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How much do cultural preservation jobs pay per hour?

As of Sep 6, 2026, the average hourly pay for cultural preservation in the United States is $29.59, according to ZipRecruiter salary data. Most workers in this role earn between $20.43 and $35.58 per hour, depending on experience, location, and employer.

What is cultural preservation?

Cultural preservation refers to the efforts to protect, maintain, and promote the tangible and intangible heritage of a community or society. This includes safeguarding historic sites, artifacts, languages, traditions, rituals, and artistic expressions for present and future generations. Professionals in this field work to ensure that cultural identity and diversity are respected and maintained in the face of modernization, globalization, and other threats. Their work often involves documentation, education, advocacy, and sometimes restoration or conservation of cultural assets.

What are the key skills and qualifications needed to thrive in cultural preservation?

To thrive in Cultural Preservation, you need expertise in history, anthropology, or related fields, often supported by a relevant degree or specialized training. Familiarity with archival management systems, conservation tools, and digital documentation methods is typically required. Strong attention to detail, communication skills, and cultural sensitivity are essential soft skills for this role. These abilities ensure the accurate protection and respectful representation of cultural heritage, fostering its long-term preservation and public understanding.

What are some common challenges faced by professionals working in cultural preservation roles?

Professionals in cultural preservation often encounter challenges such as securing adequate funding for projects, navigating regulatory requirements, and balancing the interests of diverse stakeholders, including local communities and governmental bodies. Additionally, they must stay updated on best practices for conservation and adapt to new technologies for documentation and restoration. Collaboration with historians, architects, and community members is essential, as is the need to sensitively address cultural differences and ethical considerations when working with heritage materials.

What is the difference between Cultural Preservation vs Heritage Conservation?

AspectCultural PreservationHeritage Conservation
CredentialsOften requires degrees in anthropology, history, or cultural studiesRequires similar credentials, often with additional focus on architecture or archaeology
Work EnvironmentFieldwork, museums, cultural sites, community projectsMuseums, historic sites, restoration projects, government agencies
Industry UsageUsed broadly in cultural and community contextsMore specific to physical preservation of historic structures and sites

While both roles aim to protect and maintain cultural assets, Cultural Preservation focuses on safeguarding intangible and tangible cultural elements within communities. Heritage Conservation emphasizes the physical preservation and restoration of historic structures and sites. Understanding these distinctions helps professionals and employers align their efforts with specific preservation goals.

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Infographic showing various Cultural Preservation job openings in the United States as of August 2026, with employment types broken down into 2% Internship, 73% Full Time, 17% Part Time, 6% Temporary, and 2% Contract. Highlights an 89% In-person, 6% Hybrid, and 5% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $61,552 per year, or $29.6 per hour.

Historic Preservation Officer

City of Denton, TX

Denton, TX • On-site

$94K - $122K/yr

Full-time

Posted 19 days ago

City Of Denton rating

6.6

Company rating: 6.6 out of 10

Based on 14 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

737th of 856 rated public administrative organizations

Job description

Salary: $94,369.60 - $122,688.80 Annually
Location : Denton, TX
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: 26-00295
Department: Development Services
Division: Planning
Opening Date: 08/19/2026
Closing Date: 9/19/2026 11:59 PM Central
FLSA: Exempt
Summary
Responsible for developing and administering City policies and procedures for the protection of cultural and historical resources; ensuring that City activities comply with historic preservation regulations; and providing technical, architectural, design, historical, and policy guidance to City staff, City Council, governmental officials, boards and committees, and regional, state, and national preservation agencies. maintains the City in good standing as a Certified Local Government (CLG); and carries out the duties of Historic Preservation Officer as mandated by the State of Texas Historic Preservation Office. Works with state, regional and national historic preservation entities to further historic preservation in the City of Denton.
Essential Functions and Other Important Duties
Essential Functions:
  • Performs and manages technically complex, high-impact and politically sensitive professional planning projects, research, and analysis.
  • Performs professional planning work involving historic preservation such as developing and reviewing ordinances, design guidelines, tax incentive programs, grants, maintaining and updating historic surveys, and developing preservation plans.
  • Defines and reviews the issues of historic preservation as they relate to the City, develops alternative solutions to problems, evaluates special programs and City-sponsored projects.
  • Reviews site plans, rendered and non-rendered elevations, and historic profiles of structures for compliance with preservation ordinances and preservation guidelines. Prepares staff reports and makes recommendations for all historic preservation cases, and presents staff reports and recommendations to the Historic Landmark Commission (HLC).
  • Provides direct support to Historic Landmark Commission (HLC) and provides advisement related to pending cases as appropriate; may serve as liaison to various committees, when required.
  • Coordinates the Certificate of Occupancy (COA) process to develop or redevelop property located in the historic districts or designated for protection as required to develop or redevelop property.
  • Recommends buildings, structures, sites, districts, and areas in the city that should be preserved and designated as historic landmarks.
  • Develops marketing materials to promote historic preservation efforts, provides historic preservation information to the public, and coordinates historic preservation efforts among city departments/divisions.
  • Provides technical support associated with planning activities, which includes: coordinating public inquiry on development processes, codes, ordinances, submittal and permit requirements; processing utility releases; maintaining logs for plan review turnaround times; scheduling and entering activities; generating and processing a variety of daily, weekly, and monthly reports; preparing narrative staff reports and recommendations of great complexity; preparing public notices; performing other related activities.
  • Conducts review of various development applications including plats, permits, site plans, variance rezoning requests.
  • Presents reports and other findings to staff, Historic Landmarks Commission, Planning & Zoning Commission, and City Council regarding historic preservation overlay zoning districts including areas adjacent to those districts.
  • Interprets and applies applicable local, state, federal laws, and rules.
  • Initiates actions necessary to correct deficiencies or violations of development regulations.
  • Assists with updates and maintenance of Comprehensive Plan and land development regulations.
  • Writes and presents formal and technical reports, working papers, and correspondence.
  • Identifies community problems, issues, and opportunities in particular neighborhoods that could be mitigated through better community planning.
  • Adheres to established work product deadlines.
  • Maintains regular and punctual on-site attendance
Additional Duties:
  • Performs other duties as assigned

