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How much does a museum curator earn in Sweden?

Museum curators and related professionals. 2,700 people employed in Sweden.

41,200SEK

per month is the median salary for a museum curator in Sweden in 2025. That is 8% higher than the median across all jobs in the country, 38,300 SEK.

+8.1% since 2024

≈ €3,650 / $4,250 at September 2026 exchange rates, before tax.

That is roughly 32,606 SEK after tax in an average municipality, without the church fee.

≈ 238 SEK an hour · 494,400 SEK a year

The hourly figure is the monthly salary divided by 173.3 hours (40 hours a week × 52 weeks / 12 months); the yearly figure is twelve times the monthly salary.

The mean monthly salary for a museum curator in Sweden is 41,400 SEK (2025). The median salary is 41,200 SEK. The lowest-paid 10% earn under 31,600 SEK and the highest-paid 10% over 49,000 SEK.

Figures are gross monthly salary before tax, converted to full time. Income tax in Sweden is roughly 30–34% for most earners, plus a national surtax on income above about 51,000 SEK a month.

Average pay
41,400 SEK
Mean gross monthly salary
Lowest 10%
31,600 SEK
Earn less than this
Highest 10%
49,000 SEK
Earn more than this
People employed
2,700
In this job in Sweden

The pay range

How monthly salaries are distributed among museum curators and related professionals in Sweden. The same scale is used in the tables further down.

31,600 SEKLowest 10%41,200 SEKMedian49,000 SEKHighest 10%
Light band: the middle 80 per cent. Dark band: the middle half, earning 36,100–46,600 SEK. The red line is the median salary across all jobs in Sweden.

Museum curator starting salary

Statistics Sweden publishes no starting-salary figures. The closest proxies are what the youngest people in the job earn and where the lower end of the pay distribution sits.

The youngest in the job, aged 25–34, earn 36,200 SEK a month on average — roughly 28,900 SEK after tax in an average municipality.

Starting-salary proxies, before and after tax
Before tax After tax
Average, aged 25–34 36,200 SEK 28,944 SEK
Lowest 10% earn less than 31,600 SEK 25,474 SEK
Lowest 25% earn less than 36,100 SEK 28,868 SEK

These are proxies, not starting salaries. An age band holds both people who have just started and people ten years into the job, and the lowest paid are not always newcomers. The collective-agreement minimum and an individual offer can sit above or below.

Museum curator pay in the private and public sector

What museum curators and related professionals earn depends a great deal on who the employer is.

Monthly salary by sector and gender
Sector Average pay Median pay Men Women
All sectors 41,400 SEK 41,200 SEK 40,800 SEK 41,400 SEK
Private sector 44,700 SEK 46,600 SEK 46,000 SEK 46,600 SEK
Public sector 38,800 SEK 38,700 SEK 38,700 SEK 38,700 SEK
Central government 42,700 SEK 42,200 SEK 42,700 SEK 42,000 SEK
Municipalities 36,000 SEK 36,200 SEK 35,300 SEK 36,400 SEK
Regions (health care) 38,500 SEK 38,200 SEK 38,000 SEK 38,300 SEK

Museum curator salary after tax in Sweden

What museum curators and related professionals actually take home depends on which municipality they live in. The table shows what 41,200 SEK a month comes to after tax in a few of them.

That is roughly 32,606 SEK after tax in an average municipality, without the church fee.

41,200 SEK a month after tax, by municipality
Municipality Municipal and regional tax After tax
Average municipality 32.38% 32,606 SEK
Stockholm 30.55% 33,174 SEK
Göteborg 32.60% 32,547 SEK
Malmö 32.42% 32,595 SEK
Österåker (lowest tax) 28.93% 33,511 SEK
Dorotea (highest tax) 35.65% 31,746 SEK
  • The youngest in the job, aged 25–34 years, earn 36,200 SEK before tax — roughly 28,944 SEK after.
  • The best paid 10% earn more than 49,000 SEK, which is roughly 37,857 SEK after tax.

Calculate the salary after tax for a museum curator

The figures assume an average municipality, no church fee and an age under 66. The calculator takes your own municipality into account.

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Pay for men and women

Median salary for men and women
Gender 30,000 50,000 Median pay Number
Men 40,800 SEK 760
Women 41,400 SEK –

Women's average salary is 98% of men's average salary in this job.

Statistics Sweden calculates the ratio on average monthly salary, while the table above shows median salaries, so the two do not line up exactly. The figure is also unadjusted: it does not account for differences in age, sector or position.

Museum curator salary by age

Pay for museum curators and related professionals normally rises with years in the job.

