South Carolina / Tri-County Technical College / Assistant Librarian
Job-title file
Manage collections and information services and help patrons with research and access.
1 employee holds this title in Tri-County Technical College. Median total compensation for the role is $55,000, below the department median of $63,151.
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. Tri-County Technical College pays a median base salary of $55,000 for this role, 12% below that figure — about the 36th 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 Tri-County Technical 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. Tri-County Technical College’s median base salary is 19% below that national figure, about the 23rd 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 Tri-County Technical College is $55,000, 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
Assistant Librarian is held in 9 South Carolina departments. In Tri-County Technical College, the median of $55,000 ranks #8 of 9.
Median total compensation for the Assistant Librarian role in other South Carolinadepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
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Assistant Librarian/Tri-County Technical College
At Tri-County Technical College, Laurel Whisler serves as a Assistant Librarian. Their 2026 pay totaled $55,000.