Librarians

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2017 Workforce
175k
Average Age
47.5
Average Salary
$43,956
Average Male Salary
$48,736
Average Female Salary
$42,940

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Employment and salary information for the Librarians workforce. Librarians workforce in 2017 was 175,435 people, of which 82.5% were women and 17.5% were men. Librarians are paid most in Johnson, Lafayette, Ray, Clinton & Caldwell Counties PUMA, MO but are relatively concentrated in Takoma Park City & Silver Spring PUMA, MD.

Employment Over Time

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Grouping
30,758
Male Workforce
± 4.31k
144,677
Female Workforce
± 9.33k

The Librarians workforce in 2017 was 175,435 people (82.5% women and 17.5% men). This implies an average annual growth of 1.57% between 2014 (172,721) and 2017 (175,435).

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Employment by Location

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Librarians.

During 2017, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($67,644), District of Columbia ($64,643), and Maryland ($61,161).

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Yearly Wage Ranking

$43,956
AVERAGE WAGE
#258 in the ranking (2017)
$59,596
NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
For all occupations across the US

In 2017, Librarians earned an average of $43,956, $15,639 less than the average national salary of $59,596

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Wage Distribution

Gender
0.35
WAGE GINI

In 2017, Librarians had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.35, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Librarians (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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Information on the industries that employ Librarians and on wages for those in the field. Libraries & archives is the industry that employs the most Librarians, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Librarians, by average wage, is Pharmaceutical & medicine manufacturing ($88,129).

Occupations by Industries

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Value
175k
2017 Workforce
± 10,277
−0.0342%
1 YEAR GROWTH
± 8.29%

This graphic shows the share of Librarians employed by various industries. Libraries & archives employs the largest share of Librarians at 44.8%, followed by Elementary & secondary schools with 30.3% and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges with 24.9%.

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Demographic information on Librarians in the US. The workforce of Librarians in 2017 was 175,435 people, with 82.5% woman, and 17.5% men. The average age of male Librarians in the workforce is 44.8 and of female Librarians is 48.1, and the most common race/ethnicity for Librarians is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Librarians in 2017 was 175,435 people, with 82.5% woman, and 17.5% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 55 to 59 years (23,308 people), 60 to 64 years (22,342  people), and 50 to 54 years (19,523 people). Among them they concentrated 37.2% of the total workforce.

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Ethnicity

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In 2017, 5.86% of Librarians workers were Hispanic and 94.1% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (80.7%), Puerto Rican (11.8)%, and All Other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (7.51)%

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Races

In 2017, 85.9% of the Librarians workforce were White, of which 83% were women and 17% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black (6.5%) and Asian (4.28%).

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Data on higher education choices for Librarians from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Librarians is Education but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2017 were Library Science.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
Type of Majors
Degree

The most common majors achieved by Librarians in 2017 (counting all academic degrees) were Education (27,956 people), English (21,192 people), and History (12,172 people).

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Education Levels

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The main educational levels achieved by the Librarians workers were Graduate Degree (102,057 people), Bachelors Degree (42,151 people), and Some college (20,104 people).

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