City and County of San Francisco / Asian Art Museum

Agency file

Asian Art Museum

Source file: City and County of San Francisco — Employee Compensation / ingested Jun 17, 2026

The Asian Art Museum supports cultural and educational resources such as libraries, museums, and the arts.

In 2025, this agency had 73 employees with median total compensation of $131,297; the highest distinct record was $299,307.

Year: 2025
Total payroll: $7.7M
Employees: 73
Median total: $131,297
Highest record: $299,307

What the records show

Compensation analytics

These summaries compare pay within the agency before listing individual records.

Salary distribution

$267$262,351+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How 2025 total compensation is spread across the 73 employees. Each bar is a pay range; taller bars mean more people earn in that range. The amber line marks the median ($131,297) — half earn less, half more. The far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Average pay composition

Base — $71,359 (67%)
Overtime — $3,032 (3%)
Other — $2,743 (3%)
Benefits — $28,844 (27%)

What an average paycheck here is made of — base salary versus overtime, other pay (bonuses, allowances), and benefits. A large overtime or other-pay share means take-home often exceeds base salary.

Pay percentiles

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$4,984

$24,048

$131,297

$151,464

$183,102

The pay ladder for this department. Someone at the 90th percentile earns $183,102 — more than 90% of the department; the 10th percentile earns $4,984. The shaded band is the middle half of employees (25th–75th percentile).

Largest job titles

24 · $20,655

19 · $135,010

8 · $21,262

6 · $177,451

Museum Secretary Supervisor

3 · $144,562

The most common job titles in this department by headcount, with the median total compensation for each. Click a title to see everyone who holds it.

Trend

Year over year

How this department's total payroll, headcount, and median pay changed across the 2 published years.

Year	Total payroll	Employees	Median pay
2024	$7.6M —	76 —	$111,633 —
2025	$7.7M ▲ 2.1%	73 ▼ 3.9%	$131,297 ▲ 17.6%

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Similar departments

Departments elsewhere with the most similar mix of roles — a proxy for the same kind of agency, matched by workforce composition rather than name. Pay is not cost-of-living adjusted.

Fine Arts Museum City and County of San Francisco99% match
Smithsonian Institution U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)35% match

Record list

Employees

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Abby Chen

Curator 4/Asian Art Museum

2025 total comp

$193,742

Sub-department: Museum & Cultural Affairs
Organization group: Culture & Recreation
Base pay: $144,076
Overtime: $0
Other pay: $0
Benefits: $49,666
Total compensation: $193,742
Employment type: Permanent Exempt
Union / bargaining unit: SEIU, Local 1021, Misc
Full-time equivalent (FTE): 0.96

Source-specific fields

Data As Of: Jun 14, 2026
Data Loaded At: Jun 15, 2026
Department Code: AAM
Health and Dental Benefits: $19,185
Job Code: 3546
Job Family Code: 3500
Organization Group Code: Culture & Recreation
Other Benefits: $10,001

At Asian Art Museum, Abby Chen serves as a Curator 4 within Museum & Cultural Affairs. They work permanent exempt, 0.96 FTE. Their 2025 pay totaled $193,742. Union affiliation: SEIU, Local 1021, Misc.