Libraries & archives

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Workforce

238k

2018 ACS Estimate

Average Employee Age

45.6

Average Salary

$31,536

Average Male Salary

$38,466

Average Female Salary

$29,551

About

The top three occupations in the Libraries & archives Industry Group are Librarians and media collections specialists, Library assistants, clerical, Library technicians, Customer service representatives, and Education administrators. On average, full-time employees in the Libraries & archives Industry Group work 40.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $49,730. Part-time employees in the same industry work 18.7 hours and earn an average annual salary of $11,633.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Libraries & archives Industry Group are Kendall & Grundy Counties PUMA, IL, Islip Town (East) PUMA, NY, and Bluegrass Area Development District (West) PUMA, KY. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Libraries & archives.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Libraries & archives Industry Group. Librarians and media collections specialists are the most common position, but the Libraries & archives Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Library technicians, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Libraries & archives goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations

Occupations by Share

238k

Workforce (ACS Estimate)

± 12k

-2.62%

1 Year Growth

± 7.26%

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Libraries & archives Industry Group has been declining at a rate of -2.62%, , from 244k people in 2017 to 238k people in 2018.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Libraries & archives by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Librarians and media collections specialists represent the largest share of positions held in Libraries & archives at 28.9%, followed by Library assistants, clerical with 26.3% and Library technicians with 11.1%.

Most Common

The most common occupations in the Libraries & archives Industry Group, by number of employees, are Librarians and media collections specialists, Library assistants, clerical, Library technicians, Customer service representatives, and Education administrators.

Most Specialized

Compared to other Industry Groups, Libraries & archives employs an unusually high number of Library technicians, Library assistants, clerical, and Librarians and media collections specialists.

Highest Paid

The highest paid occupations in Libraries & archives, by average wage, are Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers, Computer systems analysts, and Network and computer systems administrators.

Wages

Average Salary

$31,536

AVERAGE WAGE

± $1,431

On average, employees in the Libraries & archives Industry Group make $31,536 per year. This number makes Libraries & archives the 239 highest paying Industry Group in the United States out of a total of 269 Industry Groups.

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Libraries & archives Industry Group.

Wage Distribution

0.449

WAGE GINI

Libraries & archives has a wage GINI of 0.449, which is less than than the national average of 0.479. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Libraries & archives (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

Opportunities

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Libraries & archives Industry Group.

These are locations that employ more people in the Libraries & archives Industry Group than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Libraries & archives Industry Group.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Libraries & archives Industry Group in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $38,466 and $29,551. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Gender Composition

185k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±10.5k

52.9k

MALE WORKFORCE

±5.65k

77.7% of workers in the Libraries & archives Industry Group are Female, making them the more common gender in the workforce. This chart shows the gender breakdown of the Libraries & archives Industry Group.

Wage by Gender in Common Jobs

$38,466

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$3,702

$29,551

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,486

On average, Male workers in the Libraries & archives Industry Group make 1.3 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the gender-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Libraries & archives Industry Group.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

Black
Asian
White

On average, Black employees in the Libraries & archives Industry Group earn 1.14 times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Libraries & archives Industry Group.

Input/Output

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Libraries & archives Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries. Information has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Libraries & archives Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Libraries & archives Industry Group is Information.

In this visualization, click on a category to expand or collapse it. All of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Libraries & archives is from Information.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Libraries & archives is from Information.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Libraries & archives Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Information Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Libraries & archives is from Information.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Information Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Libraries & archives Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Libraries & archives Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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