School Librarian & Library Media Specialist

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Average Wage

$68,343

growing 2.19%

People in Workforce

5.17M

growing 0.435%

Average Employee Age

46.3

declining 0.0276%

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Employment

Information on the businesses and industries that employ Education graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.

The average salary for Education majors is $68,343 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.

The industry that employs the most Education majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing.

Yearly Income for Common Jobs

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course School Librarian & Library Media Specialist is from the 2 Digit Course Education.

$68,343

Average Wage in Workforce

± $635

2.19%

1 Year Growth

± 1.29%

The average salary for Education majors is $68,343 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.

This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Education majors.

Most Common

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course School Librarian & Library Media Specialist is from the 2 Digit Course Education.

The most common occupations for Education majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & middle school teachers, Secondary school teachers, and Education administrators.

Most Specialized

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course School Librarian & Library Media Specialist is from the 2 Digit Course Education.

Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Education majors working as N/A.

Highest Paid

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The highest paid occupations by median income for Education majors are N/A.

Occupations by Share

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course School Librarian & Library Media Specialist is from the 2 Digit Course Education.

5.17M

2024 Workforce

± 54,888

0.435%

1 Year Growth

± 1.5%

The number of Education graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 0.435%, from 5.15M in 2023 to 5.17M in 2024.

The largest single share of Education graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (30.6%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Education by share of the total number of graduates.

Most Common

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course School Librarian & Library Media Specialist is from the 2 Digit Course Education.

The most common industries that employ Education majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges, and Child day care services.

Highest Paid

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course School Librarian & Library Media Specialist is from the 2 Digit Course Education.

The highest paying industries of Education majors, by average wage, are Computer & peripheral equipment manufacturing, Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals, and Miscellaneous petroleum & coal products.

Industries by Share

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course School Librarian & Library Media Specialist is from the 2 Digit Course Education.

5.17M

2024 Workforce

± 54,888

0.435%

1 Year Growth

± 1.5%

The number of Education graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 0.435%, from 5.15M in 2023 to 5.17M in 2024.

The industry which employs the most Education graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Education.

Specialty Locations

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course School Librarian & Library Media Specialist is from the 2 Digit Course Education.

This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Education majors.

Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Education majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.

Diversity

Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Education in the United States.

The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Education is 46.3.

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Workforce Age

The closest comparable data for the 6 Digit Course School Librarian & Library Media Specialist is from the 2 Digit Course Education.

46.3

Average Age in 2024

± 0.146 Years

0.0276%

1 Year Change

± 0.447%

This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Education. The most common ages of employees with this major are N/A and N/A years old, which represent N/A% and N/A% of the population, respectively.

Skills

Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the School Librarian & Library Media Specialist field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. School Librarian & Library Media Specialist majors need many skills, but most especially Reading Comprehension. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that School Librarian & Library Media Specialist majors need more than the average amount of N/A.

These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for School Librarian & Library Media Specialist majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of N/A is very distinctive for majors, but the Reading Comprehension, Active Listening, and Speaking are the three most important skills for people in the field.