The annual salary statistics of librarians in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of librarians in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $56,970 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $70,290 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $84,260 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $99,030 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $118,650 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for librarians in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $118,650. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $84,260. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $56,970.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of librarians from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $84,260 | 0.47% | 16.25% |
| 2017 | $83,860 | 0.58% | - |
| 2016 | $83,370 | 3.12% | - |
| 2015 | $80,770 | 4.48% | - |
| 2014 | $77,150 | 5.34% | - |
| 2013 | $73,030 | 3.37% | - |
| 2012 | $70,570 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $84,260, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the second highest paying city for librarians in state of California, following the highest paying city San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary of $85,890). Compared with San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, the median annual salary of librarians in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 1.9 percent (1.9%) lower.