Library Technicians: Schools and Careers

Browse all of the tabs below for info about Library Technicians:

Overview
Top Cities
Find Schools
Video
Job Profiles
Top Industries

About Library Technicians

Career information and college search tools for library technicians and those interested in pursing careers in related fields.

Library Technicians picture Library Technicians image

The Top Cities tab shows employment statistics for Library Technicians by major metro area.

The Top Industries tab shows which industries have the most jobs for Library Technicians, along with salary data by industry.

The Find Schools tab lets you search for schools by field of study, degree level, and location.

Overview
Top Cities
Find Schools
Video
Job Profiles
Top Industries

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Library Technicians

The map below shows some metro areas where the profession is more popular, compared to the size of the population, than in the rest of the country. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the US.

(Also see our complete career descriptions list.)

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2007) for:
Library Technicians

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Library Technicians relative to the population of the city, as of 2007.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.

Clicking on each city's name takes you to a detailed career profile for that city, providing the number of jobs, salaries, amount of training required, and more, for hundreds of job types.

Metro Area	Jobs	Salary (2007)	Relative Popularity
ALABAMA
Tuscaloosa	100	$24,100	1.8
Auburn	50	$26,030	1.8
Mobile	200	$21,340	1.6
Florence	40	$22,780	1.2
Montgomery	120	$27,280	1
Birmingham	220	$25,660	0.6
Huntsville	30	$26,760	0.2
ALASKA
Anchorage	70	$38,100	0.6
ARIZONA
Prescott	80	$28,480	1.9
Tucson	390	$30,420	1.4
Yuma	40	$24,180	1
Phoenix	1,120	$26,940	0.8
ARKANSAS
Jonesboro	70	$21,150	2.3
Little Rock	370	$24,410	1.5
Pine Bluff	30	$31,600	1.4
Fayetteville	150	$25,090	1.1
CALIFORNIA
Merced	150	$32,720	3.8
Yuba City	80	$30,960	3.1
Fresno	660	$29,140	2.7
Santa Cruz	140	$40,670	2.4
San Luis Obispo	130	$32,380	1.8
Salinas	180	$37,760	1.7
Vallejo	140	$35,290	1.6
Redding	70	$29,320	1.6
El Centro	50	$32,070	1.5
Santa Rosa	180	$32,690	1.3
Oxnard	280	$32,630	1.3
Chico	60	$33,840	1.2
Visalia	110	$29,950	1.1
San Diego	1,080	$35,900	1.1
Oakland	800	$39,380	1
San Francisco	740	$40,740	1
Santa Barbara	120	$35,790	1
Riverside	990	$34,030	1
Stockton	150	$33,540	1
Sacramento	590	$34,150	0.9
San Jose	590	$36,800	0.9
Modesto	100	$34,240	0.9
Bakersfield	160	$31,290	0.8
Los Angeles	2,570	$33,590	0.8
Santa Ana	920	$37,720	0.8
COLORADO
Greeley	190	$28,110	3.7
Boulder	240	$38,910	2.2
Colorado Springs	340	$27,190	1.8
Fort Collins	150	$31,130	1.7
Denver	1,170	$30,490	1.3
Pueblo	40	$32,600	1.2
CONNECTICUT
New Haven	500	$36,710	2.5
Norwich	190	$29,560	2.2
Danbury	80	$36,190	1.7
Hartford	620	$35,280	1.5
Waterbury	60	$31,550	1.3
Bridgeport	360	$33,690	1.1
DELAWARE
Wilmington	290	$33,330	1.2
