Librarians
Detailed Occupation
Add ComparisonLibrarians are most often employed by the Libraries & archives industry. The average yearly wage for Librarians was $43,956 in 2017.
The locations that employ the most Librarians are Champaign & Urbana Cities PUMA, IL, Takoma Park City & Silver Spring PUMA, MD, and Salt Lake City (East) PUMA, UT. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Librarians are Takoma Park City & Silver Spring PUMA, MD, Salt Lake City (East) PUMA, UT, and Champaign & Urbana Cities PUMA, IL.
Employment and salary information for the Librarians workforce. Librarians workforce in 2017 was 175,435 people, of which 82.5% were women and 17.5% were men. Librarians are paid most in Johnson, Lafayette, Ray, Clinton & Caldwell Counties PUMA, MO but are relatively concentrated in Takoma Park City & Silver Spring PUMA, MD.
The Librarians workforce in 2017 was 175,435 people (82.5% women and 17.5% men). This implies an average annual growth of 1.57% between 2014 (172,721) and 2017 (175,435).
This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Librarians.
During 2017, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($67,644), District of Columbia ($64,643), and Maryland ($61,161).
In 2017, Librarians earned an average of $43,956, $15,639 less than the average national salary of $59,596
The graph shows the ranking of Librarians in relation to all Detailed Occupation in 2017.
In 2017, Librarians had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.35, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Librarians (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).
The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Librarians compared to the entire workforce in the country.
Information on the industries that employ Librarians and on wages for those in the field. Libraries & archives is the industry that employs the most Librarians, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Librarians, by average wage, is Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing ($88,129).
This graphic shows the share of Librarians employed by various industries. Libraries & archives employs the largest share of Librarians at 44.8%, followed by Elementary & secondary schools with 30.3% and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges with 24.9%.
Demographic information on Librarians in the US. The workforce of Librarians in 2017 was 175,435 people, with 82.5% woman, and 17.5% men. The average age of male Librarians in the workforce is 44.8 and of female Librarians is 48.1, and the most common race/ethnicity for Librarians is White.
The workforce of Librarians in 2017 was 175,435 people, with 82.5% woman, and 17.5% men.
The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 55 to 59 years (23,308 people), 60 to 64 years (22,342 people), and 50 to 54 years (19,523 people). Among them they concentrated 37.2% of the total workforce.
In 2017, 5.86% of Librarians workers were Hispanic and 94.1% non-Hispanic.
The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (80.7%), Puerto Rican (11.8)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (7.51)%
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In 2017, 85.9% of the Librarians workforce were White, of which 83% were women and 17% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (6.5%) and Asian (4.28%).
Data on higher education choices for Librarians from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Librarians is Education but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2017 were Library Science.
The main educational levels achieved by the Librarians workers were Graduate Degree (102,057 people), Bachelors Degree (42,151 people), and Some college (20,104 people).
The graphic shows the Librarians workforce by gender and educational level.
