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Museum Technicians and Conservators
Restore, maintain, or prepare objects in museum collections for storage, research, or exhibit. May work with specimens such as fossils, skeletal parts, or botanicals; or artifacts, textiles, or art. May identify and record objects or install and arrange them in exhibits. Includes book or document conservators.
What a museum technicians and conservator does
Become a museum technicians and conservator
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good museum technicians and conservator
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Reading work related information.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $31 per hour with an average salary of $62,400 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $21 and $32 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $6,900 and $56,000 per year.
- 47% of individuals in this occupation have been employed in every quarter of the past year.
Part-time
- The average hourly rate for part-time workers is $25 per hour with an average salary of $22,000 per year.
Museum Technicians And Conservator job outlook
- There are 174 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 51 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.
Multiple Jobs
- 1% of individuals in this occupation worked for more than one employer.
- 20% of individuals in this occupation held a position in another.