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Library Technicians · SOC 25-4031

Library Technicians Salary in the San Jose Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area

Figures describe the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not San Jose city limits.

Median annual wage$62,550
Median hourly wage$30.07

Library Technicians in the San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA metro area earned a median of $62,550 per year ($30.07 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $43,250 at the 10th percentile to $97,640 at the 90th. BLS estimates 310 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Library Technicians in the San Jose metro area earn more than $62,550 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $51,490 and $83,920.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$43,250$51,490$62,550$83,920$97,640
Hourly$20.79$24.76$30.07$40.35$46.94

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.

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How this area compares

  • San Jose metro areathis metro area
    $62,550
  • Californiastate (CA)
    $53,260
  • United Statesnational
    $44,580

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +17% vs California overall and +40% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$23,350$37,463$51,577$65,690Janesville-Beloit, WI — $23,350Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $24,210Jackson, MS — $24,480Flint, MI — $25,960Fort Smith, AR-OK — $26,790Niles, MI — $27,650Eau Claire, WI — $28,260Warner Robins, GA — $28,480Ponce, PR — $28,660Wheeling, WV-OH — $28,670Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $29,020Macon-Bibb County, GA — $29,040Lynchburg, VA — $29,050Bowling Green, KY — $29,330Oklahoma City, OK — $29,380Fort Wayne, IN — $29,480Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $29,510Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $29,640Laredo, TX — $29,860Savannah, GA — $30,160Appleton, WI — $30,420Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $30,500Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $30,730Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $30,900Rockford, IL — $31,200Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $31,370Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $31,520Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $31,780Sheboygan, WI — $31,910Amarillo, TX — $32,180Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $32,270Goldsboro, NC — $32,550McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $32,560Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $32,820Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $32,880Columbus, GA-AL — $33,280Harrisonburg, VA — $34,260Lexington-Fayette, KY — $34,280Rapid City, SD — $34,300Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $34,430Pueblo, CO — $34,450Cheyenne, WY — $34,550Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $34,680Killeen-Temple, TX — $34,900Akron, OH — $34,910Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $34,930Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $35,040Joplin, MO-KS — $35,120Evansville, IN — $35,250Youngstown-Warren, OH — $35,270Winchester, VA-WV — $35,350Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $35,480Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $35,520Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $35,560Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $35,560Lancaster, PA — $35,660Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $35,710Madison, WI — $35,800San Angelo, TX — $35,830Tyler, TX — $35,890Birmingham, AL — $35,900Columbia, SC — $35,990Baton Rouge, LA — $36,010Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $36,040Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $36,070Springfield, OH — $36,110Montgomery, AL — $36,140Ocala, FL — $36,200Columbia, MO — $36,240Boise City, ID — $36,330Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $36,370Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $36,370Wausau, WI — $36,380Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $36,400Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $36,470El Paso, TX — $36,500Fond du Lac, WI — $36,510South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $36,540Abilene, TX — $36,560Roanoke, VA — $36,670Tulsa, OK — $36,720Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $36,760San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $36,770Utica-Rome, NY — $36,800Longview, TX — $36,830Santa Fe, NM — $36,920Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $36,980Saginaw, MI — $36,980Charleston, WV — $37,000Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $37,090Punta Gorda, FL — $37,100Canton-Massillon, OH — $37,240Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $37,270Idaho Falls, ID — $37,400Corpus Christi, TX — $37,550Missoula, MT — $37,550College Station-Bryan, TX — $37,700Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $37,860Toledo, OH — $37,920Mobile, AL — $37,940Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $38,120Wichita, KS — $38,200Great Falls, MT — $38,220La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $38,310Reading, PA — $38,410Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $38,540Colorado Springs, CO — $38,560Gainesville, FL — $38,590Billings, MT — $38,750Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $38,760Farmington, NM — $38,870Grand Forks, ND-MN — $38,960Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $39,010Columbus, OH — $39,070Jacksonville, FL — $39,070Bloomington, IN — $39,090Spartanburg, SC — $39,120Midland, TX — $39,220Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $39,240Grand Junction, CO — $39,240Rochester, NY — $39,240Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $39,290Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $39,390Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $39,630Traverse City, MI — $39,730St. Louis, MO-IL — $39,780Green Bay, WI — $40,060Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $40,070Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $40,080San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $40,240Omaha, NE-IA — $40,320Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $40,350Richmond, VA — $40,510Las Cruces, NM — $40,540Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $40,740Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $40,760Athens-Clarke