State of Utah librarian salary, 2025

The State of Utah counts as one employer here: the file doesn't say which state agency each person works for. Its staff work across the state, so its figures are compared only with the state as a whole. 38 people worked as librarians for State of Utah in fiscal year 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $64,452, overtime included.

What is the average librarian salary at State of Utah?

Full-year librarians1

21 of 38

our best estimate from Utah's file: how reliable are the Utah figures?

Average total pay, full-year librarians1

$64,452

overtime and other pay included

Based on the 21 of 38 librarians who worked the full year.

Median total pay
$63,407
the middle librarian: half earned more, half less
Overtime
In total pay
Utah's file doesn't list it separately
Highest-paid title
$75,430
Librarian III, average total pay
Average pay rank
9th
of 13 Utah employers

What does each librarian title at State of Utah 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.

  1. Reference Librarianfewer than 5 people
    Fewer than 5
  2. Utah State Courts Law Librarianfewer than 5 people
    Fewer than 5
  3. Bookmobile Librarian I7 people
    Fewer than 5
  4. Librarian I8 people
    Fewer than 5
  5. Librarian II5 people
    Fewer than 5
  6. Librarian III16 people
    $75,430

average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

Library assistant pay at State of Utah

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 staffPeopleAverage total pay
Librarians38$64,452
Library assistants26Left out

Does State of Utah pay librarians more than other Utah employers?

Average total pay of full-year librarians: State of Utah next to every Utah employer together.1

Full-year librarians at State of Utah earned $3,124 less than the Utah average.

Where does State of Utah rank among Utah employers?

Every employer with at least 5 full-year librarians, by average total pay.1

All 13 Utah employers

State of Utah ranks 9th of 13, below the middle employer.

State of Utah
$60k$80k

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 State of Utah

What is the average librarian salary at State of Utah?

Librarians at State of Utah who worked the full year earned an average of $64,452 in fiscal year 2025, overtime included. The middle librarian earned $63,407: half earned more, half less.

More public salaries at State of Utah

Sources for the State of Utah figures

Every person who held a librarian position at State of Utah 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.

  1. 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.
  2. Utah Code, Section 34-40-103, Minimum wage: Utah's minimum wage, the federal rate of $7.25 an hour.

How we read the data