Librarian - Federal Salaries of 2017

Pay Rates for "Librarian"

How much does a Librarian in the federal government get paid? $98,713.45* *Based on the 2017 average.

620 EMPLOYEES

$60.61M TOTAL SALARY

GS MOST COMMON PAYSCALE

Librarian was the 211th most popular job in the U.S. Government in 2017, with 620 employed. The most common payscale was the general schedule payscale.

In 2017, the National Institutes of Health hired the most employees titled Librarian, with an average salary of $103,484.

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	121	$103,483.60
Veterans Health Administration	97	$80,808.75
Smithsonian Institution (Exchange Sep Boards of Trust)	43	$93,532.58
Government Printing Office	39	$96,666.59
Offices, Boards and Divisions	30	$118,668.53
Agricultural Research Service	19	$107,047.79
Geological Survey	18	$78,371.00
National Institute of Standards and Technology	16	$101,549.31
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	14	$105,454.57
Food and Drug Administration	14	$112,856.57
Department of State	14	$112,905.29
Patent and Trademark Office	14	$101,085.21
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	11	$88,432.27
Office of Administration	10	$109,391.40
National Gallery of Art	9	$95,253.44
Nuclear Regulatory Commission	8	$113,467.88
Internal Revenue Service	8	$100,154.88
Office of Secretary of Transportation	7	$99,052.57
National Park Service	7	$85,232.14
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	7	$144,561.71
Department of Energy	6	$85,957.00
Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys and the Office of U.s Attorneys	6	$1,950.00
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum	5	$111,728.20
Office of the Secretary of the Interior	5	$91,505.00
Maritime Administration	5	$80,169.20
Forest Service	5	$87,544.00
Export-Import Bank of the United States	4	$82,827.00
Office of Comptroller of Currency	4	$117,227.00
Departmental Offices	4	$111,825.25
Environmental Protection Agency	3	$105,401.00
Overseas Private Investment Corporation	3	$95,326.67
U.S. International Trade Commission	3	$113,556.33
Armed Forces Retirement Home	2	$66,249.00
National Labor Relations Board	2	$126,963.00
Securities and Exchange Commission	2	$159,773.50
Goddard Space Flight Center	2	$121,437.50
Federal Aviation Administration	2	$103,610.50
Office Assistant Secretary Administration and Management	2	$83,328.50
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service	2	$67,473.00
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	2	$110,057.00
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation	2	$115,296.00
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection	2	$0.00
Office of the Secretary (Department of Commerce)	2	$92,573.00
Federal Trade Commission	2	$98,448.50
Commodity Futures Trading Commission	2	$169,444.00
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection	2	$119,781.50
Bureau of Land Management	2	$72,837.00
Indian Affairs	2	$72,469.00
U.S. Tax Court	2	$131,350.00
Office Secretary Health and Human Services	1	$86,460.00
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management	1	$78,270.00
General Counsel (Department of Veterans Affairs)	1	$95,666.00
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services	1	$116,914.00
Federal Election Commission	1	$123,234.00
Food and Nutrition Service	1	$107,435.00
Dryden Flight Research Center	1	$92,163.00
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System	1	$123,234.00
Headquarters, Nasa	1	$113,755.00
Bureau of Citizenshp and Immigratn Services	1	$90,350.00
John Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field	1	$85,097.00
Bureau of Immigration & Customs Enforcement	1	$104,275.00
National Archives and Records Administration	1	$120,074.00
U.S. Coast Guard	1	$73,431.00
Railroad Retirement Board	1	$100,917.00
Drug Enforcement Administration	1	$90,350.00
Department of Homeland Security Headquarters	1	$95,666.00
Small Business Administration	1	$123,234.00
Federal Bureau of Investigation	1	$123,999.00
Federal Emergency Management Agency	1	$113,755.00
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars	1	$110,595.00
Institute of Education Sciences	1	$120,074.00
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Resolution	1	$107,435.00
Social Security Administration	1	$113,955.00
Federal Communications Commission	1	$123,234.00
Broadcasting Board of Governors	1	$107,435.00
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau	1	$113,755.00

Librarian Pay Distribution

The average pay for a Librarian is $98,713.45. The highest paid Librarian made $236,815 in 2017.

Common Librarian Payscales

Payscale	Number of Librarian Employees
GS - General Schedule	512
PG - Printing Office Grades	39
ZA - Administrative	28
GG - Grades Similar To General Schedule	8
EI - Advisory Committee Member (other)	7
CG - Corporate Graded	6
NB - Ofc Of Comptroller Of The Currency Only	4
GM - Emp Covered By Pmrs Termination Provisns	3
SK - Sec Emp Formerly Under Gs, Gm, And Ez	2
CT - Commodity Futures Trading Commission Pos	2
FV - Faa Core Compensation Plan	2
ES - Senior Executive Service	2
CN - Bur Of (cfpb) An Indep Ag Within Frs	2
SL - Senior Level Positions	1
OR - Employees Of The Ofr, Treasury	1
CM - Fdic Suprv And Mangr Pos Below Exec Lev	1

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Average Librarian Pay Trend from 2004 to 2017

In 2004, the average pay for a Librarian was $74,311. Since then, the average pay has increased to $98,713 in 2017.

Data Sources

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The series code of this occupation is 1410.