Library Technicians · SOC 25-4031

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Library Technicianss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for library technicians. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 272 metro areas

Library Technicians: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$65,690	1,290	0.6
2	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$65,630	60	0.4
3	New Haven, CT	$63,970	230	0.8
4	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$63,690	730	0.3
5	Yakima, WA	$63,270	40	0.5
6	Ithaca, NY	$62,960	50	1.1
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$62,550	310	0.3
8	Fairbanks-College, AK	$61,960	50	1.3
9	Rochester, MN	$61,750	40	0.3
10	Binghamton, NY	$61,720	70	0.7
11	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$61,470	160	0.8
12	Iowa City, IA	$61,300	90	0.9
13	Syracuse, NY	$58,520	180	0.6
14	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$58,380	360	0.6
15	Bellingham, WA	$57,990	60	0.7
16	Vallejo, CA	$57,670	70	0.5
17	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$57,510	90	0.7
18	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$57,330	1,290	0.5
19	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$57,290	2,060	0.7
20	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$57,050	990	0.8
21	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA	$56,510	870	0.5
22	Mankato, MN	$56,310	30	0.6
23	Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA	$56,270	60	0.2
24	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA	$56,160	140	0.7
25	Albuquerque, NM	$56,140	150	0.4

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Library Technicians overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.