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Highest-paying Cities for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists

The top 100 highest paying cities for librarians and media collections specialists (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of librarians and media collections specialists in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $100,560, Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington is the highest paying city for librarians and media collections specialists. It is followed by Olympia, Washington (average annual salary $99,130). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of librarians and media collections specialists in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$100,560	$61,730	70
2	Olympia, Washington	$99,130	$57,340	70
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$96,290	$63,150	1,460
4	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$85,350	$53,010	730
5	Yakima, Washington	$84,440	$58,310	80
6	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$83,140	$56,160	1,630
7	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$82,880	$63,050	110
8	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$82,850	$58,170	3,760
9	Napa, California	$81,500	$39,930	40
10	Corvallis, Oregon	$81,240	$54,450	60

11	Modesto, California	$81,080	$42,840	60
12	Brunswick, Georgia	$80,070	$36,280	40
13	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$79,680	$39,670	170
14	Salinas, California	$79,370	$41,330	120
15	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$79,220	$41,750	660
16	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$79,110	$41,290	3,070
17	Las Vegas-Paradise, Nevada	$78,890	$59,610	400
18	Naples-Marco Island, Florida	$78,870	$40,850	90
19	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$78,290	$47,040	3,540
20	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$78,290	$38,960	830
21	Bellingham, Washington	$78,230	$60,560	90
22	Anchorage, Alaska	$78,180	$53,370	160
23	New Haven, Connecticut	$77,860	$47,690	570
24	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$77,620	$39,480	60
25	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$77,330	$38,270	70
26	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$77,240	$50,120	90
27	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$77,110	$50,320	11,110
28	Lawton, Oklahoma	$75,940	$31,360	50
29	Boulder, Colorado	$75,870	$53,300	160
30	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$75,730	$43,660	1,030
31	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$75,390	$48,610	520
32	Ocean City, New Jersey	$75,340	$44,550	40
33	Danbury, Connecticut	$75,210	$36,070	80
34	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$75,180	$47,410	60
35	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$74,860	$45,620	1,690
36	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$74,530	$40,770	820
37	Chico, California	$74,340	$37,670	50
38	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$73,730	$48,480	70
39	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$73,540	$55,720	110
40	Warner Robins, Georgia	$73,120	$31,500	60
41	Ithaca, New York	$72,740	$53,140	180
42	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$72,110	$48,850	1,550
43	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$71,220	$41,300	100
44	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$70,890	$46,000	780
45	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$70,880	$46,180	n/a
46	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$69,950	$56,400	380
47	Duluth, Wisconsin	$69,910	$43,060	120
48	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$69,080	$40,250	60
49	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$68,720	$43,340	60
50	Longview, Washington	$68,690	$36,960	30
51	North Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$68,310	$30,600	130
52	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$67,370	$45,030	30
53	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$67,260	$51,950	50
54	Madison, Wisconsin	$66,990	$40,770	440
55	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$66,780	$38,940	150
56	Athens-Clarke County, Georgia	$66,530	$50,610	120
57	Panama City-Lynn Haven-Panama City Beach, Florida	$65,830	$45,490	50
58	Worcester, Massachusetts	$65,720	$46,590	350
59	Owensboro, Kentucky	$65,430	$39,340	60
60	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$65,370	$43,160	50
61	Billings, Montana	$65,320	$38,180	100
62	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$65,300	$44,970	370
63	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$65,240	$44,310	170
64	Odessa, Texas	$65,130	$49,150	30
65	Bloomington, Indiana	$65,080	$28,030	110
66	Rochester, Minnesota	$64,910	$28,600	110
67	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$64,850	$48,230	630
68	Redding, California	$64,820	$37,210	30
69	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$64,730	$30,140	100
70	Charlottesville, Virginia	$64,700	$47,340	220
71	Louisville-Jefferson County, Kentucky	$64,680	$38,790	430
72	Binghamton, New York	$64,600	$44,920	110
73	Toledo, Ohio	$64,470	$27,160	310
74	Spokane, Washington	$64,470	$49,860	110
75	Lansing-East Lansing, Michigan	$64,400	$39,280	220
76	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$64,350	$49,050	1,860
77	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$64,340	$36,590	190
78	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$64,320	$44,500	150
79	Southeast Minnesota nonmetropolitan area, Minnesota	$64,270	$36,130	140
80	Gainesville, Georgia	$64,070	$32,550	60
81	Dalton, Georgia	$64,060	$30,900	40
82	Manchester, New Hampshire	$64,020	$44,410	140
83	McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, Texas	$63,910	$47,620	340
84	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$63,870	$40,040	2,390
85	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$63,790	$45,650	2,810
86	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$63,740	$48,290	860
87	Bend, Oregon	$63,680	$47,570	60
88	St Cloud, Minnesota	$63,660	$46,330	80
89	Northcentral Colorado nonmetropolitan area, Colorado	$63,550	$46,050	110
90	Lexington-Fayette, Kentucky	$63,540	$38,670	210
91	Huntsville, Alabama	$63,460	$46,590	180
92	Kingston, New York	$63,450	$38,640	110
93	Albany, Oregon	$63,440	$33,880	40
94	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$63,290	$48,790	430
95	East Georgia nonmetropolitan area, Georgia	$63,250	$33,570	100
96	Omaha-Council Bluffs, Nebraska	$63,200	$40,540	400
97	Fargo, North Dakota	$63,160	$44,900	110
98	Nevada nonmetropolitan area, Nevada	$63,130	$38,060	50
99	Hagerstown-Martinsburg, West Virginia	$63,070	$38,390	80
100	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$63,060	$30,550	2,170