Library Technician
Drawn directly from OPM FedScope (June 2026), this page tracks headcount, average salary, tenure, and pay comparison for the Library Technician occupation series (code 1411).
The verdict
In the Library and Archives Group family, Library Technician counts 260 employees, a smaller, specialized federal occupation at 0.0% of the federal civilian workforce, and headcount declined from the prior period; pay averages $70,783, which pays below the federal-wide average.
- Headcount change
- -5.5%
- Pay change
- 0.0%
- Avg tenure
- 16.4 yrs
- Rank in family
- #5 of 6
What the Numbers Say About Library Technician
Headcount moved down versus the prior period, though at this small a headcount, year-to-year swings can reflect a handful of hires or departures rather than a broad hiring trend. Pay moved sideways between the two reporting periods, a small shift, within the range of normal year-to-year rounding rather than a broad pay-table change. On length of service, this series shows a long average tenure, typical of career federal roles where employees stay through much of a full career before retirement.
The Library and Archives Group family (code 14) groups Library Technician together with 5 other related occupations across the federal government. Candidates browsing USAJOBS for Library Technician postings should also review these sibling occupations in the Library and Archives Group family. The Library and Archives Group family totals 3,259 employees, and Library Technician accounts for 8.0% of them.
Salary context · lean-pay series
How Library Technician pay compares to the federal average
Occupation Average
$70,783
Federal Average
$117,339
vs. Federal Avg
-39.7%
Where Library Technician ranks on lean federal pay
Library Technician earns more on average than 27% of federal occupation series (145 of 541). The highlighted bar marks where Library Technician sits in the federal pay distribution.
Average-salary distribution across all 541 federal occupation series; the highlighted bar marks Library Technician.
Related Occupations in Library and Archives Group
5 other occupations in the same family
| Occupation | Employees | Avg Salary | Avg LOS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Archives Technician | 1,284 | $68,544 | 14 yrs |
| Librarian | 660 | $129,880 | 15.7 yrs |
| Archivist | 571 | $121,113 | 15.8 yrs |
| Technical Information Services | 483 | $128,567 | 16.8 yrs |
| Library and Archives Student Trainee | 1 | n/a | 1.8 yrs |
Nationwide occupation series with similar scale or pay
Two peer sets for Library Technician outside the Library and Archives Group family, on headcount and average salary axes that vary across all OPM occupation series.
Similar headcount
Nearest employee counts in other occupation families (260 here).
Similar lean average salary
Nearest average salaries in other occupation families ($70,783 here).
Key takeaways
- Place Library Technician pay in context with the pay-rank chart above, then compare it with another occupation.
- Turn an average salary into a grade: the GS pay grade tables show how grades and steps map to pay.
- Browse the Library and Archives Group family occupations in the table above, or search current Library Technician postings on USAJOBS.
OPM FedScope and Federal Workforce Data figures are federal civilian headcounts, average salaries, and length-of-service statistics - not job-quality scores, hiring advice, or a live vacancy listing. A larger or higher-paid agency is not a better employer.