Art museum staff by gender in North America 2022

According to an April 2022 study, there were more female employees than male and non-binary staff in North American art museums. That said, the gender distribution of employees varied according to the staff ethnicity. While female employees accounted for roughly half of Hispanic and Black staff, they represented 62 percent of white and Asian employees.

Gender distribution of art museum staff in North America as of April 2022, by ethnicity

Characteristic	Male	Female	Non-binary
White	37%	62%	1%
Hispanic	47%	52%	1%
Black	49%	50%	1%
Asian	37%	62%	1%
Two or more races	33%	65%	1%
American Indian or Alaskan Native	41%	58%	1%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander	62%	38%	-
Middle Eastern	43%	57%	-

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Release date

November 2022

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Region

North America

Survey time period

February to April, 2022

Number of respondents

328 museums*

Method of interview

Email survey

Supplementary notes

*Data refer to 30,314 individuals employed by the 328 museums involved in the study. The number of respondents was as follows: White = 17,172; Hispanic = 3,357; Black = 3,110; Asian = 1,933; two or more races = 1,126; American Indian or Alaskan Native = 126; Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander = 68; Middle Eastern = 35; declined to state = 3,225. The source did not include "decline to state" responses in graphs that analyze the ethnicity.

Missing percentage points to 100 percent are probably due to rounding.

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