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Museum Technicians and Conservators pay in Maryland and New York
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Museum Technicians and Conservators is $76,900 per year in Maryland. It is $74,550 per year in New York. Maryland is 3.2% above New York on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-4013 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 450 wage and salary jobs in Maryland and 1,050 in New York. 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