Librarians and Media Collections Specialists Salary in the US
A librarians and media collections specialists earns a national median of $68,270 a year (mean $72,840) — BLS OEWS May 2025, ranked #327 of 825.
How much does a librarians and media collections specialists earn in the US?
A librarians and media collections specialists in the United States earns a median of $68,270 a year (mean $72,840), per BLS OEWS May 2025. That is 34% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. About 133,790 people work in this occupation (SOC 25-4022), ranked #327 of 825 by national median pay. Updated annually from BLS OEWS.
Median
$68,270
per year
Mean
$72,840
per year
Employment
133,790
US workers
National rank
#327
of 825 by median
What a librarians and media collections specialists earns in the US
According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 national estimates, a librarians and media collections specialists (SOC 25-4022) earns a median annual wage of $68,270 and a mean (average) of $72,840. The median is the midpoint — half of librarians and media collections specialists earn more and half earn less — and is 34% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980. The mean is higher than the median when a minority of very high earners pull the average up.
Note: BLS top-codes any annual wage at or above $239,200/year, so occupations at that ceiling share the same figure.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the average salary for a librarians and media collections specialists in the US?
- The BLS OEWS May 2025 national annual median wage for librarians and media collections specialists is $68,270, and the mean (average) is $72,840. The median is the midpoint — half of librarians and media collections specialists earn more and half earn less.
- How does librarians and media collections specialists pay compare to the US average?
- At $68,270, a librarians and media collections specialists earns 34% above the US all-occupations median of $50,980 (BLS OEWS May 2025). The all-occupations US median is $50,980.
- How many librarians and media collections specialists are employed in the US?
- BLS OEWS May 2025 estimates about 133,790 librarians and media collections specialists employed nationally (SOC 25-4022), across all industries.
- Where does this librarians and media collections specialists salary data come from?
- From the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) May 2025 national release — cross-industry, all-ownership estimates, SOC code 25-4022. As US federal government work it is public domain. GeraJobs publishes the figures verbatim; suppressed cells are shown as "—", never estimated.
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Data source
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics — Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · May 2025 national estimates · SOC 25-4022 · Public domain (U.S. federal government work)
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