Museum Curator Archeology 2 pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 26400
- Class code
- 26400
- Pay scale group
- ST 07
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- C4
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Museum Curator Archeology 2 is $60,538 to $92,010 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 26400.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 06/01/1977.
What the state says the job is
This is professional archeological curatorial work at a museum or historic site. An employee in this class performs curatorial work at the full professional level in acquiring and caring for an archeological collection. Work involves collecting, accessioning, identifying, preserving, classifying, cataloging, storing, and utilizing objects of archeological and ethnological significance or interest. Work also involves coordinating and recording the activities of public, private, lay, amateur, and professional agencies and groups engaged in field or research archeological projects and providing professional advice on site maintenance and the preservation of discoveries.
Examples of the work
Performs tasks at the full professional level inmanaging an archeological collection such as collecting, accessioning, recording or cataloging, restoring, preserving, and utilizing archeological objects and specimens. Plans, and oversees the design of museum exhibits devoted to archeological subjects; provides professional advice and guidance to preparators and artists engaged in designing and installing the exhibits. Performs a variety of tasks to promote archeological programs and projects on a statewide basis or to protect archeological resources such as coordination of salvage and other archeological programs and projects with various governmental and private agencies and institutions.
Minimum qualifications
One year as a Museum Curator, Archeology 1; or One year of curatorial work in the field of archeology, and a master's degree in Archeology or Anthropology, including or supplemented by either a museum studies course at the graduate level recognized by the American Association of Museums or a museum internship; or Any equivalent combination of experience and training which would afford the applicant the required knowledges, skills and abilities.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.