Librarian - Federal Salaries of 2018

Pay Rates for "Librarian"

How much does a Librarian in the federal government get paid? $98,889.23* *Based on the 2018 average.

622 EMPLOYEES

$60.92M TOTAL SALARY

GS MOST COMMON PAYSCALE

Librarian was the 213th most popular job in the U.S. Government in 2018, with 622 employed. The most common payscale was the general schedule payscale.

In 2018, the National Institutes of Health hired the most employees titled Librarian, with an average salary of $103,596.

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	$103,596.42
Veterans Health Administration	98	$80,277.50
Smithsonian Institution (Exchange Sep Boards of Trust)	43	$93,759.86
Government Printing Office	39	$97,946.05
Offices, Boards and Divisions	30	$119,405.13
Agricultural Research Service	20	$107,656.00
Geological Survey	19	$79,873.05
National Institute of Standards and Technology	16	$102,525.25
Food and Drug Administration	14	$112,856.57
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration	14	$105,454.57
Patent and Trademark Office	13	$101,560.77
Department of State	13	$112,284.46
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	11	$88,432.27
Office of Administration	10	$110,235.10
National Gallery of Art	9	$95,253.44
Internal Revenue Service	8	$100,154.88
Nuclear Regulatory Commission	8	$113,467.88
National Park Service	7	$85,303.57
Office of Secretary of Transportation	7	$99,052.57
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	6	$129,436.17
Department of Energy	6	$85,957.00
Executive Office of U.S. Attorneys and the Office of U.s Attorneys	6	$0.00
Office of the Secretary of the Interior	5	$91,505.00
Forest Service	5	$87,544.00
Maritime Administration	5	$80,169.20
U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum	5	$111,728.20
Office of Comptroller of Currency	4	$117,693.50
Departmental Offices	4	$111,825.25
Export-Import Bank of the United States	4	$82,827.00
U.S. International Trade Commission	3	$114,442.00
Environmental Protection Agency	3	$105,401.00
Overseas Private Investment Corporation	3	$95,326.67
U.S. Coast Guard	3	$72,122.67
Bureau of Consumer Financial Protection	2	$125,820.50
Federal Trade Commission	2	$99,777.50
Bureau of Customs and Border Protection	2	$119,781.50
Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service	2	$68,047.00
Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation	2	$115,296.00
Office of the Secretary (Department of Commerce)	2	$89,021.50
Commodity Futures Trading Commission	2	$169,444.00
Office Assistant Secretary Administration and Management	2	$83,328.50
Goddard Space Flight Center	2	$121,437.50
Securities and Exchange Commission	2	$159,848.50
Armed Forces Retirement Home	2	$66,249.00
National Labor Relations Board	2	$126,963.00
U.S. Tax Court	2	$131,350.00
Indian Affairs	2	$67,470.50
Bureau of Land Management	2	$72,837.00
Federal Aviation Administration	2	$103,610.50
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission	2	$110,057.00
Bureau of Prisons/Federal Prison System	1	$123,234.00
Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars	1	$110,595.00
Drug Enforcement Administration	1	$90,350.00
Assistant Secretary for Policy Development and Resolution	1	$107,435.00
Broadcasting Board of Governors	1	$107,435.00
Bureau of Ocean Energy Management	1	$78,270.00
Federal Election Commission	1	$123,234.00
Headquarters, Nasa	1	$113,755.00
John Glenn Research Center at Lewis Field	1	$85,097.00
Dryden Flight Research Center	1	$92,163.00
National Archives and Records Administration	1	$120,074.00
Railroad Retirement Board	1	$100,917.00
Small Business Administration	1	$123,234.00
Federal Bureau of Investigation	1	$123,999.00
Food and Nutrition Service	1	$107,435.00
General Counsel (Department of Veterans Affairs)	1	$95,666.00
Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau	1	$113,755.00
Social Security Administration	1	$113,955.00
Federal Emergency Management Agency	1	$113,755.00
Bureau of Immigration & Customs Enforcement	1	$104,275.00
Bureau of Citizenshp and Immigratn Services	1	$90,350.00
Department of Homeland Security Headquarters	1	$95,666.00
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services	1	$116,914.00
Office Secretary Health and Human Services	1	$86,460.00
Federal Communications Commission	1	$123,234.00
Institute of Education Sciences	1	$120,074.00

Librarian Pay Distribution

The average pay for a Librarian is $98,889.23. The highest paid Librarian made $201,402 in 2018.

Common Librarian Payscales

Payscale	Number of Librarian Employees
GS - General Schedule	515
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
CT - Commodity Futures Trading Commission Pos	2
ES - Senior Executive Service	2
CN - Bur Of (cfpb) An Indep Ag Within Frs	2
SK - Sec Emp Formerly Under Gs, Gm, And Ez	2
FV - Faa Core Compensation Plan	2
SL - Senior Level Positions	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 2018

In 2004, the average pay for a Librarian was $74,311. Since then, the average pay has increased to $98,889 in 2018.

Data Sources

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The series code of this occupation is 1410.