The highest-paying states 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 states are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with an annual salary of $94,930, Washington is the highest paying state for librarians and media collections specialists. It is followed by District of Columbia (average annual salary $85,730). 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 state, use the links in the table.
| Rank | State | Average Salary i | Entry Level Salary i |
# of Empl. i |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Washington | $94,930 |
$58,310 | 2,480 |
| 2 | District of Columbia | $85,730 |
$61,690 | 900 |
| 3 | California | $78,820 |
$40,900 | 9,760 |
| 4 | Nevada | $77,910 |
$59,390 | 570 |
| 5 | Maryland | $76,830 |
$47,120 | 3,500 |
| 6 | Massachusetts | $75,750 |
$46,410 | 4,750 |
| 7 | New York | $74,240 |
$48,000 | 11,970 |
| 8 | New Jersey | $73,860 |
$47,220 | 4,320 |
| 9 | Connecticut | $73,570 |
$38,520 | 2,400 |
| 10 | Rhode Island | $70,970 |
$45,980 | 720 |
| 11 | Oregon | $68,000 |
$36,660 | 1,720 |
| 12 | Delaware | $67,190 |
$48,500 | 390 |
| 13 | Alaska | $66,580 |
$37,000 | 350 |
| 14 | Minnesota | $66,260 |
$44,610 | 2,350 |
| 15 | Virginia | $63,510 |
$41,980 | 4,430 |
| 16 | Georgia | $62,720 |
$30,620 | 3,640 |
| 17 | Texas | $62,540 |
$39,290 | 9,700 |
| 18 | Kentucky | $61,970 |
$38,600 | 1,900 |
| 19 | Colorado | $61,360 |
$46,750 | 1,960 |
| 20 | Guam | $61,120 |
$48,490 | 50 |
| 21 | Illinois | $60,860 |
$37,070 | 5,120 |
| 22 | Wisconsin | $60,780 |
$40,450 | 2,200 |
| 23 | New Hampshire | $60,610 |
$38,050 | 1,090 |
| 24 | South Carolina | $59,830 |
$35,600 | 1,940 |
| 25 | Alabama | $59,580 |
$29,270 | 2,530 |
| 26 | Hawaii | $58,910 |
$46,440 | 280 |
| 27 | Nebraska | $58,820 |
$29,940 | 1,030 |
| 28 | Kansas | $58,440 |
$21,120 | 1,510 |
| 29 | Montana | $58,420 |
$32,640 | 590 |
| 30 | North Carolina | $58,400 |
$40,360 | 4,010 |
| 31 | Louisiana | $58,020 |
$46,040 | 2,930 |
| 32 | Pennsylvania | $57,890 |
$30,580 | 4,900 |
| 33 | Florida | $57,350 |
$37,900 | 5,880 |
| 34 | Tennessee | $56,910 |
$38,490 | 2,270 |
| 35 | New Mexico | $56,300 |
$33,180 | 600 |
| 36 | Missouri | $55,840 |
$36,580 | 2,740 |
| 37 | Maine | $55,000 |
$36,500 | 830 |
| 38 | Vermont | $54,580 |
$44,580 | 590 |
| 39 | North Dakota | $53,630 |
$36,050 | 550 |
| 40 | Arkansas | $52,620 |
$34,650 | 1,350 |
| 41 | Michigan | $52,370 |
$35,740 | 3,340 |
| 42 | Virgin Islands | $52,240 |
$21,840 | 40 |
| 43 | Wyoming | $51,860 |
$34,290 | 310 |
| 44 | Arizona | $50,950 |
$30,380 | 1,790 |
| 45 | Oklahoma | $49,970 |
$27,230 | 1,720 |
| 46 | Iowa | $49,820 |
$24,060 | 1,760 |
| 47 | Mississippi | $47,650 |
$20,910 | 1,380 |
| 48 | Ohio | $47,300 |
$27,620 | 4,880 |
| 49 | Indiana | $47,110 |
$28,370 | 2,500 |
| 50 | Idaho | $44,440 |
$23,610 | 630 |
| 51 | Utah | $44,210 |
$27,110 | 1,550 |
| 52 | South Dakota | $42,650 |
$26,650 | 520 |
| 53 | West Virginia | $40,190 |
$26,450 | 510 |
| 54 | Puerto Rico | $35,580 |
$22,990 | 1,220 |