Pay distribution $54,450 10th $62,400 25th $75,450 75th $83,790 90th
Half of Librarians and Media Collections Specialists in the Appleton metro area earn more than $62,670 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $62,400 and $75,450.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $54,450 $62,400 $62,670 $75,450 $83,790 Hourly $26.18 $30.00 $30.13 $36.28 $40.28
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Appleton metro areathis metro area
$62,670 median for Appleton metro area; middle half earns $62,400 to $75,450
$66,870 median for Wisconsin; middle half earns $58,260 to $79,290
$68,270 median for United States; middle half earns $56,310 to $84,480
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −6% vs Wisconsin overall and −8% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $39,720 $61,997 $84,273 $106,550 Hattiesburg, MS — $39,720 Johnstown, PA — $42,400 Chambersburg, PA — $42,800 Wheeling, WV-OH — $43,560 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $45,130 Lima, OH — $46,180 Ogden, UT — $46,380 Rocky Mount, NC — $46,550 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $46,550 Lebanon, PA — $47,450 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $47,670 St. George, UT — $47,800 York-Hanover, PA — $47,840 Wichita Falls, TX — $48,230 Homosassa Springs, FL — $48,360 Fort Wayne, IN — $48,690 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $49,400 Peoria, IL — $49,580 Traverse City, MI — $49,680 Goldsboro, NC — $49,780 Alexandria, LA — $49,860 Niles, MI — $50,120 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $50,150 Canton-Massillon, OH — $50,220 Ponce, PR — $50,260 Muncie, IN — $50,280 Arecibo, PR — $50,300 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $50,700 Charleston, WV — $50,740 Mayaguez, PR — $50,770 Idaho Falls, ID — $50,810 Terre Haute, IN — $50,840 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $50,870 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $51,210 Akron, OH — $51,260 Erie, PA — $51,300 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $51,400 Jacksonville, NC — $51,460 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $52,850 Jefferson City, MO — $53,370 Lake Charles, LA — $53,940 Abilene, TX — $54,110 Morristown, TN — $55,160 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $55,430 Joplin, MO-KS — $55,700 Saginaw, MI — $56,050 Sandusky, OH — $56,070 Kankakee, IL — $56,090 Jackson, MS — $56,540 Texarkana, TX-AR — $56,650 Springfield, OH — $56,720 Springfield, MO — $56,840 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $56,850 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $56,850 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $57,020 Greenville, NC — $57,050 Flagstaff, AZ — $57,220 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $57,220 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $57,410 Jackson, TN — $57,560 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $57,630 Yuma, AZ — $57,650 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $57,780 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $57,900 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $57,920 Evansville, IN — $57,930 Tulsa, OK — $58,040 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $58,210 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $58,310 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $58,370 Lynchburg, VA — $58,390 Glens Falls, NY — $58,430 Decatur, IL — $58,550 Missoula, MT — $58,570 Battle Creek, MI — $58,610 Pittsfield, MA — $58,710 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $58,730 Jackson, MI — $58,780 Mansfield, OH — $58,860 Asheville, NC — $58,870 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $58,890 Lafayette, LA — $58,920 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $59,070 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $59,180 Jonesboro, AR — $59,260 Fayetteville, NC — $59,440 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $59,500 Sumter, SC — $59,520 Flint, MI — $59,640 Great Falls, MT — $59,800 Rapid City, SD — $59,990 Boise City, ID — $60,030 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $60,060 Aguadilla, PR — $60,070 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $60,090 Ocala, FL — $60,210 Lancaster, PA — $60,240 St. Cloud, MN — $60,330 Manhattan, KS — $60,370 Kokomo, IN — $60,400 Baton Rouge, LA — $60,420 San Angelo, TX — $60,430 Gettysburg, PA — $60,440 Winston-Salem, NC — $60,440 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $60,460 Longview, TX — $60,480 Tucson, AZ — $60,500 Midland, MI — $60,530 Columbia, MO — $60,570 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $60,570 Ames, IA — $60,610 Rockford, IL — $60,630 Johnson City, TN — $60,650 Pittsburgh, PA — $60,760 Medford, OR — $60,770 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $60,800 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $60,890 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $60,980 Topeka, KS — $60,980 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $61,000 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $61,070 Monroe, LA — $61,090 Morgantown, WV — $61,110 Burlington, NC — $61,210 Columbia, SC — $61,290 Oklahoma City, OK — $61,290 Gadsden, AL — $61,330 Colorado Springs, CO — $61,370 Port St. Lucie, FL — $61,460 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $61,520 Rome, GA — $61,560 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $61,720 Springfield, IL — $61,790 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $61,900 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $61,920 Toledo, OH — $61,950 Cleveland, OH — $61,970 Florence, SC — $61,970 Hot Springs, AR — $62,060 Bangor, ME — $62,090 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $62,150 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $62,150 Bay City, MI — $62,190 Lawton, OK — $62,320 Cleveland, TN — $62,390 Greeley, CO — $62,400 Albuquerque, NM — $62,530 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $62,570 Cheyenne, WY — $62,570 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $62,630 Appleton, WI — $62,670 Montgomery, AL — $62,730 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $62,770 Fargo, ND-MN — $62,830 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $62,860 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $62,900 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $62,900 Paducah, KY-IL — $62,900 Spartanburg, SC — $62,940 Wilmington, NC — $63,030 Dothan, AL — $63,040 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $63,100 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $63,170 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $63,180 Pueblo, CO — $63,240 Waco, TX — $63,290 Rochester, NY — $63,490 Knoxville, TN — $63,500 Cedar Rapids, IA — $63,550 Tallahassee, FL — $63,620 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $63,750 Tuscaloosa, AL — $63,800 Utica-Rome, NY — $63,890 Eau Claire, WI — $63,920 Corpus Christi, TX — $63,940 Williamsport, PA — $63,960 Grand Junction, CO — $63,980 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $64,050 Monroe, MI — $64,060 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $64,070 Kansas City, MO-KS — $64,180 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $64,240 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $64,240 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $64,240 St. Louis, MO-IL — $64,350 Santa Fe, NM — $64,500 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $64,550 Portland-South Portland, ME — $64,550 Logan, UT-ID — $64,560 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $64,710 Lubbock, TX — $64,820 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $64,830 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $64,970 Lawrence, KS — $64,990 Wichita, KS — $64,990 Minot, ND — $65,090 Columbus, OH — $65,120 Fond du Lac, WI — $65,120 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $65,180 Sheboygan, WI — $65,250 Bowling Green, KY — $65,280 Reading, PA — $65,290 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $65,300 