As of May 2021, around 127,790 in the United States were employed as librarians. This is a slight decrease from 2015 when the number of librarians was 129,410. Librarian employment peaked in 2019.
Number of employed librarians in the United States from 2015 to 2021
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Statistics on Libraries in the U.S.
Overview
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Funding and finances
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- Premium Statistic U.S. per capita operating expenditures of public libraries FY 1995-2019, by type
- Premium Statistic U.S. public library per capita operating expenditures FY 2019, by state
- Premium Statistic U.S. public library per capita operating revenue FY 2019, by state
- Premium Statistic U.S. public libraries operating revenue distribution FY 1995-2019
- Premium Statistic Revenue of U.S. libraries and archives 2007-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. Grants to States program funding allocation FY 2022, by state
- Premium Statistic Expenses of U.S. libraries and archives 2007-2021
- Premium Statistic Budget for the Office of Library Services in the U.S. 2002-2023
Employment
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- Premium Statistic U.S. number of employed librarians 2015-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. number of full-time staff in public libraries FY 2019, by state
- Premium Statistic States with the highest number of librarians in the U.S. 2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. median annual salary for librarians 2015-2021
- Premium Statistic States with the highest wages for librarians in the U.S. 2021
- Premium Statistic Librarian wages in the most common librarian industries in the U.S. 2021
- Premium Statistic Industries employing the highest number of librarians in the U.S. 2021
Library use
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- Premium Statistic U.S. public library use FY 1995-2019, by type
- Premium Statistic U.S. public libraries average weekly service hours FY 2019, by state
- Premium Statistic U.S. public library print holdings FY 1995-2019
- Premium Statistic U.S. public library nonprint holdings FY 1995-2019, by type
- Premium Statistic U.S. public library program attendance FY 1995-2019, by program type
- Premium Statistic U.S. children and young adult programs in public libraries FY 2019, by state
- Premium Statistic U.S. public-access internet computers in public libraries FY 2019, by state
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- Industries employing the highest number of librarians in the U.S. 2021
- States with the highest number of librarians in the U.S. 2021
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (March 31, 2022). Number of employed librarians in the United States from 2015 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 28, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327092/number-employed-librarians-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of employed librarians in the United States from 2015 to 2021." Chart. March 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed January 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327092/number-employed-librarians-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2022). Number of employed librarians in the United States from 2015 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 28, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327092/number-employed-librarians-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of Employed Librarians in The United States from 2015 to 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327092/number-employed-librarians-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Number of employed librarians in the United States from 2015 to 2021 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327092/number-employed-librarians-us/ (last visited January 28, 2023)
Number of employed librarians in the United States from 2015 to 2021 [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327092/number-employed-librarians-us/