Fulton County librarian salary, 2025
The Fulton County Library System is the public library of Fulton County; the county's payroll lists its librarians in the Library department.1 113 people worked as librarians for Fulton County in 2025. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $70,957.
What is the average librarian salary at Fulton County?
Official pay range1
$55,674 to $138,128
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest librarian title
Based on the 90 of 113 librarians who worked the full year.
The largest group of Fulton County's librarians (46 of 113) hold the title Librarian I, with an official range of $55,674 to $103,553. Those who worked the full year earned an average of $59,353, within the range.
- Median total pay
- $73,117
- the middle librarian: half earned more, half less
- Overtime
- $0
- average per full-year librarian
- Starting salary
- $55,674
- bottom of the Librarian I range
- Average pay rank
- 75th
- of 85 Georgia employers
What does each librarian title at Fulton County pay?
Each bar is the official range for one title, lowest first. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1 Ranges are the bottom and top of each title's grade on Fulton County's pay plan, as the county's payroll file gives them.
- Librarian I$59,353
- Librarian II$68,528
- Librarian, Senior$76,282
- Librarian, Principal$82,770
official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.
Library assistant pay at Fulton County
Counted on their own, kept out of the librarian figures on this page. Each group's name leads to its statewide overview. Range: the bottom and top of the title's grade on Fulton County's pay plan. Pay: average total pay of full-year staff, overtime included.1
| Library staff | People | Official range | Average total pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Librarians | 113 | $55,674 to $138,128 | $70,957 |
| Library assistants | 154 | $41,545 to $80,493 | $43,076 |
Full-year library assistants averaged $43,076, $27,881 less than librarians.
Does Fulton County pay librarians more than other employers in Fulton County?
Average total pay of full-year librarians: Fulton County next to every employer in the county together, and the whole state.1
- Fulton County$70,957
- All employers in Fulton County$88,538
- All employers in Georgia$82,713
Full-year librarians at Fulton County earned $17,581 less than the Fulton County average and $11,756 less than the Georgia average.
Where does Fulton County rank among Georgia employers?
Every employer with at least 5 full-year librarians, by average total pay.1
All 85 Georgia employers
Fulton County ranks 75th of 85, below the middle employer.
Middle employer: $78,827
Each bar counts the employers whose average total pay falls in a $5,000 band. The dashed line marks the middle employer.
Questions about librarian pay at Fulton County
What is the average librarian salary at Fulton County?
Librarians at Fulton County who worked the full year earned an average of $70,957 in 2025. The middle librarian earned $73,117: half earned more, half less. The official pay range across its librarian titles runs from $55,674 to $138,128.
How much overtime do librarians at Fulton County earn?
Full-year librarians were paid an average of $0 in overtime in 2025. The middle one was paid $0: a few people with a lot of overtime pull the average up.
What is the starting salary for a librarian at Fulton County?
$55,674 a year: the bottom of the current official range (today) for Fulton County's Librarian I title. Pay rises with steps and overtime; full-year librarians averaged $70,957 in total pay.
How much does a library assistant make at Fulton County?
Full-year library assistants at Fulton County averaged $43,076 in total pay in 2025, overtime included, on an official range of $41,545 to $80,493.
More salaries in Fulton County
- Atlanta Public Schools$111,130 average total pay
- Fulton County Schools$95,667 average total pay
- Highest librarian salaries in GeorgiaThe best-paying employers, ranked
- 911 dispatcher salaries at Fulton County$68,581 average total pay
- Correctional officer salaries at Fulton County$73,637 average total pay
Sources for the Fulton County figures
Every person who held a librarian position at Fulton County at any point in 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who were hired before 2025, were on the county's payroll in 2024 too, were still employed at the end of 2025 and whose base pay reached at least 90% of the bottom of their pay range. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Averages lead; the median total pay is the middle person's, with half above and half below, and is less pulled by a few people with very high pay. Every figure covers at least 5 people.
- Fulton County Government (GA), Payroll Public Dataset, Share Fulton (CC BY 4.0): title, pay range, base, overtime and total pay and hire date of every Fulton County employee in 2025, and in 2024 to see who was already employed.