Curators Salary in Austin, TX

Curators pay range in Austin

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $49,360 a year or less, while the top 10% make $101,420 or more. The middle half of curators in Austin earn between $52,950 and $78,120.

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

Curators salary after taxes in Austin

On the average salary of $69,380, a single filer in Austin takes home about $57,639 a year, or $4,803 a month and $2,217 every two weeks. Taxes take 17% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and no state income tax.

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

Prices in the Austin area are 2% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 98.1), so the average $69,380 buys what about $70,748 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.1 times the median wage of all jobs in Austin ($56,950). A typical home costs $428,524, or 6.2 years of this average salary before tax.

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Curators salary in other Texas cities

Austin ranks 2nd of 4 Texas metro areas for this job; Dallas pays the most ($72,610).

All Curators salaries in Texas

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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