Librarians and Media Collections Specialist Salary in La Crosse, Wisconsin

The annual salary statistics of librarians and media collections specialists in La Crosse, Wisconsin is shown in Table 1. The wage statistics of librarians and media collections specialists in La Crosse 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 La Crosse, Wisconsin

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$38,960
25th Percentile Wage
$45,780
50th Percentile Wage
$62,900
75th Percentile Wage
$72,210
90th Percentile Wage
$76,590

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for librarians and media collections specialists in La Crosse, Wisconsin in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $76,590. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $62,900. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $38,960.

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
$62,900
6.14% 9.30%
2021
$59,040
3.90% -
2020
$56,740
-0.55% -
2019
$57,050
- -

Table 2. Compare Librarians and Media Collections Specialist Salary in La Crosse with Other Wisconsin Cities

From Table 3 we note that the median annual salary of $62,900 in La Crosse is in the middle of salary range for librarians and media collections specialists in state of Wisconsin. In comparison, the annual salary of librarians and media collections specialists in La Crosse is 16.0 percent (16.0%) lower than that in the highest paying Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington and 18.5 percent (18.5%) higher than that in the lowest paying Janesville.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington
$74,860
Duluth
$69,910
Madison
$66,990
Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis
$63,010
La Crosse
$62,900
Oshkosh-Neenah
$61,880
Green Bay
$61,510
Racine
$61,040
Wausau
$60,160
West Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area
$60,130
Appleton
$58,560
Eau Claire
$57,240
Fond du Lac
$57,110
Sheboygan
$56,620
South Central Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area
$54,600
Southwestern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area
$53,780
Eastern Wisconsin nonmetropolitan area
$51,410
Janesville
$51,260

See also: Top paying jobs in La Crosse, Wisconsin.