Libraries & archives

Industry Group

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Workforce Population

243k

2021

Average Employee Age

45.5

2021

Average Salary

$35,881

2021

Average Male Salary

$42,263

2021

Average Female Salary

$33,997

2021

About

The top three occupations in the Libraries & archives Industry Group are librarians and media collections specialists, library assistants, clerical, and library technicians. On average, full-time employees in the Libraries & archives Industry Group work 40.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $53,591. Part-time employees in the same industry work 19 hours and earn an average annual salary of $14,269.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Libraries & archives Industry Group are District of Columbia (Northeast) PUMA, DC, Mattapan & Roxbury PUMA, MA, and Tompkins County PUMA, NY.

The workforce of Libraries & archives Industry Group in 2021 was 242,578 people, with 77.2% woman, and 22.8% men.

In 2021, 78.5% of the workforce in the Libraries & archives Industry Group was White (190,311 people), of which 78.3% were women and 21.7% men.

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Employment & Salaries

A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Libraries & archives Industry Group.

The workforce in Libraries & archives Industry Group was 242,578 people and is concentrated in New York (21,447 workers). The average annual salary was $35,881, being $23,715 less than the national average salary, which was $59,596.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Information industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

0.878%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 3.05M people employed in the Information industry. This represents a 0.878% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Information over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

Employment by Location

The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2021 were New York (21.4k), California (21.3k), and Illinois (14.6k).

This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Libraries & archives Industry Group.

Yearly Wage Ranking

In 2021, Libraries & archives Industry Group had an average annual wage of $35,881, $23,715 less than the average national salary of $59,596.

The graph shows the position of Libraries & archives Industry Group in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

Wage Distribution

0.447

WAGE GINI

Libraries & archives has a wage GINI of 0.447, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Libraries & archives (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Libraries & archives Industry Group workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Occupations

A review of jobs and wages in the Libraries & archives Industry Group.

Librarians and media collections specialists are the most common position with 80,572 workers, but the Libraries & archives Industry Group employs a relatively high number of Library assistants, clerical and Library technicians.

The highest average salary in Libraries & archives goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Occupations Distribution

The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Libraries & archives Industry Group according to occupations. In 2021, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were librarians and media collections specialists (80,572 people), library assistants, clerical (66,676 people), and library technicians (27,725 people)

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$42,263

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$4,306

$33,997

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$1,785

On average, Male workers in the Libraries & archives Industry Group make 1.24 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Libraries & archives Industry Group.

Business

Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Libraries & archives Industry Group. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Libraries & archives Industry Group.

The Libraries & archives Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry.

New York and Pennsylvania stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Libraries & archives Industry Group.

Industrial Flow

The closest comparable data for Libraries & archives is from Information.

Professional and business services has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Libraries & archives Industry Group, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Libraries & archives Industry Group is Information.

In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

Intermediate Inputs

The closest comparable data for Libraries & archives is from Information.

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

The Libraries & archives Industry Group gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Professional and business services Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

Use of Output by Other Industries

The closest comparable data for Libraries & archives is from Information.

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

The Information Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Libraries & archives Industry Group in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Libraries & archives Industry Group for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

Establishments

States with more establishments in 2016

The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Libraries & archives industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Libraries & archives Industry Group in the US.

Of the total workforce, 77.2% corresponds to women and 22.8% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $42,263 and $33,997.

75.8% of workers have a graduate degree, bachelors degree or some college.

Gender and Age

187,298

Women

77.2%

55,280

Men

22.8%

The workforce of Libraries & archives industry in 2021 was 242,578 people, with 77.2% woman, and 22.8% men.

The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Libraries & archives industry.

Races

In 2021, 78.5% of the workforce in the Libraries & archives industry was White (190,311 people), of which 78.3% were women and 21.7% men.

Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Black and Two or More Races.

Educational Levels

The main educational levels achieved by the Libraries & archives workers in 2021 were graduate degree (72,298 people), bachelors degree (68,141 people), and some college (43,528 people).

The chart shows the Libraries & archives workforce by gender and educational level.