County, GA — $41,040Anchorage, AK — $41,130Bismarck, ND — $41,160Lubbock, TX — $41,340Tucson, AZ — $41,880Kansas City, MO-KS — $42,060Fayetteville, NC — $42,520Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $42,620Greensboro-High Point, NC — $42,810Mansfield, OH — $42,860Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $42,920Greenville, NC — $43,370Peoria, IL — $43,440Winston-Salem, NC — $44,130Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $44,310Asheville, NC — $44,520Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $44,620Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $44,650Portland-South Portland, ME — $44,680Pittsburgh, PA — $44,820Redding, CA — $44,850Medford, OR — $44,940Auburn-Opelika, AL — $44,960Cedar Rapids, IA — $44,960Fargo, ND-MN — $45,020Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $45,070Tallahassee, FL — $45,160Cleveland, OH — $45,420Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $45,650Salisbury, MD — $45,810Ames, IA — $45,880Lincoln, NE — $46,000Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $46,260Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $46,320Lexington Park, MD — $46,400Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $46,430New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $46,620Topeka, KS — $46,740Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $46,840Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $46,850Barnstable Town, MA — $46,860Stockton-Lodi, CA — $46,890Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $46,900Port St. Lucie, FL — $46,920Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $46,930Albany, OR — $46,990Bangor, ME — $47,000Chico, CA — $47,040Greeley, CO — $47,070Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $47,100Kingston, NY — $47,110Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $47,180Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $47,230Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $47,230Pittsfield, MA — $47,290Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $47,300Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $47,470Worcester, MA — $47,560Merced, CA — $47,570Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $47,670Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $47,680Manchester-Nashua, NH — $47,730Monroe, LA — $47,790Dubuque, IA — $47,820Bloomington, IL — $47,930Springfield, IL — $47,990Duluth, MN-WI — $48,030Minot, ND — $48,080Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $48,090Bend, OR — $48,170Visalia, CA — $48,200Wilmington, NC — $48,280Grand Island, NE — $48,470Fresno, CA — $48,500Bozeman, MT — $48,510El Centro, CA — $48,520Ogden, UT — $48,690Salem, OR — $48,740Springfield, MA — $48,780Reno, NV — $48,820Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $48,880North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $48,960Yuba City, CA — $49,060Boulder, CO — $49,290Lawrence, KS — $49,400Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $49,470Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $49,590Owensboro, KY — $49,870Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $49,980Knoxville, TN — $50,030Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $50,090Napa, CA — $50,110Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $50,130Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $50,170Eugene-Springfield, OR — $50,330Decatur, IL — $50,650Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $51,230Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $51,520Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $51,820Raleigh-Cary, NC — $52,020New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $52,040Urban Honolulu, HI — $52,450Charlottesville, VA — $52,690Salinas, CA — $53,460Champaign-Urbana, IL — $53,680Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $54,360San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $54,920Corvallis, OR — $55,360Modesto, CA — $55,440Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $55,630Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $55,960Albuquerque, NM — $56,140Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $56,160Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $56,270Mankato, MN — $56,310Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $56,510Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $57,050Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $57,290Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $57,330San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $57,510Vallejo, CA — $57,670Bellingham, WA — $57,990Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $58,380Syracuse, NY — $58,520Iowa City, IA — $61,300Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $61,470Binghamton, NY — $61,720Rochester, MN — $61,750Fairbanks-College, AK — $61,960San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $62,550Ithaca, NY — $62,960Yakima, WA — $63,270San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $63,690New Haven, CT — $63,970Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $65,630Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $65,690

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 San Jose metro area has the 7th-highest published median for this occupation among the 272 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 California

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for library technicians, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • San Jose metro areathis page
    $62,550
  • San Francisco metro area
    $63,690
  • Santa Rosa metro area
    $61,470
  • Vallejo metro area
    $57,670
  • San Luis Obispo metro area
    $57,510
  • Riverside metro area
    $56,510
  • Santa Maria metro area
    $56,160

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:

Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education$102,860Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary$49,010Self-Enrichment Teachers$58,330Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education$108,230Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$72,330Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education$51,190

Highest-paying metro areas for library technicianss · Highest-paying occupations in San Jose 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.

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.