As of May 2021, around 127,790 in the United States were employed as librarians. This is a slight decrease from 2015 when the number of librarians was 129,410. Librarian employment peaked in 2019.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (March 31, 2022). Number of employed librarians in the United States from 2015 to 2021 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 03, 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 2021." Chart. March 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed July 03, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327092/number-employed-librarians-us/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2022). Number of employed librarians in the United States from 2015 to 2021. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 03, 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 2021." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Mar 2022, 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 2021 [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, March 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1327092/number-employed-librarians-us/