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Curators pay in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA and New Haven, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Curators is $48,600 per year in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA. It is $102,110 per year in New Haven, CT. Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA is 52.4% 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 40 wage and salary jobs in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 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