City of Baltimore / Enoch Pratt Free Library (017) / Librarian I
Job-title file
Manage collections and information services and help patrons with research and access.
2 employees hold this title in Enoch Pratt Free Library (017). Median total compensation for the role is $35,182, below the department median of $40,870.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, the median wage for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists — about 1,540 people — is $83,090. Enoch Pratt Free Library (017) pays a median base salary of $51,280 for this role, 38% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists across every employer in the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Enoch Pratt Free Library (017)’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists — about 133,790 people — is $68,270. Enoch Pratt Free Library (017)’s median base salary is 25% below that national figure, about the 19th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Enoch Pratt Free Library (017) is $51,280, 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.
Compare departments
Librarian I is held in 26 City of Baltimore departments. In Enoch Pratt Free Library (017), the median of $35,182 ranks #21 of 26.
Median total compensation for the Librarian I role in other City of Baltimoredepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 32 jurisdictions. In City of Baltimore, the median of $51,727 ranks #25 of 32. See Librarian across all of City of Baltimore →
Median total compensation for comparable Librarian roles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.
Record list
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Librarian I/Enoch Pratt Free Library (017)
Source-specific fields
Deborah Robertson holds the role of Librarian I at Enoch Pratt Free Library (017). They have served since 2012 (about 4 years). In 2016, their total compensation was $37,854.
Librarian I/Enoch Pratt Free Library (017)
Source-specific fields
Kinshasa Vargas-Pile is a Librarian I at Enoch Pratt Free Library (017). Hired in 2008, they have about 5 years of service. 2013 total compensation came to $32,509.