Librarians and Media Collections Specialists
United States. Estimated employment 133,790, with pages for 7 metro areas below.
Data released May 2025
BLS OEWS · SOC 25-4022
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$68,270 · 50th
$43,66010th
$56,31025th
$68,27050th
$84,48075th
$103,99090th
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in the US earn more.
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Librarians and Media Collections Specialists page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
| Metro area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | $81,670 | 10,690 |
| Ithaca, NY | $78,460 | 110 |
| Kiryas Joel, NY | $76,680 | 370 |
| Kingston, NY | $74,890 | 100 |
| Binghamton, NY | $74,720 | 110 |
| Syracuse, NY | $71,850 | 470 |
| Albany, NY | $69,870 | 650 |
Sources
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Employment
- 133,790 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
- Occupation
- SOC 25-4022, Librarians and Media Collections Specialists. Mapped to our taxonomy as librarians-and-media-collections-specialists.
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