Dover	30	$35,470	0.8
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
Washington	2,310	$42,890	1.3
FLORIDA
Tallahassee	140	$28,130	1.2
Cape Coral	110	$34,600	0.7
Sarasota	130	$25,000	0.6
Pensacola	60	$26,990	0.5
West Palm Beach	220	$36,870	0.5
Tampa	480	$27,340	0.5
Jacksonville	230	$26,700	0.5
Port St. Lucie	40	$32,040	0.4
Miami	270	$33,180	0.4
Deltona	40	$29,170	0.4
Lakeland	40	$27,760	0.3
Orlando	190	$28,230	0.2
Fort Lauderdale	80	$33,110	0.1
GEORGIA
Augusta	100	$20,420	0.7
Atlanta	1,220	$29,420	0.7
Savannah	70	$22,980	0.7
HAWAII
Honolulu	360	$31,990	1.2
IDAHO
Pocatello	60	$25,840	3.1
Idaho Falls	80	$20,800	2.6
ILLINOIS
Bloomington	170	$29,080	3.9
Champaign	210	$24,920	3.5
Rockford	340	$24,910	3.2
Peoria	160	$23,310	1.4
Chicago	3,120	$28,750	1.1
INDIANA
Anderson	90	$25,080	3.7
Kokomo	70	$25,850	2.4
Terre Haute	100	$25,230	2.2
Bloomington	100	$27,580	2.2
South Bend	200	$23,560	2.1
Michigan City	40	$32,000	1.5
Muncie	40	$27,030	1.3
Indianapolis	790	$23,170	1.2
Gary	220	$22,990	1.1
Elkhart	90	$27,520	1
Evansville	120	$23,420	1
Fort Wayne	130	$22,630	0.8
IOWA
Ames	50	$22,730	2.1
Cedar Rapids	180	$23,920	1.9
Waterloo	100	$27,780	1.8
Davenport	170	$24,040	1.3
Dubuque	40	$31,480	1.2
Iowa City	50	$29,830	1.1
Des Moines	250	$24,390	1.1
Sioux City	50	$22,560	1.1
KANSAS
Topeka	120	$29,300	1.6
Wichita	130	$18,220	0.6
KENTUCKY
Lexington	180	$25,520	1
Louisville	290	$29,350	0.6
LOUISIANA
Shreveport	180	$26,230	1.5
Baton Rouge	390	$23,090	1.5
New Orleans	420	$28,680	1.1
Houma	50	$24,680	0.8
MAINE
Portland	330	$29,040	2.3
Bangor	80	$28,620	1.9
Lewiston	50	$26,930	1.6
MARYLAND
Salisbury	60	$28,630	1.8
Bethesda	510	$37,220	1.2
Baltimore	1,160	$33,310	1.2
MASSACHUSETTS
Pittsfield	50	$26,110	2.2
Barnstable	150	$33,800	2.2
Springfield	420	$31,570	1.9
Haverhill	90	$30,730	1.7
New Bedford	70	$30,660	1.7
Brockton	100	$33,020	1.7
Worcester	300	$32,080	1.7
Framingham	170	$34,540	1.5
Lynn	100	$36,410	1.5
Boston	1,820	$38,920	1.4
Lowell	110	$36,260	1.3
Taunton	40	$26,770	1.3
Leominster	40	$37,180	1.2
Lawrence	40	$31,500	1
MICHIGAN
Niles	160	$23,070	4
Lansing	400	$30,560	2.8
Holland	190	$27,120	2.6
Saginaw	90	$28,990	1.6
Kalamazoo	160	$25,330	1.6
Flint	120	$31,790	1.2
Warren	820	$28,990	0.9
Detroit	510	$30,710	0.9
Grand Rapids	240	$27,530	0.9
Muskegon	30	$27,470	0.7
MINNESOTA
Duluth	190	$31,700	2.1
Rochester	100	$34,140	1.8
St. Cloud	110	$35,160	1.6
Minneapolis	1,030	$36,460	0.8
MISSISSIPPI
Jackson	200	$21,570	1.1
Gulfport	40	$22,030	0.6
MISSOURI
Columbia	230	$24,600	4.2
St. Joseph	50	$39,150	1.6
Kansas City	990	$28,020	1.3
St. Louis	1,170	$29,110	1.2
Springfield	50	$26,530	0.4
NEBRASKA
Lincoln	110	$28,320	1
Omaha	240	$25,810	0.7
NEVADA
Reno	50	$37,420	0.3
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Portsmouth	110	$27,970	2.9
Rochester	100	$27,840	2.8
Manchester	130	$29,420	1.9
Nashua	100	$29,260	1
NEW JERSEY
Ocean City	70	$27,690	2.7
Camden	730	$28,340	1.9
Edison	1,210	$30,890	1.6
Newark	1,050	$31,200	1.4
Trenton	160	$35,310	1
Vineland	30	$36,110	0.8
NEW MEXICO
Santa Fe	90	$26,350	2.6
