Salt Lake County librarian salary, 2025
138 people worked as librarians for Salt Lake County in fiscal year 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $60,929, overtime included.
What is the average librarian salary at Salt Lake County?
Full-year librarians1
94 of 138
our best estimate from Utah's file: how reliable are the Utah figures?
Based on the 94 of 138 librarians who worked the full year.
- Median total pay
- $62,390
- the middle librarian: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- In total pay
- Utah's file doesn't list it separately
- Highest-paid title
- $81,032
- Acquisition Librarian, average total pay
- Average pay rank
- 10th
- of 13 Utah employers
What does each librarian title at Salt Lake County 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 Utah's pay file has no official pay ranges, so none are shown.
- Acquisition Librarian$81,032
- Cataloging LibrarianFewer than 5
- Librarian$57,642
- Systems LibrarianFewer than 5
- Sr Librarian$71,293
- Sr Librarian - LeadFewer than 5
- Sr. LibrarianFewer than 5
- Temporary LibrarianFewer than 5
average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Library assistant pay at Salt Lake County
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 | 138 | $60,929 |
| Library assistants | 44 | Left out |
Does Salt Lake County pay librarians more than other employers in Salt Lake County?
Average total pay of full-year librarians: Salt Lake County next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Salt Lake County$60,929
- All employers in Salt Lake County$70,706
- All employers in Utah$67,576
Full-year librarians at Salt Lake County earned $9,777 less than the Salt Lake County average and $6,647 less than the Utah average.
Where does Salt Lake County rank among Utah employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year librarians, by average total pay.1
All 13 Utah employers
Salt Lake County ranks 10th of 13, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $66,380
Each bar counts the employers whose average total pay falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the middle employer.
Questions about librarian pay at Salt Lake County
What is the average librarian salary at Salt Lake County?
Librarians at Salt Lake County who worked the full year earned an average of $60,929 in fiscal year 2025, overtime included. The middle librarian earned $62,390: half earned more, half less.
More salaries in Salt Lake County
- University of Utah$91,891 average total pay
- Murray$77,672 average total pay
- Salt Lake City Public Library$65,363 average total pay
- Salt Lake Community Collegelibrarian pay
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Sources for the Salt Lake County figures
Every person who held a librarian position at Salt Lake County at any point in fiscal year 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who worked for the same employer the year before, were paid at least 90% as much as in that year, earned at least 90% of that pay in the job's titles, and were paid at least $15,080, a full year at Utah's minimum wage of $7.25 an hour.2 Utah's file has no hours or start dates, so this is the closest sign of a full year. Total pay is the wages the employer reported, before tax. Utah's file has one wage figure per person with overtime inside it, so pay here is total pay and overtime can't be shown on its own. 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.
- Transparent Utah, Office of the Utah State Auditor: title, wages and benefits of every employee of every Utah city, town, county and local district, as each reports them for its fiscal year.
- Utah Code, Section 34-40-103, Minimum wage: Utah's minimum wage, the federal rate of $7.25 an hour.