Los Angeles County / La County Library / Librarian III

Job-title file

Librarian III

Manage collections and information services and help patrons with research and access.

41 employees hold this title in La County Library. Median total compensation for the role is $167,042, above the department median of $74,734.

Employees: 41
Total payroll: $6.3M
Role median: $167,042
Agency median: $74,734
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$9,429$179,149+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 41 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Librarian III pay vs. the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area

Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists — about 3,270 people — is $97,510. La County Library pays a median base salary of $95,054 for this role, 3% below that figure — about the 47th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where La County Library sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$54,600

$75,730

$97,510

$102,910

$134,100

La County Library median · $95,054

The bar is the range of annual wages for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows La County Library’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. La County Library’s median base salary is 39% above that national figure, about the 83rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$43,660

$56,310

$68,270

$84,480

$103,990

La County Library median · $95,054

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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 283 of 298 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 La County Library is $149,780, 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 jurisdictions

Librarian beyond Los Angeles County

This role is reported in 32 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $149,365 ranks #2 of 32. See Librarian across all of Los Angeles County →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

City and County of San Francisco

$156,316 · 310

City of San Jose

$142,838 · 64

U.S. Federal Government (non-Defense)

$119,187 · 523

$113,277 · 91

$112,505 · 78

$106,657 · 477

$101,664 · 384

$96,547 · 82

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.

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