Associate Librarian

Across all employers in South Carolina, the median wage for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists — about 2,130 people — is $62,640. Trident Technical College pays a median base salary of $60,000 for this role, 4% below that figure — about the 45th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Median total compensation for this role at Trident Technical College is $60,000, 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.

Associate Librarian is held in 12 South Carolina departments. In Trident Technical College, the median of $60,000 ranks #7 of 12.

• Academic Program Director 59
• Administrative Assistant 10
• Administrative Coordinator I 21
• Administrative Coordinator II 12
• Assistant Dean 9
• Assistant Vice President 9
• Dean 10
• Department Chair/Head 23
• Financial Aid Coordinator 6
• Information Systems / Business Analyst I 15
• Instructor 153
• IT Consultant I 16
• IT Manager I 5
• Program Coordinator I 6
• Project Manager I 5
• Student Services Manager I 15
• Student Services Program Coordinator II 32
• Trades Specialist V 8
• Vice President 8