Compared with the local labor market
Associate Librarian pay vs. South Carolina
Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists — about 2,130 people — is $62,640. Horry-Georgetown Technician College pays a median base salary of $71,872 for this role, 15% above that figure — about the 66th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Horry-Georgetown Technician College sits in the local pay range
$36,490
$49,260
$62,640
$77,130
$92,890
Horry-Georgetown Technician College median · $71,872
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 Horry-Georgetown Technician College’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. Horry-Georgetown Technician College’s median base salary is 5% above that national figure, about the 56th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$43,660
$56,310
$68,270
$84,480
$103,990
Horry-Georgetown Technician College median · $71,872
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 Horry-Georgetown Technician College is $71,872, 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.