New Census Data: In 2014 There Were an Estimated 114,109 Full-Time Librarians in the U.S.
Librarian data and data for many other occupations is available in a new data table (.xlsx) released today by the U.S. Census.
Here’s more from line 158 of the “Full-Time, Year-Round Workers and Median Earnings in the Past 12 Months by Sex and Detailed Occupation: 2014″ data table
Librarians: Totals (Full-Time, Year Round, Estimates)
- 114,109 Librarians in the U.S. in 2014
- 91, 237 Female Librarians (81.7%)
- 20,872 Male Librarians
Librarians: Median Earnings (Full-Time, Year Round, Estimates)
- $49,697 Overage
- $48,589 Female
- $52,528 Male
- Women’s earnings as a percentage of men’s earnings (estimate): 92.5%
The complete 2014 spreadsheet also includes data for library technicians (line 159), archivists (line 157) and hundreds of other occupations.
A data table for 2013 is also available.
From the U.S. Census E-Mail:
In honor of Women’s History Month in March, the U.S. Census Bureau released today a new table showing median earnings by detailed occupation from the 2014 American Community Survey. The table shows ratios indicating the percentage of women in an occupation, as well as the male-to-female earnings ratio in the occupation for full-time, year-round workers in the past 12 months.
Direct to Additional Data Tables (.xlsx)
- Employment Statistics of College Graduates
- Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin by Field of Degree for the First Listed Bachelor’s Degree: 2012
- Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin by Occupation: 2012
- Percent Unemployed by Field of Degree, Occupation, Sex, Race, and Hispanic Origin: 2012
- Median Earnings of College Graduates by Field of Bachelor’s Degree and Occupation: 2012
- Employment in STEM Occupations by Field of Degree for the First Listed Bachelor’s Degree: 2012
- College Graduate Employment in STEM Occupations by State: 2012
- Current Population Survey (CPS) Historical Income Tables P-44 to P-52
- Census 2000 PHC-T-33. Earnings Distribution of U.S.Year-Round Full-Time Workers by Occupation: 1999
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com.