9. Virginia
Annual median salary: $60,200
Cost of living: 100.2
Employment: 4,280
Virginia Public Library Directory has a long list of all the public libraries in Virginia. This state has several employment opportunities for librarians, and also has wages higher than the national average. Virginia is also known for its sustainable cost of living rates, which is just hanging on the average. While living expenses are not necessarily cheap in Virginia, they are not very expensive either.
