California · 2025 pay · 51 people
How much does a museum sci assistant make in California?
$23,406typical pay for a museum sci assistant in 2025
$11,973 – $61,915what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year workers. Typical pay fell 50.4% from 2024.
✓ Official data from California State Controller's Office · Matches the agency's latest release · sco.ca.gov ↗
Where museum sci assistants work
Typical pay at each employer, 2025 (everyone paid).
- University of California, Los Angeles23 people$28,826
- University of California, Berkeley13 people$11,990
- University of California, Riverside5 people$13,369
- University of California, San Diego3 people$66,764
- University of California, Davis3 people$64,403
- University of California, Santa Barbara2 people$36,439
- University of California, Santa Cruz2 people$26,656
Related jobs and the next step up
Same line of work at a different rank, by typical pay (full-year employees where we can tell).
- Museum Sci Assistant (this page)$23,406 (everyone)
- Museum Sci$68,978 (everyone)
- Museum Sci Senior$86,425 (everyone)
Highest-paid museum sci assistants, 2025
Common questions
How much does a museum sci assistant make in California?
The typical museum sci assistant was paid $23,406 in 2025; most earned between $11,973 and $61,915. This counts all 51 people paid, including part-year workers.
How much of the pay is overtime?
Overtime made up 1.4% of all pay for museum sci assistants in 2025.
Which job titles are included?
Everyone whose payroll title is Museum Sci Assistant, at any level (for example "Museum Sci Assistant"). Part-time-schedule titles (such as "20 hours") are left out. Senior, supervising and trainee titles have their own pages.
Job titles are written out in full from the payroll's abbreviations (for example "SR CRRECTNL POLC OFCR" → "Senior Correctional Police Officer"). "Typical pay" is the median; "most earned" is the middle half. How we calculate this