Monthly salary by age
Age 30,000 50,000 Average pay Men Women Number
25–34 years 36,200 SEK 37,600 SEK 35,500 SEK 440
35–44 years 43,600 SEK 41,700 SEK 44,000 SEK –
45–54 years 42,000 SEK 43,000 SEK 41,400 SEK 600
55–64 years 42,900 SEK 44,800 SEK 41,800 SEK 550

Pay by level of education

Monthly salary by level of education
Level of education 30,000 50,000 Average pay Men Women Number
Upper secondary education 3 years (ISCED97 3A) 37,000 SEK – – 140
Post-secondary education, less than 3 years (ISCED97 4+5B) 38,600 SEK 39,300 SEK 38,000 SEK 290
Post-secondary education 3 years or more (ISCED97 5A) 42,100 SEK 42,500 SEK 42,000 SEK –
Post-graduate education (ISCED97 6) 45,600 SEK – – 140

Museum curator salary by region

Statistics Sweden reports pay by job at the level of national areas (NUTS 2), not by county.

Monthly salary by region
Region 30,000 50,000 Average pay Men Women Number
Stockholm 43,700 SEK 46,000 SEK 42,400 SEK 880
East-Central Sweden 37,800 SEK – 37,800 SEK –
South Sweden 37,200 SEK – 36,900 SEK 300
West Sweden 38,300 SEK 39,300 SEK 37,800 SEK 420

Museum curator pay growth 2014–2025

Median salary per year. Years with no reported median are skipped. The dashed line marks the break between the older and the newer series at Statistics Sweden; comparisons across it should be made with care.

From 29,300 SEK in 2014 to 41,200 SEK in 2025, +41% in total. Nominal figures, not adjusted for inflation. The lighter part of the line, the years before 2023, comes from an older set of statistics at Statistics Sweden and is not fully comparable with the later years.

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Swedish job titles in this occupation

Statistics Sweden files the following Swedish job titles under SSYK 2621, “museiintendenter m.fl.”. These are the titles you will actually meet in Swedish job ads.

  • Amanuens, museum
  • Antikvarie
  • Bebyggelseantikvarie
  • Byggnadsantikvarie
  • Chefsintendent, auktionsverk
  • Chefsintendent, galleri
  • Chefsintendent, museum
  • Curator
  • Föreståndare, galleri
  • Galleriföreståndare
  • Gallerist
  • Intendent, konst-
  • Intendent, museum
  • Intendent, utställningar
  • Konstintendent
  • Konstkonsult
  • Konstkurator
  • Länsantikvarie
  • Museiamanuens
  • Museichef, utan chefshierarki
  • Museiintendent
  • Museiman
  • Stadsantikvarie
  • Utställningsproducent, museum

Frequently asked questions

How much does a museum curator earn in 2026?

The latest figures are Statistics Sweden's salary structure statistics for 2025, published on 16 June 2026. The median salary was then 41,200 SEK a month before tax, against 38,100 SEK the year before (2024) — +8.1%. Figures for 2026 are normally published in June 2027; until then the 2025 figures are the latest there are, and we do not project our own.

What is the median salary for a museum curator in Sweden?

The median salary for a museum curator in Sweden is 41,200 SEK per month before tax (2025). That means half earn less and half earn more. The median across all jobs in Sweden is 38,300 SEK, so museum curators and related professionals sit 8% higher than the typical job.

How much does a museum curator earn after tax?

The median salary for a museum curator is 41,200 SEK a month before tax. In an average Swedish municipality, without the church fee and for someone under 66, that works out at roughly 32,600 SEK after tax. The exact figure depends on which municipality you live in — our salary-after-tax calculator works it out.

What is the difference between average and median pay for museum curators and related professionals?

The average (41,400 SEK) is the mean of every salary and is pulled upwards by the highest earners. The median (41,200 SEK) is the salary in the middle of the scale and usually gives a better picture of what museum curators and related professionals typically earn.

What is the starting salary for a museum curator in Sweden?

Statistics Sweden does not publish starting salaries as such. The closest figure is the youngest people in the job: museum curators and related professionals aged 25–34 years earn 36,200 SEK per month on average. The lowest-paid 10% in the job earn less than 31,600 SEK. More in the section “Museum curator starting salary” above.

How high can the salary go for museum curators and related professionals?

The highest-paid 10% in the job earn more than 49,000 SEK per month. Pay is shaped by sector, experience, level of education and where in the country you work.

Is there a gender pay gap among museum curators and related professionals in Sweden?

Women's average salary is 98% of men's in this job. The median salary is 40,800 SEK for men and 41,400 SEK for women. The figure is not adjusted for differences in age, sector or working hours.

Where in Sweden does a museum curator earn the most?

Pay is highest in Stockholm, where museum curators and related professionals earn 43,700 SEK per month on average.

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