Well I Guess There is a Silver Lining After All.

http://www.usnews.com/money/careers/articles/2009/12/28/curator.html

US News & World Report recently ranked the top 50 best careers of 2010. One of them was (drum roll please) Curator. Yay! Too bad the demand for curators doesn't meet the number of people thinking they are curators.

Every year, universities and art schools are pumping out more and more graduates who are expecting to find a career in the arts. What they generally never tell you is that you're university will not help you try and find a job. I have been laughed at by so many career counselors, it's actually kind of sad. I once asked about job postings in the arts. My undergrad career counselor literally said: "Don't waste you're time looking for a job in the arts. Now, I have an opening at a car dealership. Why don't you apply to this?"

Yeah. Really helpful. It has taken the past four years to accumulate the information I have on art jobs.
There is no easy answer like there are for secretaries, sales, business, etc. Lawyers, doctors, my 90 year old neighbor who was a housewife her entire life.... they all have better odds at finding a job than someone who wants to into the arts (this is purely based on observation). It takes years to earn a decent living in the arts. I blame this on the fact that most galleries, museums, art centers, etc. do not receive the funding that they need. Since the mid-1980's the government has serious slashed the funding to the arts. (When PBS says that Big Bird could literally be living on the streets, they really do mean it!)

If you want to work as a gallery attendant/curatorial assistant/etc., you either need:
1. no to low student debt.  2. a trust fund. 3. about four other jobs 4. or a combination of all.

This doesn't make the field impossible. If you have a graduate degree the field is a little better. You could theoretically find jobs that pay $35,000-$40,000. (Please note that an MBA would get you $120,000 in your first year.)   So I guess I should be happy that my field is going to be hiring an additional 2,700 people this year. Now, to beat out the other 50,000 job applicants!