Side-by-side distribution
Librarian
$66,425
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 80%
- Live roles
- 10
Professor
$120,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 42.9%
- Live roles
- 28
Highest-paying jobs
PCB Designer / Altium Librarian
Electrical Harness Connector Engineer / Librarian
Regional Librarian Supervisor
Librarian Supervisor
Youth Associate Librarian
Adult Services Librarian - 20 Hours/Week
ECAD/MCAD Symbol Librarian
ECAD Librarian
Highest-paying jobs
Physics Expert (Professor / Principal Investigator)
Physics Expert (Postdoc / Junior professor)
Mechanical Engineering Professor
Electrical Engineering Professor
Assistant/Associate Professor of Nursing & Religious Student Success Coordinator
Hourly Paid Lecturer - Games Programming
Hourly Paid Lecturer - Games Programming
Assistant Professor of Marketing | Tenure-track
Visiting Assistant Professor of Accounting
Philosophy Professor/Content Developer
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
The City of Fort Worth
|
$86,242 | 2 |
|
Apex Technology, Inc.
|
$147,250 | 1 |
|
ALTEN Technology USA
|
$120,000 | 1 |
|
Greene County Public Library
|
$50,440 | 1 |
|
St. Joe County Public Library
|
$47,174 | 1 |
| ET Etched | $24,000 | 1 |
| ET Etched | $6,000 | 1 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
micro1
|
$218,400 | 4 |
|
University of Mount Saint Vincent
|
$77,500 | 3 |
|
AD Education
|
$93,147 | 2 |
|
UWorld, LLC
|
$70,000 | 2 |
Librarian vs Professor: which pays more?
The median for Librarian is $66,425 per year (typically $41,381–$97,556), versus $120,000 for Professor ($76,250–$187,200). That puts Professor about 81% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Librarian and Professor are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.