Louisville Metro (LFPL) librarian salary, 2025
The Louisville Free Public Library is the public library of Louisville Metro, the merged government of Louisville and Jefferson County.1 31 people worked as librarians for Louisville Metro in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $62,903, overtime included.
What is the average librarian salary at Louisville Metro?
Based on the 20 of 31 librarians who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $63,438
- the middle librarian: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- $3,280
- average per full-year librarian
- Highest-paid title
- $62,903
- Librarian, average total pay
- Librarians
- 31
- 20 of them worked the full year
What does each librarian title at Louisville Metro pay?
Each row is one title, from trainee to supervisor. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1 This employer's pay file has no official pay ranges, so none are shown.
- Librarian$62,903
average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Library assistant pay at Louisville Metro
Counted on their own, kept out of the librarian figures on this page. Pay: average total pay of full-year staff, overtime included.1
| Library staff | People | Average total pay |
|---|---|---|
| Librarians | 31 | $62,903 |
| Library assistants | 67 | $47,360 |
Full-year library assistants averaged $47,360, $15,543 less than librarians.
Questions about librarian pay at Louisville Metro
What is the average librarian salary at Louisville Metro?
Librarians at Louisville Metro who worked the full year earned an average of $62,903 in 2025, overtime included. The middle librarian earned $63,438: half earned more, half less.
How much overtime do librarians at Louisville Metro earn?
Full-year librarians were paid an average of $3,280 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $2,051: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
How much does a library assistant make at LFPL?
Full-year library assistants at Louisville Metro averaged $47,360 in total pay in 2025, overtime included.
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Sources for the Louisville Metro figures
Every person who held a librarian position at Louisville Metro at any point in 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who were already on Louisville Metro's payroll in 2024 and whose base pay in 2025 reached at least 90% of their own annual rate. The file has no hours or hire dates, so this is the closest sign of a full year. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Averages lead; the median total pay is the middle person's, with half above and half below, and is less pulled by a few people with very high pay. Every figure covers at least 5 people.
- Louisville Metro Government, Louisville Metro KY Employee Salary Data (Louisville Open Data): title, department, annual rate, base pay, overtime, incentive and other pay of every Louisville Metro employee in 2025, and in 2024 to see who was already employed.