Librarian at Department of Housing and Urban Development, U.S. Federal Government

Across all employers in the United States, the median wage for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists — about 133,790 people — is $68,270. Department of Housing and Urban Development pays a median base salary of $148,716 for this role, 118% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Department of Housing and Urban Development is $148,716, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.

Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.

Librarian is held in 37 U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) departments. In Department of Housing and Urban Development, the median of $148,716 ranks #13 of 37.

This role is reported in 32 jurisdictions. In U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense), the median of $126,557 ranks #4 of 32. See Librarian across all of U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense) →

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