Librarians and Media Collections Specialists
Ithaca, NY metropolitan area. Estimated employment 110.
Where you sit in the distribution
That is the median — half of people in this occupation in Ithaca earn more.
$78,460 in Ithaca buys what $75,900 buys across the country as a whole.
Ithaca's regional price parity is 103.3 — above the national average, so the nominal figure overstates what it buys. Adjusted figures for other metros are in the nearby-metros table below.
The same job, elsewhere in New York
Adjusted figures apply each metro's regional price parity, so the columns are directly comparable.
| Metro area | Median | Adjusted | RPP | vs. Ithaca |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | $81,670 | $72,600 | 112.6 | −4.5% |
| Ithaca This page | $78,460 | $75,900 | 103.3 | — |
| Kiryas Joel | $76,680 | $70,100 | 109.4 | −7.7% |
| Kingston | $74,890 | $74,400 | 100.7 | −2.1% |
| Binghamton | $74,720 | $80,500 | 92.9 | +6.0% |
| Elmira | $73,850 | $78,200 | 94.4 | +3.0% |
| Syracuse | $71,850 | $75,000 | 95.7 | −1.2% |
| Albany | $69,870 | $70,200 | 99.6 | −7.6% |
Price parity and difference against Ithaca are in the full table on wider screens.
How this page was made
- Wage data
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
- Price parity
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024.
- Employment
- 110 employed in this occupation in the metro (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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