Albuquerque	190	$25,950	0.7
NEW YORK
Ithaca	80	$34,690	3.2
Nassau	1,710	$25,570	1.8
Rochester	550	$22,980	1.5
Poughkeepsie	230	$32,950	1.3
Utica	100	$23,790	1.1
Kingston	40	$29,650	1
Binghamton	70	$26,060	0.9
Albany	270	$32,210	0.8
New York	3,070	$34,670	0.8
NORTH CAROLINA
Greenville	140	$26,180	3
Fayetteville	170	$27,530	2.1
Durham	310	$37,760	1.6
Charlotte	780	$28,310	1.2
Winston-Salem	150	$29,210	1
Greensboro	200	$28,590	0.7
Hickory	80	$29,140	0.7
Raleigh	240	$28,950	0.6
Asheville	80	$32,220	0.6
Wilmington	40	$30,030	0.4
NORTH DAKOTA
Bismarck	70	$22,310	1.9
Grand Forks	40	$23,500	1.2
Fargo	90	$29,600	1.1
OHIO
Dayton	970	$33,900	3.4
Cleveland	1,450	$32,290	1.8
Toledo	430	$28,390	1.8
Canton	210	$25,620	1.7
Akron	390	$26,650	1.6
Lima	50	$28,270	1.4
Cincinnati	990	$29,350	1.3
Columbus	730	$31,420	1.1
Youngstown	80	$27,790	0.5
OKLAHOMA
Tulsa	340	$24,460	1.1
Oklahoma City	440	$22,170	1.1
OREGON
Salem	200	$27,670	1.9
Bend	80	$28,370	1.7
Medford	90	$29,970	1.6
Eugene	140	$32,630	1.3
Portland	690	$36,200	0.9
PENNSYLVANIA
Williamsport	90	$25,060	2.8
Philadelphia	2,240	$27,690	1.6
Scranton	250	$27,490	1.3
Allentown	280	$26,010	1.2
Harrisburg	240	$28,640	1.1
Pittsburgh	860	$23,530	1
Reading	100	$23,720	0.9
Erie	60	$22,860	0.7
Lancaster	110	$21,050	0.7
RHODE ISLAND
Providence	690	$31,400	1.6
SOUTH CAROLINA
Charleston	470	$23,680	2.2
Spartanburg	150	$27,620	1.7
Greenville	300	$23,340	1.3
Columbia	270	$25,780	1.1
Anderson	40	$19,050	1
Myrtle Beach	70	$21,170	0.8
Florence	50	$20,900	0.8
SOUTH DAKOTA
Rapid City	70	$23,990	1.7
Sioux Falls	130	$26,330	1.4
TENNESSEE
Clarksville	60	$25,190	1.2
Chattanooga	170	$29,550	1.1
Johnson City	50	$22,800	1
Memphis	430	$22,280	0.9
Kingsport	60	$21,140	0.8
Knoxville	90	$26,680	0.4
TEXAS
Lubbock	130	$20,060	1.6
McAllen	200	$21,780	1.3
Laredo	70	$18,450	1.3
San Angelo	30	$24,460	1.2
Killeen	90	$25,980	1.1
Wichita Falls	40	$19,930	1.1
Waco	70	$21,180	1.1
Abilene	30	$19,390	0.8
Fort Worth	370	$27,230	0.6
Amarillo	40	$24,710	0.6
Beaumont	60	$21,800	0.5
El Paso	100		0.5
Brownsville	40	$30,640	0.5
Austin	250	$25,370	0.5
San Antonio	260	$27,320	0.4
Dallas	660	$27,620	0.4
Houston	790	$26,300	0.4
UTAH
Logan	40	$22,420	1.5
St. George	40	$25,190	1.3
Ogden	170	$27,640	1.2
Salt Lake City	400	$27,530	0.9
VERMONT
Burlington	190	$27,620	2.5
VIRGINIA
Blacksburg	60		1.6
Charlottesville	100	$34,280	1.6
Virginia Beach	600	$31,710	1.1
Lynchburg	60	$24,380	0.9
Richmond	380	$32,350	0.8
Roanoke	70	$24,430	0.6
WASHINGTON
Bellingham	160	$34,480	3
Kennewick	140	$35,940	2.4
Bremerton	90	$39,000	1.7
Tacoma	310	$36,330	1.6
Spokane	230	$30,670	1.5
Yakima	80	$25,270	1.5
Mount Vernon	40	$34,150	1.5
Seattle	1,160	$37,330	1.1
Olympia	60	$34,950	0.9
WEST VIRGINIA
Parkersburg	30	$22,350	0.7
Charleston	60	$22,190	0.6
WISCONSIN
Wausau	70	$28,730	1.6
La Crosse	70	$31,500	1.5
Madison	330	$29,250	1.4
Janesville	60	$29,720	1.4
Racine	70	$25,970	1.3
Milwaukee	820	$30,640	1.3
Sheboygan	40	$29,230	1.1
Eau Claire	50	$31,040	1
Oshkosh	40		0.7
Green Bay	80	$25,740	0.7
Appleton	40	$27,420	0.5
WYOMING
Casper	110	$28,610	4.8

