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Curators pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN and New Haven, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Curators is $63,060 per year in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. It is $102,110 per year in New Haven, CT. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 38.2% below New Haven, CT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-4012 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 290 wage and salary jobs in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN and 70 in New Haven, CT. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings