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Librarians Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California

The annual salary statistics of librarians in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California is shown in Table 1. The wage information of librarians in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Librarians in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$51,920
25th Percentile Wage
$62,120
50th Percentile Wage
$76,960
75th Percentile Wage
$95,870
90th Percentile Wage
$115,490

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for librarians in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $115,490. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $76,960. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $51,920.

Median salary trend

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of librarians from 2012 to 2017.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth5-Year Growth
2017
$76,960
0.96% 9.86%
2016
$76,220
2.73% -
2015
$74,140
2.97% -
2014
$71,940
0.82% -
2013
$71,350
2.78% -
2012
$69,370
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Table 2. Compare Librarians Salary in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $76,960 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is in the middle of salary range for librarians in state of California. In comparison, the annual salary of librarians in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale is 10.4 percent (10.4%) lower than that in the highest paying San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont and 52.0 percent (52.0%) higher than that in the lowest paying Yuba City.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$85,890
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$84,260
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City
$83,080
Fresno
$82,750
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$82,720
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$80,010
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$78,970
Bakersfield-Delano
$77,510
Oakland-Fremont-Hayward
$77,370
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale
$76,960
Napa
$74,740
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$73,980
Salinas
$73,950
Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine
$73,290
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$73,100
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$72,780
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana
$72,210
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
$72,140
Stockton
$71,760
Vallejo-Fairfield
$71,750
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$70,640
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$67,930
Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta
$67,120
Modesto
$64,790
Chico
$61,260
Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$60,710
Madera-Chowchilla
$57,740
Visalia-Porterville
$56,810
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$56,420
Merced
$52,140
Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$51,710
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$48,810
El Centro
$42,840
Yuba City
$36,950