Librarian - Federal Salaries of 2016

Pay Rates for "Librarian"

How much does a Librarian in the federal government get paid? $96,211.04* *Based on the 2016 average.

657 EMPLOYEES

$63.02M TOTAL SALARY

GS MOST COMMON PAYSCALE

Librarian was the 210th most popular job in the U.S. Government in 2016, with 657 employed. The most common payscale was the general schedule payscale.

In 2016, the National Institutes of Health hired the most employees titled Librarian, with an average salary of $95,859.

Government Librarian jobs are classified under the General Schedule (GS) payscale. Remember that the starting and maximum yearly pay listed above reflect base pay only - your actual salary will be higher based on the Locality Pay Adjustment for the area in which you work.

Job Description

This occupation includes positions that involve supervision or performance of work that requires primarily a full professional knowledge of the theories, objectives, principles, and techniques of librarianship, to select, organize, preserve, access, and disseminate information. This includes determining the most cost-effective way to provide information that will best meet user needs. Typical functions in librarianship are collection development, acquisition, cataloging and classification, reference, circulation, computer system and data base management, and preservation. Some positions also require knowledge of one or more subject-matter specializations or foreign languages.

Agencies that have hired a Librarian

Agency	Employees Hired	Average Salary
National Institutes of Health	148	$95,858.89
Veterans Health Administration	98	$80,771.39
Smithsonian Institution (Exchange Sep Boards of Trust)	40	$89,389.93
Government Printing Office	32	$95,118.25
Offices, Boards and Divisions	29	$111,089.34
Agricultural Research Service	23	$103,187.22
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	17	$96,151.18
National Institute of Standards and Technology	16	$97,131.94
Food and Drug Administration	15	$100,460.67
Patent and Trademark Office	13	$101,117.54
Geological Survey	12	$74,053.83
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	11	$83,539.27
National Gallery of Art	10	$104,650.00
Office of Administration	9	$117,598.56
Nuclear Regulatory Commission	9	$103,152.89
Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys and the Office of U.s Attorneys	8	$101,463.88
Internal Revenue Service	8	$94,502.50
National Park Service	8	$78,573.38
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	7	$138,402.86
Office of Secretary of Transportation	6	$93,557.33
Department of Energy	6	$70,910.83
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum	5	$103,958.80
Forest Service	5	$82,198.00
U.S. Coast Guard	4	$64,371.75
Office of the Secretary of the Interior	4	$86,779.00
Environmental Protection Agency	4	$98,910.50
Maritime Administration	4	$82,755.00
U.S. International Trade Commission	4	$102,213.25
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service	3	$73,449.67
Office of the Secretary (Department of Commerce)	3	$100,706.00
Departmental Offices	3	$113,177.67
Securities and Exchange Commission	3	$151,869.67
Federal Bureau of Investigation	3	$116,904.33
Office Assistant Secretary Administration and Management	3	$81,672.33
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	3	$110,266.67
Overseas Private Investment Corporation	3	$100,460.67
Armed Forces Retirement Home	2	$63,937.50
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation	2	$106,138.50
Federal Aviation Administration	2	$96,767.00
Commodity Futures Trading Commission	2	$157,388.50
Department of Homeland Security Headquarters	2	$97,294.50
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection	2	$107,473.00
Drug Enforcement Administration	2	$101,043.00
Bureau of Land Management	2	$67,440.50
Institute of Education Sciences	2	$135,357.00
Indian Affairs	2	$71,404.00
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection	2	$0.00
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service	2	$91,224.50
Federal Trade Commission	2	$92,930.00
U.S. Tax Court	2	$120,106.50
Office of Comptroller of Currency	2	$100,663.50
National Labor Relations Board	2	$118,063.00
Board of Veterans Appeals	2	$87,868.00
Goddard Space Flight Center	2	$111,996.50
General Counsel (Department of Veterans Affairs)	2	$100,562.00
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars	1	$99,296.00
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services	1	$108,987.00
Social Security Administration	1	$100,155.00
Bureau of Citizenshp and Immigratn Services	1	$81,471.00
Office of Surface Mining, Reclamation and Enforcement	1	$97,938.00
Food and Nutrition Service	1	$99,905.00
Federal Emergency Management Agency	1	$108,987.00
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management	1	$76,131.00
Surface Transportation Board	1	$99,296.00
Office of General Counsel (Department of Housing and Urban Development)	1	$112,014.00
Federal Election Commission	1	$118,069.00
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau	1	$105,960.00
Broadcasting Board of Governors	1	$102,405.00
Headquarters, Nasa	1	$105,960.00
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System	1	$118,069.00
John Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field	1	$80,270.00
Mine Safety and Health Administration	1	$89,032.00
Dryden Flight Research Center	1	$86,006.00
Export-Import Bank of the United States	1	$72,219.00
National Archives and Records Administration	1	$112,014.00
Federal Communications Commission	1	$118,647.00
Railroad Retirement Board	1	$118,905.00
Office Secretary Health and Human Services	1	$80,866.00
Small Business Administration	1	$118,069.00
Indian Health Service	1	$69,879.00

Librarian Pay Distribution

The average pay for a Librarian is $96,211.04. The highest paid Librarian made $232,870 in 2016.

Common Librarian Payscales

Payscale	Number of Librarian Employees
GS - General Schedule	551
PG - Printing Office Grades	34
ZA - Administrative	30
GG - Grades Similar To General Schedule	9
EI - Advisory Committee Member (other)	6
CG - Corporate Graded	5
NB - Ofc Of Comptroller Of The Currency Only	3
GM - Emp Covered By Pmrs Termination Provisns	3
SK - Sec Emp Formerly Under Gs, Gm, And Ez	3
FV - Faa Core Compensation Plan	2
ES - Senior Executive Service	2
CT - Commodity Futures Trading Commission Pos	2
SL - Senior Level Positions	2
CN - Bur Of (cfpb) An Indep Ag Within Frs	2
CM - Fdic Suprv And Mangr Pos Below Exec Lev	1
AD - Administratively Determined Rates, Not E	1
OR - Employees Of The Ofr, Treasury	1

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Occupation Family:	1400 LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES GROUP

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Average Librarian Pay Trend from 2004 to 2016

In 2004, the average pay for a Librarian was $74,311. Since then, the average pay has increased to $96,211 in 2016.

Data Sources

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The series code of this occupation is 1410.