Educational instruction and library occupations · SOC 25-4031 · Nevada

Library technicians in Nevada

Library technicians in Nevada earned a median of $45,650 a year in May 2025, about the same as the $44,580 national median for the occupation. Nevada employs 410 of them, 0.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the state. Most people entering the occupation nationally do so with a postsecondary nondegree award.

Data snapshot: August 21, 2026

Median annual pay in Nevada

$45,650

About the same as the $44,580 national median for this occupation

Median hourly pay in Nevada

$21.95

Published separately by BLS, not calculated from the annual figure.

Middle half earn between

$30,290 – $57,300

The 25th to 75th percentile of everyone in the occupation in this state

Employed in Nevada

410

0.3 of every 1,000 jobs in the state

Concentration vs national

0.59×

less concentrated here than nationally

Pay rank

#21 of 51

Among the states and DC that released an estimate for this occupation

Typical entry education (U.S.)

Postsecondary nondegree award

What library technicians actually earn in Nevada

The full published wage distribution, not one averaged figure. Pay inside a single occupation varies more by experience, employer and setting than most salary pages admit.

10th percentile
$30,290
25th percentile
$30,290
Median
$45,650
75th percentile
$57,300
90th percentile
$62,030

How Nevada compares

  • Against the rest of the country. $45,650 in Nevada against $44,580 nationally for the same occupation, which puts Nevada 21st of the 51 jurisdictions that released an estimate. Neither figure is adjusted for cost of living, so a higher median does not by itself mean more money left over.
  • Against other work in Nevada. $45,650 against $47,660, the median across every occupation in the state — 4% below it.
  • How much of this work is here. The occupation is less concentrated here than nationally (0.59× the national share of employment), 43rd of 51 for concentration. Concentration describes where the work is, not how easy it is to be hired.

Where library technicians are paid most

The highest published medians for this occupation. Before reading it as a place to move, note that these are not cost-of-living adjusted and that the states paying most are often the ones where everything costs most.

How people get into this work

What the Bureau of Labor Statistics reports as typical for entry nationally. Typical is a measurement of the people already doing the work, not a rule: some enter with less and some with more.

Typical entry education

Postsecondary nondegree award

Work experience needed

None

On-the-job training

None

Nevada licensing is not in these figures.

Many occupations, including most of health care, teaching, law, accountancy and the skilled trades, require a state licence, certification or registration before you can work. Nevada sets its own, and none of it is part of the federal dataset above, so CampusPin cannot tell you whether this occupation is licensed here. Check the Nevada licensing board before committing to a route, because where an occupation is licensed that requirement, not the typical credential, is the real gate.

Colleges in Nevada

Pay is one half of the decision. What it costs to get qualified is the other, and it is the half that varies most between two colleges in the same state.

Source & methodology

State wage and employment figures are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 release. National median pay, projections and typical entry education are from the BLS Employment Projections programme (2024 wages). Both are public domain; credit BLS.

Wages are May 2025 estimates from the federal Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, which asks employers what they pay everyone currently working in the occupation — experienced and new alike. They are not starting salaries, not the earnings of recent graduates, and not adjusted for cost of living, which matters when comparing one state against another. Self-employed workers are not surveyed.

Suggested citation

CampusPin. (2026). Library technicians in Nevada, pay and employment. Retrieved from https://campuspin.com/careers/library-technicians/in/nevada

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