Museums Association-Pay in museums

This article was first published by the Museums Association.

Museums Association has updated its salary guidelines for 2024 including recommendations on how to address low sector pay.

In November 2022 they published their Salary Research and Recommendations and have encouraged employers, staff and funders to use the findings in this report as an advocacy tool to highlight the serious issues around low pay in the museum sector, negotiate better salaries and demonstrate the urgent case for reform.

MA’s commitment to fair pay continues and they are delighted to now share a refreshed report with greater clarity on our expectations of the sector and how they can support everyone to address the realities of low pay and its implications on attracting and retaining talent, as well as the impact on the wellbeing of the workforce.