How Much Do Library Science Professors Make in 2021 (including Starting Salary)

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Annual Salary, Salary Range, and Highest Paying States and Industries

Library Science Professors

Library Science Professors teach courses in library science. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.

Salary
$77560
Becoming One
Very Hard
Education
Doctoral degree
Job Satisfaction
Job Growth

Personality
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Table of contents
  1. Average salary
  2. Starting salary
  3. Salary rank
  4. Salary range
  5. Highest paying states
  6. Highest paying industries

Average salary

Annual salary
$77560 per year

Starting salary

Entry-level annual salary
$46,120 to $57,210 per year

Entry-level Postsecondary Library Science Teachers with little to no experience can expect to make anywhere between $46,120 to $57,210 per year. Similar to any other job, their salary will increase as they gain experience.

Salary rank

Salary rank
B

We wanted to make it easy for our readers to compare the salary of Postsecondary Library Science Teachers to all the other careers out there. So we created Salary Rank. We compared the salary of all careers then we gave them a rank of A, B, C, or D depending on where their average salary sit in comparison to other careers.

Salary range

Level Hourly Annual
Highest (Top 10%) $* $116,450
Senior (Top 25%) $* $90,630
Middle (Mid 50%) $* $71,580
Junior (Bottom 25%) $* $57,210
No experience (Bottom 10%) $* $46,120

Highest paying states

State Hourly Annual
CA $* $108,810
NY $* $106,130
WA $* $103,250
MD $* $102,670
SC $* $94,450
IN $* $91,040
AL $* $85,930
MI $* $84,830
NJ $* $83,460
OR $* $81,940

* Postsecondary Library Science Teachers are generally paid on an annual basis not hourly.

Another simple way to increase your salary as a Postsecondary Library Science Teacher is to move to a higher paying state. However moving to a higher paying state like CA doesn’t guarantee that you will make more because the expenses at CA might be much higher than where you are currently living at right now.

According to BLS, the highest paid Library Science Professors are in the states of CA, NY, WA, MD and SC.

Highest paying industries

Salary by industry Annual Hourly
Junior Colleges $92660 $*
Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools $74850 $*

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