Overview
Top Cities
Find Schools
Video
Job Profiles
Top Industries

School Search Tool

Search for schools from among more than 7,000 across the US. (Data is as of 2006, and is updated annually as available.)

Majors and Degrees:

(Select a General category to see more specific choices.)

General

Degree
State

Search (results below)

Clear

Overview
Top Cities
Find Schools
Video
Job Profiles
Top Industries

Library Technicians Career Video

Click the image to play the video. Click it again to stop.
(This video is 14 MB in size, so allow several seconds to start).

Overview
Top Cities
Find Schools
Video
Job Profiles
Top Industries

Job Profiles for Library Technicians

We are in the process of gathering stories for this career. Please share your career story with others considering the same occupation, with this easy-to-use form.

Overview
Top Cities
Find Schools
Video
Job Profiles
Top Industries

Most Popular Industries (as of 2007) for:
Library Technicians

Industries representing at least 1% of total jobs for the occupation.

Industry	Jobs	Percent	Salary (2007)
Government	60,370	53%	$27,080
Education	44,260	38%	$28,200
Other Information Services	5,610	4%	$25,780
Professional And Technical Services	1,240	1%	$38,100

Employment For:
All Jobs > Library Technicians

CityTownInfo Career and College Resources

Career List
College Search Resources
All Colleges by Name
Education Articles
Geographic Profiles

Link to This Resource Page (copy & paste)

Related Careers

All Careers

Related Careers

Curators
Education Administrators
Elementary And Secondary School Administrators
Elementary School Teachers
Graduate Teaching Assistants
Kindergarten Teachers
Librarians
Library Technicians
Middle School Special Education Teachers
Middle School Teachers
Middle School Vocational Teachers
Postsecondary Administrators
Postsecondary Agricultural Sciences Teachers
Postsecondary Anthropology And Archeology Teachers
Postsecondary Architecture Teachers
Postsecondary Art And Music Teachers
Postsecondary Biological Science Teachers
Postsecondary Business Teachers
Postsecondary Chemistry Teachers
Postsecondary Communications Teachers
Postsecondary Computer Science Teachers
Postsecondary Criminal Justice
Postsecondary Earth Space Sciences Teachers
Postsecondary Economics Teachers
Postsecondary Education Teachers
Postsecondary Engineering Teachers
Postsecondary English Teachers
Postsecondary Environmental Science Teachers
Postsecondary Ethnic Studies Teachers
Postsecondary Forestry And Conservation Teachers
Postsecondary Geography Teachers
Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers
Postsecondary History Teachers
Postsecondary Home Economics Teachers
Postsecondary Language Teachers
Postsecondary Law Teachers
Postsecondary Library Science Teachers
Postsecondary Mathematical Science Teachers
Postsecondary Philosophy And Religion Teachers
Postsecondary Physics Teachers
Postsecondary Political Science Teachers
Postsecondary Psychology Teachers
Postsecondary Recreation And Fitness Studies Teachers
Postsecondary Social Sciences Teachers
Postsecondary Social Work Teachers
Postsecondary Sociology Teachers
Postsecondary Teachers
Postsecondary Vocational Education Teachers
Preschool And Child Care Administrators
Preschool And Elementary School Special Education Teachers
Preschool Teachers
Secondary School Special Education Teachers
Secondary School Teachers
Secondary School Vocational Teachers
Teacher Assistants

Library Technicians: Schools and Careers

About Library Technicians

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Library Technicians

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2007) for:Library Technicians

ALABAMA

ALASKA

ARIZONA

ARKANSAS

CALIFORNIA

COLORADO

CONNECTICUT

DELAWARE

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FLORIDA

GEORGIA

HAWAII

IDAHO

ILLINOIS

INDIANA

IOWA

KANSAS

KENTUCKY

LOUISIANA

MAINE

MARYLAND

MASSACHUSETTS

MICHIGAN

MINNESOTA

MISSISSIPPI

MISSOURI

NEBRASKA

NEVADA

NEW HAMPSHIRE

NEW JERSEY

NEW MEXICO

NEW YORK

NORTH CAROLINA

NORTH DAKOTA

OHIO

OKLAHOMA

OREGON

PENNSYLVANIA

RHODE ISLAND

SOUTH CAROLINA

SOUTH DAKOTA

TENNESSEE

TEXAS

UTAH

VERMONT

VIRGINIA

WASHINGTON

WEST VIRGINIA

WISCONSIN

WYOMING