Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary Salary and Pay
How much do Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary make?
Median pay for Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary is $78,630 a year (not published); the mean is $84,320. The occupation employed 4,100 people in May 2024, and its middle band runs from $62,130 to $97,020.
What Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary actually pay, from the federal wage survey: a $78,630 median, the full percentile ladder, every state's table, and the metros where the jobs and the money sit, on one page.
Updated November 5, 2026
Salary converter for this occupation
Conversions use 12 months, 26 biweekly periods, 52 weeks, and 2,080 hours. No level in this occupation's ladder reaches the BLS top code, so every figure the converter shows is a published estimate rather than a floor.
The national wage ladder (BLS OEWS, May 2024)
| Pay level | Annual wage | Hourly wage |
|---|---|---|
| 10th percentile | $53,590 | n/p |
| 25th percentile | $62,130 | n/p |
| Median (50th) | $78,630 | n/p |
| 75th percentile | $97,020 | n/p |
| 90th percentile | $126,200 | n/p |
Percentiles answer the question a single average cannot: where would a given Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary offer sit among all 4,100 workers doing this job? The survey top-codes at $239,200+ and withholds unreliable cells, shown as n/p in the table.
Employment and concentration
With 4,100 jobs nationally, Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary make up 0.00% of U.S. employment as BLS measured it in May 2024. The map is uneven: Illinois alone holds 540 of those jobs, the top three states hold 29.0%, and the deepest concentration sits in Mississippi (location quotient 3.63, where 1.00 is the national average). A quotient above 2 usually signals a local industry cluster rather than evenly spread demand.
Pay inside the occupation is wide: $72,610 separates the ends of its ladder. The 90th percentile ($126,200) is 2.4 times the 10th percentile ($53,590), a gap of $72,610 a year. The mean of $84,320 sitting above the median of $78,630 tells you the top end pulls the average up: most workers cluster below the mean, and the high tail is thin.
Pay by state
Every state with a publishable estimate is in this table, 29 of them, sorted by jobs. The pay leader by median is California at $118,760; the jobs leader is Illinois:
| State | Employment | Jobs per 1,000 | Location quotient | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | 540 | 0.1 | 3.35 | $76,430 | $76,030 |
| California | 380 | 0.0 | 0.80 | $133,140 | $118,760 |
| North Carolina | 270 | 0.1 | 2.09 | $79,710 | $77,390 |
| Tennessee | 210 | 0.1 | 2.42 | $80,880 | $66,490 |
| Texas | 200 | 0.0 | 0.54 | $79,410 | $76,190 |
| New York | 170 | 0.0 | 0.66 | $72,810 | $63,130 |
| Alabama | 150 | 0.1 | 2.69 | $73,460 | $73,250 |
| New Jersey | 130 | 0.0 | 1.14 | $88,850 | $82,800 |
| Georgia | 120 | 0.0 | 0.94 | $71,340 | $65,190 |
| Minnesota | 120 | 0.0 | 1.60 | $83,180 | $80,330 |
| Mississippi | 110 | 0.1 | 3.63 | $65,870 | $62,900 |
| Massachusetts | 100 | 0.0 | 1.06 | $77,480 | $79,740 |
| Virginia | 100 | 0.0 | 0.96 | $86,110 | $79,530 |
| Maryland | 90 | 0.0 | 1.26 | $104,870 | $102,910 |
| Michigan | 90 | 0.0 | 0.78 | $81,330 | $79,830 |
| Washington | 90 | 0.0 | 0.97 | $112,830 | $103,950 |
| Oklahoma | 80 | 0.0 | 1.77 | $69,380 | $62,970 |
| Pennsylvania | 80 | 0.0 | 0.51 | $82,200 | $81,060 |
| Indiana | 70 | 0.0 | 0.78 | $84,750 | $79,970 |
| Missouri | 70 | 0.0 | 0.85 | $70,820 | $65,300 |
| Utah | 70 | 0.0 | 1.45 | $77,860 | $79,880 |
| Idaho | 60 | 0.1 | 2.47 | $69,990 | $64,620 |
| Kentucky | 60 | 0.0 | 1.05 | $65,010 | $61,090 |
| Kansas | 50 | 0.0 | 1.28 | $74,330 | $79,830 |
| Ohio | 50 | 0.0 | 0.36 | $81,950 | $81,190 |
| Oregon | 50 | 0.0 | 1.02 | $82,550 | $78,820 |
| South Carolina | 50 | 0.0 | 0.76 | $70,110 | $63,950 |
| Wisconsin | 40 | 0.0 | 0.51 | $62,100 | $62,820 |
| Florida | n/p | n/p | n/p | $76,700 | $80,480 |
The occupation in context
