Utah / Department of Heritage & Arts / Librarian I
Job-title file
Manage collections and information services and help patrons with research and access.
2 employees hold this title in Department of Heritage & Arts. Median total compensation for the role is $50,343, above the department median of $47,636.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in Utah, the median wage for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists — about 1,630 people — is $53,730. Department of Heritage & Arts pays a median base salary of $56,347 for this role, 5% above that figure — about the 53rd 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 Utah, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Department of Heritage & Arts’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. Department of Heritage & Arts’s median base salary is 17% below that national figure, about the 25th 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 Utah range relative to the national one.
Computed over the 14 of 21 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 Department of Heritage & Arts is $77,389, 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 I is held in 3 Utah departments. In Department of Heritage & Arts, the median of $50,343 ranks #2 of 3.
Median total compensation for the Librarian I role in other Utahdepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.
Compare jurisdictions
This role is reported in 32 jurisdictions. In Utah, the median of $42,905 ranks #27 of 32. See Librarian across all of Utah →
Median total compensation for comparable Librarianroles 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
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Librarian I/Department of Heritage & Arts
Source-specific fields
At Department of Heritage & Arts, Gregory Walz serves as a Librarian I within Dha State History. Their 2019 pay totaled $77,389.
Librarian I/Department of Heritage & Arts
Source-specific fields
Mckayla Herron is a Librarian I at Department of Heritage & Arts within Dha Administration. 2018 total compensation came to $23,297.