Occupational Employment Statistics

Occupational Employment and Wages, November 2003

25-4021 Librarians

Administer libraries and perform related library services. Work in a variety of settings, including public libraries, schools, colleges and universities, museums, corporations, government agencies, law firms, non-profit organizations, and healthcare providers. Tasks may include selecting, acquiring, cataloguing, classifying, circulating, and maintaining library materials; and furnishing reference, bibliographical, and readers' advisory services. May perform in-depth, strategic research, and synthesize, analyze, edit, and filter information. May set up or work with databases and information systems to catalogue and access information.

National estimates for this occupation
Industry profile for this occupation
State profile for this occupation
Metropolitan area profile for this occupation

National estimates for this occupation: Top

Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for this occupation:

Employment (1) Employment
RSE (3)
Mean hourly
wage
Mean annual
wage (2)
Wage RSE (3)
151,650 2.4 % $22.18 $46,140 0.7 %

Percentile wage estimates for this occupation:

Percentile 10% 25% 50%
(Median)
75% 90%
Hourly Wage $12.78 $17.07 $21.50 $26.87 $33.12
Annual Wage (2) $26,590 $35,500 $44,730 $55,880 $68,880

Industry profile for this occupation: Top

Industries with the highest levels of employment in this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Elementary and secondary schools 62,950 $23.11 $48,060
Local government (OES designation) 42,390 $19.91 $41,420
Colleges and universities 20,850 $23.82 $49,540
Other information services 5,660 $19.12 $39,770
Junior colleges 3,960 $23.91 $49,740

Top paying industries for this occupation:

Industry Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage
Federal government (OES designation) 1,940 $30.71 $63,880
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing 170 $27.13 $56,430
Other hospitals 70 $26.92 $56,000
Software publishers 70 $26.61 $55,360
Electronic instrument manufacturing 60 $26.53 $55,180

State profile for this occupation: Top

States with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
District of Columbia 1,590 $27.02 $56,200 0.267%
Montana 800 $17.07 $35,510 0.203%
Mississippi 2,140 $16.14 $33,580 0.196%
Rhode Island 900 $24.13 $50,190 0.189%
North Dakota 560 $15.75 $32,770 0.178%

Top paying States for this occupation:

State Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of State employment
District of Columbia 1,590 $27.02 $56,200 0.267%
New Jersey 5,490 $26.42 $54,950 0.142%
Nevada 620 $26.36 $54,830 0.057%
California 11,210 $25.95 $53,970 0.078%
Connecticut 2,530 $25.86 $53,800 0.155%

Metropolitan area profile for this occupation: Top

Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of workers in this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
Lafayette, IN MSA 260 $19.22 $39,970 0.303%
Santa Fe, NM MSA 210 $14.05 $29,230 0.275%
Nassau-Suffolk, NY PMSA 3,150 $24.62 $51,220 0.265%
Grand Forks, ND-MN MSA 120 $18.16 $37,760 0.260%
Champaign-Urbana, IL MSA 230 $20.16 $41,930 0.250%

Top paying Metropolitan areas for this occupation:

MSA Employment Hourly mean wage Annual mean wage Percent of MSA employment
Jersey City, NJ PMSA 190 $30.79 $64,050 0.080%
San Francisco, CA PMSA 1,220 $30.25 $62,920 0.127%
San Jose, CA PMSA 730 $29.83 $62,040 0.085%
Stamford-Norwalk, CT PMSA 260 $28.45 $59,180 0.131%
Glens Falls, NY MSA 90 $28.14 $58,540 0.172%

About November 2003 National, State, and Metropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates

These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors in metropolitan and non-metropolitan areas in every State and the District of Columbia. The top five employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable Excel files(XLS).

Percentile wage estimates show the percentage of workers in an occupation that earn less than a given wage and the percentage that earn more. The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median. More about percentile wages.


(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.

(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours; for those occupations where there is not an hourly mean wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.

(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.

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