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Librarians and Media Collections Specialist Salary in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California

The annual salary statistics of librarians and media collections specialists in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of librarians and media collections specialists 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].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Librarians and Media Collections Specialists in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$53,010
25th Percentile Wage
$73,460
50th Percentile Wage
$85,350
75th Percentile Wage
$104,060
90th Percentile Wage
$125,440

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for librarians and media collections specialists 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 $125,440. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $85,350. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $53,010.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2022)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of librarians and media collections specialists from 2012 to 2022. Note that there is no salary data for some years between 2012 and 2022.

YearMedian Salary Growth3-Year Growth
2022
$85,350
3.75% 22.45%
2021
$82,150
19.43% -
2019
$66,190
- -

Table 2. Compare Librarians and Media Collections Specialist Salary in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara with Other California Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $85,350, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the highest paying city for librarians and media collections specialists in state of California, followed by San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont (median annual salary $83,140). In comparison, the median annual salary of librarians and media collections specialists in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 2.6 percent (2.6%) higher than that in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara
$85,350
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont
$83,140
Napa
$81,500
Modesto
$81,080
Santa Rosa-Petaluma
$79,680
Salinas
$79,370
Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville
$79,220
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim
$79,110
San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos
$78,290
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles
$77,620
Santa Cruz-Watsonville
$77,330
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara
$77,240
Chico
$74,340
Madera-Chowchilla
$70,880
Vallejo-Fairfield
$69,080
Redding
$64,820
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura
$64,340
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario
$63,740
Fresno
$62,550
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$60,410
Merced
$59,400
Stockton
$59,370
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$55,140
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area
$55,140
Visalia-Porterville
$54,310
Bakersfield-Delano
$48,220
Hanford-Corcoran
$42,630

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