Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary Career, Salary and Skills
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary have a BLS-reported national median annual wage of $80,340 based on the 2025 OEWS dataset, with reported national employment of 3,630. Wage data is published for 49 locations.
Occupation description
Teach courses in library science. Includes both teachers primarily engaged in teaching and those who do a combination of teaching and research.
O*NET code
25-1082.00
Job zone
5
Typical education
Doctoral Degree
Experience
Over 4 years, up to and including 6 years
National salary and employment
Median annual
$80,340
Hourly median
Not published
Employment
3,630
Data year
2025
National salary distribution
$57,200
10th
$64,080
25th
$80,340
Median
$100,910
75th
$129,120
90th
Top skills
| Skill | Importance | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Instructing | 4.25 | 4.12 |
| Speaking | 4.12 | 4.75 |
| Reading Comprehension | 4.12 | 5.00 |
| Writing | 4.00 | 4.75 |
| Monitoring | 4.00 | 4.12 |
| Critical Thinking | 4.00 | 4.12 |
| Learning Strategies | 4.00 | 4.38 |
| Active Learning | 4.00 | 4.38 |
| Active Listening | 4.00 | 4.62 |
| Complex Problem Solving | 3.62 | 3.75 |
Typical tasks
- Act as advisers to student organizations.
- Select and invite guest speakers to speak to classes.
- Conduct research in a particular field of knowledge and present findings in professional journals, books, electronic media, or at professional conferences.
- Evaluate and grade students' class work, assignments, and papers.
- Keep abreast of developments in the field by reading current literature, talking with colleagues, giving presentations at conferences, and serving on committees in professional associations.
- Prepare and deliver lectures to undergraduate or graduate students on topics such as collection development, archival methods, and indexing and abstracting.
- Prepare course materials, such as syllabi, homework assignments, and handouts.
- Participate in campus and community events.
Technology
- Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud EC2
- Association for Computing Machinery Digital Library
- Blackboard Learn
- C++
- Collaborative editing software
- Course management system software
- Database management system software
- Desire2Learn LMS software
- DOC Cop
- EBSCO Information Services Academic Search Premier
- EBSCO Information Services Library Literature and Information Science Index
- EBSCO Library, Information Science, and Technology Abstracts LISTSA
- EBSCO OmniFile FullText Mega
- Elsevier ScienceDirect
Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary salary by location
Areas with the highest reported employment for this occupation.
- Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in ILMedian $80,760 · Employment 390
- Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in CAMedian $125,640 · Employment 310
- Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in NCMedian $79,460 · Employment 250
- Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in Chicago, ILMedian $78,060 · Employment 220
- Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in NYMedian $76,060 · Employment 210
- Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in TNMedian $76,940 · Employment 210
- Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in TXMedian $76,940 · Employment 180
- Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in New York, NYMedian $101,920 · Employment 170
- Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in ALMedian $76,340 · Employment 130
- Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in NJMedian $85,130 · Employment 120
- Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in MNMedian $83,710 · Employment 110
- Library Science Teachers, Postsecondary Salary in GAMedian $72,510 · Employment 110
Related careers
- Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, PostsecondaryNational median $75,870
- TutorsNational median $43,350
- English Language and Literature Teachers, PostsecondaryNational median $78,760
- Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle SchoolNational median $65,030
- Education Administrators, PostsecondaryNational median $104,590
- Law Teachers, PostsecondaryNational median $128,500
- Library Assistants, ClericalNational median $36,910
- Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language InstructorsNational median $61,540
Career and skills data: O*NET 31.0 (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.