City of Rockford / Rockford Public Library / Librarian

Job-title file

Librarian

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

13 employees hold this title in Rockford Public Library. Median total compensation for the role is $50,764, above the department median of $37,345.

Employees: 13
Total payroll: $587.4K
Role median: $50,764
Agency median: $37,345
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$6,269$66,911+

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

How total compensation varies among the 13 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 pay vs. the Rockford, IL area

Across all employers in the Rockford, IL area, the median wage for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists — about 100 people — is $60,630. Rockford Public Library pays a median base salary of $52,363 for this role, 14% below that figure — about the 33rd percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where Rockford Public Library sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$36,600

$48,630

$60,630

$80,920

$91,520

Rockford Public Library median · $52,363

The bar is the range of annual wages for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists across every employer in the Rockford, IL area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Rockford Public 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. Rockford Public Library’s median base salary is 23% below that national figure, about the 20th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$43,660

$56,310

$68,270

$84,480

$103,990

Rockford Public Library median · $52,363

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 Rockford, IL range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 10 of 13 people in this role paid at least $25,000in 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 Rockford Public Library is $50,764, 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 City of Rockford

This role is reported in 32 jurisdictions. In City of Rockford, the median of $50,764 ranks #26 of 32. See Librarian across all of City of Rockford →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

City and County of San Francisco

$156,316 · 310

Los Angeles County

$149,365 · 299

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

Median total compensation for comparable Librarianroles 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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