Librarians and Media Collections Specialists · SOC 25-4022
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists Salary in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $55,450 per year ($26.66 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $37,480 at the 10th percentile to $85,850 at the 90th. BLS estimates 150 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Librarians and Media Collections Specialists in the Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area earn more than $55,450 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $44,620 and $73,280.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $37,480 | $44,620 | $55,450 | $73,280 | $85,850 |
| Hourly | $18.02 | $21.45 | $26.66 | $35.23 | $41.27 |
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
- Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area$55,450 median for Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $44,620 to $73,280
- Texasstate$71,860 median for Texas; middle half earns $61,260 to $81,710
- United Statesnational$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 −23% vs Texas overall and −19% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Texas
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.
- Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan areathis page$55,450 median for Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $44,620 to $73,280
- $84,260 median for Odessa metro area; middle half earns $59,590 to $99,610
- $82,130 median for Laredo metro area; middle half earns $69,980 to $90,840
- $81,470 median for McAllen metro area; middle half earns $66,190 to $97,160
- $78,500 median for Tyler metro area; middle half earns $57,950 to $81,990
- $77,930 median for Brownsville metro area; middle half earns $64,510 to $102,090
- $75,280 median for Houston metro area; middle half earns $62,840 to $80,470
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
Keep exploring
Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:
Highest-paying metro areas for librarians and media collections specialistss · Highest-paying occupations in Northwestern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area
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.
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.