Librarian Salaries

• According to a survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in May 2010, the median hourly wage for a librarian was $26.20. This number includes the figures for full-time librarians, who tend to earn significantly more than part-time and seasonal librarians. While many librarians are part time, the few full-time librarians are often paid an annual salary, according to a survey conducted by the American Library Association.
  
  

Seasonal Librarian Salaries

• Since seasonal librarians work part-time, they are paid on an hourly basis at much lower levels than that of full-time permanent librarians. Furthermore, since they are considered support staff by libraries, they are often called "library technicians." These librarians earned a median wage of between $13.03 and $15.91, according to a BLS survey conducted in May 2008. These wages varied according to the nature of the employer, with universities paying the most and elementary and secondary schools paying the least.
  
  

Seasonal Library Staff Salaries

• In addition to the library technicians are library assistants, who generally do not have a university education and who are employed part time to assist library technicians and librarians. These workers were paid between $8.52 and $14.18 in May 2008, according to the BLS. As with library technicians, the highest wages were paid in universities and the lowest in elementary and secondary schools.
  
  

Seasonal Librarian Education and Responsibilities

• Seasonal librarians offer support for librarians by helping them to acquire, circulate, reshelve, organize, and catalog materials as well as administer library programs and outreach activities for the general public. The duties of a seasonal librarian are expanding, which means the educational expectations are increasing, and a bachelor's degree is typically become the minimum needed to acquire this kind of seasonal work.