Librarians and Media Collections Specialists · SOC 25-4022
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists Salary in the Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area
Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area
Figures describe the Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town.
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists in the Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area earned a median of $38,460 per year ($18.49 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $29,900 at the 10th percentile to $70,020 at the 90th. BLS estimates 130 people work in this occupation in the area.
Pay distribution
Half of Librarians and Media Collections Specialists in the Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area earn more than $38,460 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $34,470 and $57,340.
| Wage | 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annual | $29,900 | $34,470 | $38,460 | $57,340 | $70,020 |
| Hourly | $14.37 | $16.57 | $18.49 | $27.57 | $33.66 |
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
- Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area$38,460 median for Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $34,470 to $57,340
- Indianastate$53,500 median for Indiana; middle half earns $41,120 to $65,720
- 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 −28% vs Indiana overall and −44% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Other metro areas in Indiana
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.
- Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan areathis page$38,460 median for Southern Indiana nonmetropolitan area; middle half earns $34,470 to $57,340
- $65,720 median for Bloomington metro area; middle half earns $63,280 to $81,970
- $60,890 median for Indianapolis metro area; middle half earns $44,800 to $71,720
- $60,400 median for Kokomo metro area; middle half earns $39,360 to $61,740
- $57,930 median for Evansville metro area; middle half earns $44,060 to $61,240
- $57,780 median for South Bend metro area; middle half earns $46,270 to $61,940
- $52,850 median for Lafayette metro area; middle half earns $43,740 to $64,300
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 Southern Indiana 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.