Library Science
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Early Career Income
$56,535
Lifetime Income
$2.70M
Unemployment rate
5.4%
Female share
87.4%
Occupation concentration
67.1%
in top 10 occupations
Remote work share
16.2%
% who double-major
25.1%
BA Graduates from 2024
110
-20.3% vs 2023
How Library Science compares
Ranked against every other major nationally.
7th
percentile
Lifetime income
Higher than 7% of majors
3rd
percentile
Unemployment
Lower unemployment than 3% of majors
92nd
percentile
Occupation concentration
More concentrated than 92% of majors
Top occupations
- Librarians
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers
- Miscellaneous managers, including funeral service managers and postmasters and mail superintendents
See the Occupations and Industries tabs for full breakdowns, Double Majors for the most common second fields of degree, and Earnings for the trajectory by age, and Trends for degree production over time.
Degree titles included in this major
These detailed majors are included in the statistics for Library Science.
- Library and Information Science
- Children and Youth Library Services
- Archives/Archival Administration
- Library Science and Administration, Other
- Library and Archives Assisting
- Library Science, Other
Based on federal labor and demographic data. Data source & methodology