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Salary$31,401 - $64,169  
   
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Education, College/University$33,230 - $68,276
Public Library Services$31,799 - $63,957
Education$33,004 - $68,879
Local Government$35,774 - $74,350
Education, K-12 Schools$33,305 - $69,276

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Key Statistics for Reference Librarian Jobs

Gender
Female
76%
female alumni
  
Male
24%
male alumni
Salary:$38,397 - $54,098 $40,274 - $63,071
Years of Experience
Less than 1 year
2%
1-4 years
34%
5-9 years
23%
10-19 years
25%
20 years or more
16%
Most Common Health Benefits
medical benefits Medical: 85% dental benefits Dental: 71%
vision benefits Vision: 47% employee benefits None: 13%

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Reference Librarian

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$30,160 - $65,126
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Librarian
$22,200 - $58,568
Library Assistant
$16,699 - $39,806
Library Clerk
$15,246 - $34,168
 
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Reference Librarian

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$30,160 - $65,126
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Head Librarian
$26,845 - $79,391
Library Director
$26,029 - $99,487
Law Librarian
$32,143 - $85,264
 

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Reference Librarian Job Description

People with the job title Reference Librarian typically fall into one of the following PayScale standard occupations.

Librarians
Administer libraries and perform related library services. Work in a variety of settings, including public libraries, schools, colleges and universities, museums, corporations, government agencies, law firms, non-profit organizations, and healthcare providers. Tasks may include selecting, acquiring, cataloguing, classifying, circulating, and maintaining library materials; and furnishing reference, bibliographical, and readers' advisory services. May perform in-depth, strategic research, and synthesize, analyze, edit, and filter information. May set up or work with databases and information systems to catalogue and access information.

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Reference Librarian - (City withheld for privacy), New York, United States
If I had only known five years ago at graduation what I know now. I thought I would be a teacher librarian for a school district and had hopes of doing a superb job as a librarian. My prior teaching experience and the lack of school media specialist positions took me in a different direction after graduation and now I'm a p/t academic reference librarian at a university. I love what I'm doing and wouldn't change it. I only wish that I had started at the university level five years ago and not...
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