How much do Librarians and Media Collections Specialists make in Ponce, PR?

Percentile spread

For Librarians and Media Collections Specialists, the published 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $62,820. The difference is $40,980, which is 81.5% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $30,940 to the 75th at $61,510, covers $30,570.

The mean annual wage is $47,500, which sits below the median of $50,260. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Ponce, PR median is 26.4% lower than the national median of $68,270 for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists.

It is 2.6% lower than the Puerto Rico median of $51,610.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for Ponce, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

4 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Librarians and Media Collections Specialists. Ponce, PR ranks 5th of 5 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Arecibo, PR is 30 miles away, with a median of $50,300 and employment of 90. That median is 0.1% higher than the median here.
• Mayaguez, PR is 34 miles away, with a median of $50,770 and employment of 90. That median is 1% higher than the median here.
• Aguadilla, PR is 39 miles away, with a median of $60,070 and employment of 70. That median is 19.5% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Librarians and Media Collections Specialists accounts for 0.22% of wage-and-salary employment in Ponce, PR (140 of 63,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.09% of employment (133,790 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.56 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.