U.S. number of employed librarians 2015-2023
As of May 2021, around 133,760 in the United States were employed as librarians. This is a slight inrease from 2015 when the number of librarians was 129,410. Librarian employment peaked in 2019.
Number of employed librarians in the United States from 2015 to 2023
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (March 31, 2024). Number of employed librarians in the United States from 2015 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 30, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327092/number-employed-librarians-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of employed librarians in the United States from 2015 to 2023." Chart. March 31, 2024. Statista. Accessed December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327092/number-employed-librarians-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2024). Number of employed librarians in the United States from 2015 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 30, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327092/number-employed-librarians-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Number of Employed Librarians in The United States from 2015 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2024, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327092/number-employed-librarians-us/
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Number of employed librarians in the United States from 2015 to 2023 [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 31, 2024. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327092/number-employed-librarians-us/