The Metropolitan Museum of Art — 109 certified H-1B filings (FY2016–FY2026)

16
Filings · FY2025
$87k
Median base · FY2025
Associate Conservator
Top role · 20 all-time
NY
Top state · 109 all-time
FY

The Metropolitan Museum of Art filed 16 certified H-1B LCAs in FY2025 (up 45% from the year before), with a median base salary of $87k and the middle 50% of offers between $73k and $101k. That is 4% above the market median for the same job titles. Across all years it has 109 certified filings since FY2016, most often for Associate Conservator in New York.

How much does The Metropolitan Museum of Art pay H-1B workers?

Certified base salary by fiscal year: each box is the p25–p75 range, the heavy line the median, the whiskers reach p10–p90. $87k median in FY2025. Base pay only — hover a year for its figures.

$25k$50k$75k$100k$125k$150k$175k’16’17’18’19’20’21’22’23’24’25’26

How has The Metropolitan Museum of Art's H-1B hiring changed by year?

7 certified filings in FY2016 → 3 in FY2026. The change column is each year against the one before.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art certified H-1B filings and base salary by fiscal year
Fiscal yearFilingsvs prior FYMedian base
FY20263−81%$88k
FY202516+45%$87k
FY202411+10%$95k
FY202310+43%$90k
FY20227−36%$100k
FY202111+175%$80k
FY20204−64%$59k
FY201911−27%$77k
FY201815+7%$77k
FY201714+100%$77k
FY20167—$61k

Which wage levels does The Metropolitan Museum of Art file?

DOL prevailing-wage levels I–IV approximate experience tiers (I = entry, IV = fully competent). 51% of The Metropolitan Museum of Art's filings sit at Level III–IV. A heavy I–II skew reads as entry-level or contractor-style hiring; a heavy IV skew as senior in-house roles — and higher levels earn more lottery entries.

Share of 80 filings with a wage level · all years

16%
33%
15%
36%
  • Level I16.3%13
  • Level II32.5%26
  • Level III15.0%12
  • Level IV36.3%29

What jobs does The Metropolitan Museum of Art sponsor for H-1B?

The most-filed job titles across all years (DOL titles, employer pay-grade codes stripped), with base-salary percentiles.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art most-sponsored H-1B job titles with base-salary percentiles
Job titleFilingsMedian base
Associate Conservator20$81k
Associate Curator11$87k
Assistant Curator9$72k
Assistant Conservator7$65k
Research Assistant7$44k
Research Associate5$70k
Senior Project Manager3$98k
Associate Research Scientist3$95k
Associate Project Manager, Galleries3$110k
Conservator3$124k

Where does The Metropolitan Museum of Art hire H-1B workers?

Worksite states on the certified filings, all years. Deeper pink = more filings; hover a state for its figures.

109109Certified filings (log scale)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art H-1B worksite states
StateFilingsMedian base
NY109$80k

What has The Metropolitan Museum of Art filed recently?

The 50 most recent of 109 certified LCAs: job title, worksite, prevailing-wage level and the offered base salary.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art recent certified H-1B LCA filings
FYJob titleBase salary
2026Collections Manager$88,000
2026Assistant Curator, South & Southeast Asian Art$85,000
2026Project Manager, Capital Projects$140,000
2025Research Associate$70,000
2025Associate Conservator$90,000
2025Assistant Conservator$73,000
2025Assistant Curator$87,126
2025Assistant Conservator$80,000
2025Associate Project Manager, Galleries$124,024
2025Research Associate$70,000
2025Associate Conservator$100,947
2025Exhibition Designer$82,000
2025Assistant Curator$88,000
2025Manager, Capital Projects Operations$130,000
2025Associate Research Scientist$105,000
2025Assistant/Associate Curator of Chinese Painting&calligraphy$90,000
2025Research Associate$70,000
2025Assistant Conservator, Textiles Conservation$80,000
2025Curator$130,000
2024Associate Conservator$89,149
2024Associate Conservator$96,600
2024Associate Conservator$90,000
2024Head of Leonard a. Lauder Research Center of Modern Art$248,230
2024Associate Curator$95,000
2024Social Media Producer$83,600
2024Curator in Charge$125,944
2024Associate Conservator$90,000
2024Senior Project Manager$145,000
2024Associate Conservator$89,000
2024Curator, European Sculpture & Decorative Arts$150,000
2023Associate Conservator$90,000
2023Collections Manager$80,000
2023Associate Conservator$96,600
2023Associate Conservator$96,600
2023Exhibition Designer$80,000
2023Dietrich Von Bothmer Research Scholar$130,000
2023Associate Project Manager, Galleries$110,000
2023Associate Project Manager, Galleries$110,000
2023Senior Research Associate$69,000
2023Assistant Curator$75,000
2022Senior Analyst, Data and Analytics$120,000
2022Conservator$110,000
2022Design Manager, Exhibition Graphic Design$105,000
2022Associate Curator$77,082
2022Historian & Documentation Imaging Spc. for Ancient Near East$75,000
2022Associate Conservation Preparator$72,000
2022Associate Curator$100,000
2021The Head of Leonard a. Lauder Research Center for Modern Art$200,000
2021Assistant Curator$65,000
2021Senior Project Manager$97,850

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Common questions about The Metropolitan Museum of Art's H-1B filings

How much does The Metropolitan Museum of Art pay H-1B workers?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's median certified H-1B base salary is $87k (FY2025), from 16 filings. See the full salary distribution and percentiles above.
How many H-1B workers does The Metropolitan Museum of Art sponsor?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has 109 certified H-1B Labor Condition Applications on record (FY2016–FY2026).
What jobs does The Metropolitan Museum of Art sponsor for H-1B?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's most-sponsored H-1B roles include Associate Conservator, Associate Curator, Assistant Curator, Assistant Conservator.
Where does The Metropolitan Museum of Art hire H-1B workers?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art's top H-1B worksite states are NY.
Does a certified LCA mean an H-1B visa was approved?
No. A Labor Condition Application (LCA) is the Department of Labor attestation an employer must have certified before filing an H-1B petition with USCIS. It records the job, worksite and offered wage, but not whether the petition was filed, selected in the lottery, or approved. Filing counts measure intent to sponsor, not headcount.
What salary do these figures show?
The base annual wage offered on the certified LCA, converted to a yearly amount. Bonus, equity, overtime and benefits are not included, so total compensation is typically higher. Figures are medians and percentiles over certified filings; wages above $5,000,000 a year are excluded as data-entry errors.
What do prevailing-wage levels I–IV mean?
The Department of Labor assigns each LCA an OES wage level from I (entry) to IV (fully competent) for the occupation and area. Under the FY2027 wage-weighted H-1B lottery rule, a higher level earns more selection entries, so an employer's level mix is a proxy for how senior its sponsored roles are.

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Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification — certified LCA disclosure data through June 2026 (FY2016–FY2026). An LCA is not an approved visa; pay figures are base salary and exclude bonus and equity. Methodology →