Curators Salary in Milwaukee, WI

Curators pay range in Milwaukee

New workers and the lowest-paid 10% earn about $43,210 a year or less, while the top 10% make $91,220 or more. The middle half of curators in Milwaukee earn between $59,050 and $76,400.

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

Curators salary after taxes in Milwaukee

On the average salary of $70,890, a single filer in Milwaukee takes home about $56,002 a year, or $4,667 a month and $2,154 every two weeks. Taxes take 21% of gross pay.

Single filer, standard deduction: federal income tax (2026 brackets), Social Security, Medicare and state income tax (2026 rules).

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

Prices in the Milwaukee area are 3% below the U.S. average (BEA price parity 96.9), so the average $70,890 buys what about $73,130 would buy in a typical U.S. metro. This job pays 1.3 times the median wage of all jobs in Milwaukee ($51,160). A typical home costs $390,238, or 5.5 years of this average salary before tax.

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Curators salary in other Wisconsin cities

Milwaukee ranks 2nd of 2 Wisconsin metro areas for this job; Madison pays the most ($76,060).

All Curators salaries in Wisconsin

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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