16. Massachusetts
Annual median salary: $66,390
Cost of living: 134.7
Employment: 4,770
According to Massachusetts Libraries Board of Library Commissioners, Massachusetts has over 350 libraries. Those numbers only refer to the public libraries. If you add the universities, colleges, and other schools in the state, you already know why Massachusetts deserve to be on this list. Add to that their annual wage that is many notches higher than the national average. Unfortunately, Massachusetts’ cost of living is much higher than most American states, which could be blamed why it ranked lower despite its good wages.
