South Carolina / Gov School for Arts & Humanities / Librarian
Job-title file
Manage collections and information services and help patrons with research and access.
1 employee holds this title in Gov School for Arts & Humanities. Median total compensation for the role is $77,736, above the department median of $73,440.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists — about 2,130 people — is $62,640. Gov School for Arts & Humanities pays a median base salary of $88,372 for this role, 41% above that figure — about the 86th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists across every employer in South Carolina, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Gov School for Arts & Humanities’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. Gov School for Arts & Humanities’s median base salary is 29% above that national figure, about the 78th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
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 South Carolina range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Gov School for Arts & Humanities is $88,372, 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
Librarian is held in 5 South Carolina departments. In Gov School for Arts & Humanities, the median of $77,736 ranks #4 of 5.
Median total compensation for the Librarian role in other South Carolinadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 32 jurisdictions. In South Carolina, the median of $89,609 ranks #10 of 32. See Librarian across all of South Carolina →
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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Librarian/Gov School for Arts & Humanities
Christina Gregory works as a Librarian for Gov School for Arts & Humanities. Christina earned $77,736 in 2026.