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Librarians and Media Collections Specialists pay in Naples-Marco Island, FL and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists is $106,550 per year in Naples-Marco Island, FL. It is $95,480 per year in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Naples-Marco Island, FL is 11.6% above Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-4022 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 90 wage and salary jobs in Naples-Marco Island, FL and 3,630 in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.