Libraries & archives

Industry Group

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    Workforce Population
    244k
    2022
    Average Employee Age
    45.3
    2022
    Average Salary
    $38,535
    2022
    Average Male Salary
    $45,152
    2022
    Average Female Salary
    $36,567
    2022

    About

    The top three occupations in the Libraries & archives Industry Group are librarians and media collections specialists, library assistants, clerical, and library technicians. On average, full-time employees in the Libraries & archives Industry Group work 40.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $56,897. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19 hours and earn an average annual salary of $15,450.

    The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Libraries & archives Industry Group are Jasper, Starke, Fulton, Newton & Pulaski Counties PUMA, IN, District of Columbia (Northeast) PUMA, DC, and Boston City--Mattapan & Roxbury PUMA, MA.

    The workforce of Libraries & archives Industry Group in 2022 was 244,336 people, with 77.1% woman, and 22.9% men.

    In 2022, 77.2% of the workforce in the Libraries & archives Industry Group was White (188,598 people), of which 78.6% were women and 21.4% men.

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    Employment & Salaries

    A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Libraries & archives Industry Group.

    The workforce in Libraries & archives Industry Group was 244,336 people and is concentrated in New York (21,512 workers). The average annual salary was $38,535, being $31,343 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

    Monthly Employment

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    0.878%
    Year-over-year growth
    Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

    As of February 2023, there are 3.05M people employed in the Information industry. This represents a 0.878% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

    This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Information over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

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    Employment by Location

    The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2022 were New York (21.5k), California (20.9k), and Illinois (14.3k).

    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Libraries & archives Industry Group.

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    In 2022, Libraries & archives Industry Group had an average annual wage of $38,535, $31,343 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

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    Wage Distribution

    0.444
    WAGE GINI

    Libraries & archives has a wage GINI of 0.444, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. 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).

    The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Libraries & archives Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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    Occupations

    A review of jobs and wages in the Libraries & archives Industry Group.

    Librarians and media collections specialists are the most common position with 82,162 workers, but the Libraries & archives Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Library assistants, clerical and Library technicians.

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

    Occupations Distribution

    The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Libraries & archives Industry Group according to occupations. In 2022, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were librarians and media collections specialists (82,162 people), library assistants, clerical (68,566 people), and library technicians (26,720 people)

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    Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

    $45,152
    AVERAGE MALE SALARY
    ±$4,013
    $36,567
    AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
    ±$1,939

    On average, Male workers in the Libraries & archives Industry Group make 1.23 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Libraries & archives Industry Group.

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    Business

    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.

    The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Libraries & archives Industry Group.

    The Libraries & archives Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

    Industrial Flow

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

    Professional and business services 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 flow diagram, 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.

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    Intermediate Inputs

    The closest comparable data for Libraries & archives is from Information.
    HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
    1. Professional and business services
    2. Information
    3. Manufacturing

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

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    Use of Output by Other Industries

    The closest comparable data for Libraries & archives is from Information.
    LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
    1. Information
    2. Professional and business services
    3. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing

    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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    Diversity

    Demographic information on the Libraries & archives Industry Group in the US.

    Of the total workforce, 77.1% corresponds to women and 22.9% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $45,152 and $36,567.

    76.2% of workers have a graduate degree, bachelors degree or some college.

    Gender and Age

    188,339
    Women
    77.1%
    55,997
    Men
    22.9%

    The workforce of Libraries & archives industry in 2022 was 244,336 people, with 77.1% woman, and 22.9% men.

    The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Libraries & archives industry.

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    Races

    In 2022, 77.2% of the workforce in the Libraries & archives industry was White (188,598 people), of which 78.6% were women and 21.4% men.

    Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

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    Educational Levels

    The main educational levels achieved by the Libraries & archives workers in 2022 were graduate degree (72,283 people), bachelors degree (70,521 people), and some college (43,429 people).

    The chart shows the Libraries & archives workforce by gender and educational level.

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