Job Requirements
Minimum Qualifications / Acceptable Equivalency:
  • Bachelors Degree in Historic Preservation and Planning and at least 5 years of experience in historic Preservation and Planning
  • Certification by American Institute of Certified Planners or ability to obtain within 12 months
OR
  • Any combination of related education, experience, certifications and licenses that will result in a candidate successfully performing the essential functions of the job

Core Competencies:
  • Ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing
  • Ability to form and maintain effective relationships with coworkers and customers
  • Knowledge of accounting principles for grants application and management
  • Knowledge of architecture and historic preservation
Preferences:
  • Bachelors Degree in Architecture or Planning
  • Masters Degree in Historic Preservation and Planning
  • Bilingual in Spanish and English
  • Meets the Professional Qualifications Standards of the Secretary of the Interior
  • Bilingual in Spanish and English
  • Meets the Professional Qualifications Standards of the Secretary of the Interior
Conditions of Employment:
  • Must have a valid Class "C" Driver's License and valid state required minimum automobile liability insurance prior to employment (must obtain Texas Class "C" driver's license and state required minimum automobile liability insurance within 90 days of hire per state law)
  • Must pass a drug test, driver's license check, criminal history background check, and social security number verification check
  • Must be able to work outside of regular business hours as required (exempt)

Environmental Factors and Conditions/Physical Requirements
Physical Requirements:Overall Strength Demands: The italicized word describes the overall strength demand of the functions performed by the incumbent during a typical workday.
  • Sedentary - lifting no more than 10 pounds
  • Light - lifting no more than 20 pounds; carry up to 10 pounds
  • Medium - lifting no more than 50 pounds, carry up to 25 pounds
  • Heavy - lifting no more than 100 pounds, carry up to 50 pounds
  • Very Heavy - lifting more than 100 pounds, carry more than 50 pounds
Physical Demand Codes: The following describes if the incumbent is expected to exert the following physical demands during a typical workday and the overall frequency.
Codes for "how often":Y = YesN = NoE = extensive (100-70%)M = moderate (60-30%)I = infrequent (20-10%)A = almost never (<10%) Task: Code:
  1. Standing: I
  2. Sitting: M
  3. Walking: M
  4. Lifting: I
  5. Carrying: A
  6. Pushing/Pulling: A
  7. Overhead Work: A
  8. Fine Dexterity: I
  9. Kneeling: M
  10. Crouching: M
  11. Crawling: M
  12. Bending: M
  13. Twisting:
  14. Climbing: I
  15. Balancing: Y
  16. Vision: E
  17. Hearing: E
  18. Talking: M
  19. Video Display: E
  20. Other:

Machines, Tools, Equipment and Work Aids:The essential functions of this position require the use of basic office equipment such as calculators, copy machines, fax machines, printers, operates computers both notebooks and desktop, operates mobile phones. Environmental Factors:The essential functions of this position are performed in an office environment.
EEO STATEMENT
The City of Denton is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of the City of Denton to prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to any protected class, status, characteristic, or activity. All employment decisions, including decisions regarding recruitment, selection, hiring, compensation, benefits, training, advancement, discipline, discharge, and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment are made without regard to any lawfully protected class, status, characteristic, or activity.
ADA/EOE/ADEA
This job description is not an employment agreement, contract agreement, or contract. Management has the exclusive right to alter this job description at any time without notice.
E-Verify:
The City of Denton participates in the federal E-Verify program in order to verify a new employee's authorization to work in the United States. Applicants must be lawfully authorized to work in the U.S.
The City of Denton maintains competitive benefit options. Details are available here.
01
Do you believe you meet the minimum qualifications as outlined in the job description?
  • Yes
  • No

02
Which best describes your highest completed level of education?
  • High School Diploma or GED
  • Associate Degree or Technical Certification
  • Bachelor's Degree
  • Master's Degree or higher
  • None of the above

03
This position requires working overtime outside of regular business hours as needed. Can you meet this requirement?
  • Yes
  • No

04
Do you have a degree in Historic Preservation or a related field?
  • Yes
  • No

05
Have you worked in a position directly related to municipal historic preservation in the past?
  • Yes
  • No

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