Librarian 1

Across all employers in the Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN area, the median wage for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists — about 830 people — is $64,830. Library Archives pays a median base salary of $37,641 for this role, 42% below that figure — below the 10th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Library Archives is $38,582, 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 1 is held in 21 Metro Nashville departments. In Library Archives, the median of $38,582 ranks #12 of 21.

This role is reported in 32 jurisdictions. In Metro Nashville, the median of $60,565 ranks #20 of 32. See Librarian across all of Metro Nashville →