COVID-19 impact on income of museum staff US 2021

The coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic hit museums worldwide hard, with cultural institutions across the globe forced to close for long periods in 2020 and 2021. According to a March 2021 study in the United States, roughly 61 percent of surveyed museum employees working part-time reported having lost income due to cuts implemented during the pandemic. Reductions in salary, benefits, and/or hours caused part-time museum staff in the United States to lose a median of around eight thousand U.S. dollars since March 2020.

Impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic on the income of museum employees in the United States as of March 2021

Characteristic	Full-time	Part-time
Share of staff reported having lost income (in percent)	39	61
Median income lost due to reduced salary, benefits, or hours (in U.S. dollars)	10,000	8,000

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Release date

April 2021

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Region

United States

Survey time period

March 9 to 17, 2021

Number of respondents

approx. 2,319 *

Special properties

paid museum staff (76 percent = full-time; 11 percent = part-time)

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

*The survey count only refers to respondents indicated as paid museum staff. The figure was calculated by Statista based on the following information provided by the source: "The survey closed on March 17, having collected 2,666 usable responses, mostly from people whose primary employment status (pre-pandemic) was as paid museum staff (87 percent), and also representing people who self-identify as independent professionals/consultants (seven percent), volunteers (four percent), students (three percent), and retirees (two percent). A small number of respondents opted to select more than one option which is why these numbers add up to 103 percent".

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