living

Prices in the Birmingham area are 8% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 91.6), so the average $77,880 buys what about $84,981 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.5 times the median wage of all jobs in Birmingham ($47,770). A typical home costs $262,556, or 3.4 years of this average salary before tax.

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Curators salary in other Alabama cities

Birmingham ranks 1st of 2 Alabama metro areas for this job, the best-paid in the state.

All Curators salaries in Alabama

Highest-paying cities for curators

New York, NY pays this job the most of the metro areas we cover ($99,910).

Curators salary by city

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