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Library Technician

Operate, maintain, and repair equipment or facilities, performing skilled hands-on work.

90 employees hold this title in MN St Colleges & Universities. Median total compensation for the role is $56,384, below the department median of $62,587.

Employees
90
Total payroll
$4.6M
Role median
$56,384
Agency median
$62,587
Comparison
Below

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$5,068$68,524+

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

How total compensation varies among the 90 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

Library Technician pay vs. Minnesota

Across all employers in Minnesota, the median wage for Library Technicians — about 1,180 people — is $51,110. MN St Colleges & Universities pays a median base salary of $58,105 for this role, 14% above that figureabout the 67th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where MN St Colleges & Universities sits in the local pay range

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$34,340
$45,970
$51,110
$61,260
$63,480
MN St Colleges & Universities median · $58,105

The bar is the range of annual wages for Library Technicians across every employer in Minnesota, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows MN St Colleges & Universities’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Library Technicians — about 68,690 people — is $44,580. MN St Colleges & Universities’s median base salary is 30% above that national figure, about the 83rd percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th
25th
Median
75th
90th
$29,300
$35,740
$44,580
$52,430
$63,080
MN St Colleges & Universities median · $58,105

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 Minnesota range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 77 of 90 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 MN St Colleges & Universities is $56,384, 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

This role across Minnesota

Library Technician is held in 6 Minnesota departments. In MN St Colleges & Universities, the median of $56,384 ranks #3 of 6.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Median total compensation for the Library Technician role in other Minnesotadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Library Technician beyond Minnesota

This role is reported in 7 jurisdictions. In Minnesota, the median of $56,002 ranks #4 of 7. See Library Technician across all of Minnesota

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

Median total compensation for comparable Library Technicianroles 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

Employees with this title

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Catherine Dodson

Library Technician/MN St Colleges & Universities

2024 total comp
$20,216
Sub-department
MnSCU Metro SU Classified
Base pay
$19,922
Overtime
$84
Other pay
$210
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$20,216
Hire date
2024-02-14
Employment type
Full-Time
Pay grade
61
Union / bargaining unit
Technical
Pay basis
Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE)
1
Work county
Ramsey

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2024
Yes
Agency Number
E26
Bargaining Unit Number
207
Branch
Executive
Branch Code
Executive
Classified Code
Classified
Classified Status
Classified
Compensation Frequency Code
Hourly

At MN St Colleges & Universities, Catherine Dodson serves as a Library Technician within Mnscu Metro Su Classified. Hired in 2024, they have under a year of service, working full-time. Their 2024 pay totaled $20,216. They are represented by Technical.

Peggy Anderson

Library Technician/MN St Colleges & Universities

2024 total comp
$18,195
Sub-department
MnSCU SOU Coun 6 Clerical&Tech
Base pay
$3,819
Overtime
$0
Other pay
$14,376
Benefits
$0
Total compensation
$18,195
Hire date
1990-05-29
Employment type
Full-Time
Pay grade
61
Union / bargaining unit
Technical
Pay basis
Hourly
Full-time equivalent (FTE)
1
Work county
Lyon

Source-specific fields

Active on June 30, 2024
No
Agency Number
E26
Bargaining Unit Number
207
Branch
Executive
Branch Code
Executive
Classified Code
Classified
Classified Status
Classified
Compensation Frequency Code
Hourly

Peggy Anderson works as a Library Technician for MN St Colleges & Universities within Mnscu Sou Coun 6 Clerical&Tech. Their tenure dates to 1990, about 34 years as a full-time employee. Peggy earned $18,195 in 2024. Their bargaining unit is Technical.