Ranked against all 826 published occupations, Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary stands number 770 by employment and number 219 by median pay. Inside its own major group, Educational Instruction and Library Occupations, the group median wage is $76,210 across 64 detailed occupations, so this occupation pays 3% more than its group median, and it supplies 0.0% of the group's 8,947,690 jobs. In 15 of the 29 states with a published median, the state median beats the national median of $78,630, which is the single best quick test of whether this occupation's pay is set nationally or locally: a high count means local markets regularly outbid the national figure.
Metropolitan areas: where the jobs and the pay sit
Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is the largest metro employer with 360 jobs, 8.8% of the national total. Below, the biggest employers come first; the pay table after it only counts metros with 500 or more jobs in the occupation, so its leader is a real market and not a statistical artifact.
Largest metro employers
| Metropolitan area | Employment | Mean annual | Median annual |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN | 360 | $71,360 | $60,440 |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ | 160 | $88,120 | $82,800 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA | 110 | $117,720 | $90,610 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | 110 | $104,220 | $97,020 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH | 90 | $78,820 | $79,740 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | 80 | $116,220 | $103,950 |
| Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA | 70 | $71,730 | $59,930 |
| Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI | 70 | $83,400 | $80,330 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | 70 | $139,250 | $126,440 |
| Knoxville, TN | 60 | $93,650 | $79,780 |
What the median pay looks like as a budget
As a household number, $78,630 a year is $6,552 a month gross, $3,024 every two weeks, $1,512 a week. Moving from the 25th percentile ($62,130) to the 75th ($97,020) is worth $34,890 a year, which is the realistic size of the experience and specialization premium inside this occupation. The next step from a gross figure is a net one: run the $6,552 monthly figure through the paycheck calculator applies your state's taxes, the salary calculator compares two offers in any unit, and the raise vs inflation calculator tells you whether a nominal raise is a real one.
To place a real offer: a salary of $86,493 would sit between the median ($78,630) and the 75th percentile ($97,020), inside the top half but outside the top quarter of this occupation's ladder. An offer at the 25th percentile, $62,130, is $16,500 under the median, the typical size of the discount attached to entry-level or low-cost-market postings in this field.
Related occupations in Educational Instruction and Library Occupations
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Frequently asked questions
How much do Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary make?
The median annual wage is $78,630 and the mean is $84,320 in the BLS OEWS May 2024 estimates. The middle half of workers earn between $62,130 and $97,020 a year.
Which state pays Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary the most?
By median annual wage, California leads the state table at $118,760, based on 380 jobs in that state. By mean wage and by headcount the leaders can differ, so the state table on this page shows all three measures side by side.
How many Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary are there in the United States?
BLS counted 4,100 wage and salary workers in this occupation in May 2024, 0.00% of all U.S. employment in the survey. The largest state employer is Illinois with 540 jobs.
What do the OEWS percentiles mean for Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary?
They mark points in this occupation's pay distribution. One worker in ten earns $53,590 or less and one in ten earns $126,200 or more; the median, $78,630, is the wage of the worker exactly in the middle of the 4,100 counted jobs.