Highest-paying Cities for Library Technicians

The top 100 highest paying cities for library technicians (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 library technicians in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $67,830, Los Alamos County, New Mexico is the highest paying city for library technicians. It is followed by New Haven, Connecticut (average annual salary $62,420). 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 library technicians in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Library Technicians

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$67,830	$22,850	90
2	New Haven, Connecticut	$62,420	$36,060	240
3	Olympia, Washington	$61,840	$47,720	60
4	Napa, California	$61,600	$46,520	60
5	Iowa City, Iowa	$59,790	$35,150	120
6	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$59,720	$43,230	590
7	Fairbanks, Alaska	$58,030	$48,200	60
8	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$58,020	$41,910	1,130
9	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$56,000	$39,980	490
10	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$54,650	$36,670	190
11	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$52,720	$36,260	700
12	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$52,520	$49,190	1,280
13	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$51,620	$44,310	160
14	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$51,260	$34,670	130
15	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$50,970	$28,300	140
16	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$50,670	$17,790	450
17	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$50,670	$40,610	160
18	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$49,780	$36,970	50
19	Charlottesville, Virginia	$49,630	$34,890	80
20	St Marys County, Maryland	$49,380	$20,100	40
21	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$49,330	$28,100	1,620
22	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$49,180	$31,490	30
23	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$49,120	$35,690	790
24	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$49,060	$28,110	110
25	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$49,050	$31,660	1,910
26	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$49,000	$32,680	530
27	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$48,920	$31,200	90
28	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$48,850	$31,520	100
29	Corvallis, Oregon	$48,780	$36,180	60
30	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$48,620	$33,900	400
31	Waterloo-Cedar Falls, Iowa	$48,510	$28,080	80
32	Modesto, California	$48,490	$42,380	180
33	St Joseph, Missouri	$48,470	$28,090	40
34	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$48,360	$34,560	340
35	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$48,270	$28,910	30
36	Dubuque, Iowa	$48,260	$28,010	50
37	Salinas, California	$48,000	$36,660	120
38	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$47,950	$41,040	80
39	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$47,900	$35,040	50
40	Balance of Lower Peninsula of Michigan nonmetropolitan area, Michigan	$47,890	$28,830	80
41	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$47,860	$38,230	40
42	Bremerton-Silverdale, Washington	$47,830	$37,700	70
43	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$47,780	$30,290	1,130
44	El Centro, California	$47,660	$34,100	40
45	Springfield, Massachusetts	$47,510	$31,470	200
46	Duluth, Wisconsin	$47,350	$33,850	90
47	Binghamton, New York	$47,310	$27,460	60
48	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$47,250	$35,330	30
49	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$47,210	$29,010	410
50	Ocean City, New Jersey	$47,170	$37,140	30
51	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$47,140	$36,520	30
52	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$47,110	$37,100	820
53	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$46,990	$37,130	50
54	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$46,910	$32,140	60
55	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$46,880	$35,340	1,200
56	Tacoma, Washington	$46,870	$35,510	100
57	Yakima, Washington	$46,820	$46,820	60
58	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$46,800	$35,350	90
59	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$46,420	$41,600	130
60	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$46,380	$27,140	230
61	Eugene-Springfield, Oregon	$46,370	$33,670	170
62	Bellingham, Washington	$46,350	$39,670	90
63	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$46,270	$31,590	1,290
64	Boulder, Colorado	$46,160	$36,630	160
65	Anchorage, Alaska	$46,150	$36,980	90
66	Waterbury, Connecticut	$46,130	$28,320	30
67	Hanford-Corcoran, California	$46,110	$29,800	50
68	Ithaca, New York	$46,110	$28,700	60
69	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$45,930	$29,710	270
70	Des Moines-West Des Moines, Iowa	$45,920	$31,870	210
71	Salisbury, Maryland	$45,910	$29,540	130
72	Miami-Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach, Florida	$45,820	$36,910	930
73	Yuba City, California	$45,690	$32,530	50
74	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$45,650	$30,760	60
75	Cumberland, West Virginia	$45,420	$28,370	90
76	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$45,400	$30,320	4,630
77	Visalia-Porterville, California	$45,280	$30,910	100
78	Bend, Oregon	$45,230	$36,910	80
79	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$45,220	$21,670	30
80	Lake Charles, Louisiana	$45,220	$25,230	120
81	Lincoln, Nebraska	$45,210	$30,050	120
82	Worcester, Massachusetts	$45,060	$29,990	150
83	Wilmington, North Carolina	$44,920	$31,280	50
84	Madera-Chowchilla, California	$44,850	$34,600	40
85	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$44,830	$27,990	60
86	Stockton, California	$44,800	$35,870	70
87	Southeast Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$44,730	$34,270	40
88	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$44,680	$29,120	1,240
89	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$44,310	$25,810	2,350
90	Maryland nonmetropolitan area, Maryland	$44,300	$35,360	120
91	Merced, California	$44,200	$34,650	90
92	Ames, Iowa	$44,120	$17,610	50
93	Fresno, California	$44,100	$36,060	160
94	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$44,090	$30,260	80
95	Chico, California	$43,980	$34,640	80
96	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$43,970	$31,270	3,220
97	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$43,780	$26,970	70
98	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$43,760	$31,190	820
99	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$43,720	$29,120	90
100	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$43,610	$27,600	2,710

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for library technicians.