Duluth, MN-WI — $65,340 Birmingham, AL — $65,450 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $65,540 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $65,550 Amarillo, TX — $65,620 Bloomington, IN — $65,720 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $65,820 Helena, MT — $65,870 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $66,020 Las Cruces, NM — $66,170 Bloomington, IL — $66,180 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $66,190 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $66,250 Killeen-Temple, TX — $66,400 Midland, TX — $66,720 Huntsville, AL — $66,750 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $66,870 Barnstable Town, MA — $66,940 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $67,040 Gainesville, FL — $67,060 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $67,090 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $67,250 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $67,550 Billings, MT — $67,760 Jacksonville, FL — $67,840 Visalia, CA — $67,970 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $68,100 Mobile, AL — $68,200 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $68,210 Decatur, AL — $68,220 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $68,430 Albany, GA — $68,660 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $68,800 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $68,800 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $68,910 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $68,980 Roanoke, VA — $69,210 Kenosha, WI — $69,640 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $69,850 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $69,870 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $70,090 Valdosta, GA — $70,840 Urban Honolulu, HI — $71,000 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $71,030 Omaha, NE-IA — $71,050 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $71,260 Springfield, MA — $71,430 Columbus, GA-AL — $71,690 College Station-Bryan, TX — $71,780 Syracuse, NY — $71,850 Green Bay, WI — $72,020 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $72,270 Owensboro, KY — $72,490 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $72,990 Bismarck, ND — $73,120 El Paso, TX — $73,160 Vineland, NJ — $73,540 Elmira, NY — $73,850 Lexington Park, MD — $74,010 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $74,240 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $74,340 Binghamton, NY — $74,720 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $74,760 Wausau, WI — $74,780 Kingston, NY — $74,890 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $74,930 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $74,980 Worcester, MA — $75,160 Winchester, VA-WV — $75,250 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $75,280 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $75,730 Dover, DE — $75,880 Warner Robins, GA — $75,910 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $75,960 Dalton, GA — $76,000 Corvallis, OR — $76,030 Salinas, CA — $76,080 Clarksville, TN-KY — $76,110 Harrisonburg, VA — $76,240 Savannah, GA — $76,660 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $76,680 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $76,720 Reno, NV — $76,840 Elizabethtown, KY — $76,920 Redding, CA — $76,970 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $77,030 Salem, OR — $77,320 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $77,330 Richmond, VA — $77,430 Gainesville, GA — $77,460 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $77,520 State College, PA — $77,560 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $77,640 Iowa City, IA — $77,680 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $77,760 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $77,800 Vallejo, CA — $77,860 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $77,930 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $77,950 Madison, WI — $78,050 El Centro, CA — $78,110 Bozeman, MT — $78,160 Albany, OR — $78,330 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $78,460 Ithaca, NY — $78,460 Napa, CA — $78,490 Tyler, TX — $78,500 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $78,780 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $79,290 Mankato, MN — $79,420 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $79,450 Salisbury, MD — $79,520 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $79,620 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $79,660 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $79,880 Rochester, MN — $80,250 Fresno, CA — $80,450 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $80,800 Chico, CA — $80,840 Modesto, CA — $80,860 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $81,470 Boulder, CO — $81,550 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $81,610 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $81,670 Lincoln, NE — $81,810 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $81,890 Anchorage, AK — $82,110 Laredo, TX — $82,130 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $82,130 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $82,280 New Haven, CT — $82,420 Bend, OR — $82,430 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $83,090 Ann Arbor, MI — $83,200 Bellingham, WA — $83,810 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $83,890 Odessa, TX — $84,260 Charlottesville, VA — $84,430 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $84,540 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $84,810 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $85,730 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $87,490 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $91,090 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $92,140 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $92,610 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $94,380 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $95,480 Yakima, WA — $96,250 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $97,510 Merced, CA — $98,630 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $100,240 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $101,490 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $101,780 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $103,240 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $105,240 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $106,550 Appleton metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Appleton metro area has the 209th-highest published median for this occupation among the 359 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Wisconsin Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for librarians and media collections specialists, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Appleton metro areathis page
$62,670 median for Appleton metro area; middle half earns $62,400 to $75,450
$78,050 median for Madison metro area; middle half earns $63,470 to $82,450
$74,780 median for Wausau metro area; middle half earns $62,130 to $76,420
$74,240 median for Milwaukee metro area; middle half earns $60,230 to $79,290
$72,020 median for Green Bay metro area; middle half earns $61,480 to $77,910
$69,640 median for Kenosha metro area; middle half earns $60,010 to $77,450
$68,100 median for Racine metro area; middle half earns $60,100 to $75,500
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
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Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education $60,840 Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary $37,800 Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education $61,600 Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education $58,340 Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education $34,500 Substitute Teachers, Short-Term $39,010 Highest-paying metro areas for librarians and media collections specialistss · Highest-paying occupations in Appleton Metro
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .