Data received June 2024

Full-time employees

257

Number of departments

46

Median pay

$38,727

Average pay

$47,091

St. Louis Public Library

Employees by pay range

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Departments

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Department

FT employeesempl. Median pay Average pay Median experience Top earner
Buder 20 $36,872 $38,184 2.0 $87,481
Collection Management Services 19 $34,615 $40,495 4.0 $92,032
Custodial Services 15 $32,710 $38,451 8.0 $79,403
Carpenter 12 $36,427 $37,355 2.5 $69,409
Technology Services 12 $47,102 $60,254 8.0 $132,377
Julia Davis 11 $36,360 $41,889 4.0 $81,114
Youth Services 11 $38,153 $42,848 1.0 $84,351
Digital Library 10 $35,860 $39,525 2.0 $77,770
Customer Service 9 $36,996 $42,149 9.0 $63,529
Public Safety 9 $36,597 $46,824 2.0 $79,837
Schlafly 9 $36,943 $40,408 5.0 $74,309
Central Circulation 8 $38,358 $40,847 6.5 $66,770
Business Office 7 $71,021 $77,734 15.0 $156,577
Human Resources 7 $48,251 $62,992 5.0 $119,131
Maintenance 7 $53,799 $47,155 4.0 $75,490
Marketing 6 $60,889 $71,486 8.5 $135,550
Adult Outreach 5 $36,760 $37,633 15.0 $44,453
Genealogy 5 $29,306 $32,657 1.0 $53,116
Machacek 5 $32,513 $38,703 17.0 $63,981
Public Services 5 $98,818 $83,828 11.0 $120,882
Baden 4 $46,207 $47,166 11.0 $68,241
Carondelet 4 $41,780 $46,336 22.0 $72,451
Kingshighway 4 $44,440 $45,034 9.0 $62,505
Receiving & Delivery 4 $32,980 $37,776 2.0 $62,607
Barr 3 $42,152 $43,452 1.0 $62,185
Cabanne 3 $34,048 $49,070 5.0 $79,336
Divoll 3 $47,989 $45,686 4.0 $61,060
Executive Office 3 $164,422 $181,102 6.0 $225,000
Fiction, Film, & Music 3 $33,824 $34,650 7.0 $36,743
Foundation 3 $54,350 $75,262 2.0 $127,894
Local History 3 $47,793 $52,084 30.0 $62,855
Rare Books & Manuscripts 3 $56,976 $64,551 14.0 $80,396
Social Sciences 3 $54,145 $48,186 7.0 $55,548
Walnut Park 3 $33,671 $44,416 22.0 $72,849
Business, Science, Technology 2 $45,805 $45,805 10.0 $52,088
Central Express 2 $32,288 $32,288 1.0 $36,937
E,L, &B 2 $44,016 $44,016 15.0 $48,931
Early Childhood Outreach Team 2 $37,303 $37,303 3.0 $40,354
Fine Arts 2 $35,541 $35,541 3.0 $48,958
Marketplace 2 $32,110 $32,110 12.5 $43,425
Purchasing 2 $34,422 $34,422 0.5 $46,690
Charing Cross 1 $33,868 $33,868 10.0 $33,868
Computer Commons 1 $36,415 $36,415 10.0 $36,415
History & Languages 1 $39,438 $39,438 12.0 $39,438
Information Center 1 $20,374 $20,374 2.0 $20,374
Quic Reference 1 $20,764 $20,764 47.0 $20,764

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