Compared with the local labor market
Librarian III pay vs. the Baton Rouge, LA area
Across all employers in the Baton Rouge, LA area, the median wage for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists — about 480 people — is $60,420. Library Board of Control pays a median base salary of $59,691 for this role, 1% below that figure — about the 48th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Library Board of Control sits in the local pay range
$47,980
$52,180
$60,420
$64,910
$77,730
Library Board of Control median · $59,691
The bar is the range of annual wages for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists across every employer in the Baton Rouge, LA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Library Board of Control’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. Library Board of Control’s median base salary is 13% below that national figure, about the 32nd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$43,660
$56,310
$68,270
$84,480
$103,990
Library Board of Control median · $59,691
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 Baton Rouge, LA range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 93 of 103 people in this role paid at least $25,000 in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.
Median total compensation for this role at Library Board of Control is $57,984, 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.