City of Boston / Boston Public Library / Senior Clerk
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Provide administrative support — record-keeping, scheduling, correspondence, and customer service.
5 employees hold this title in Boston Public Library. Median total compensation for the role is $73,137, above the department median of $71,643.
Compared with the local labor market
Across all employers in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 34,480 people — is $50,710. Boston Public Library pays a median base salary of $57,351 for this role, 13% above that figure — about the 66th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
The bar is the range of annual wages for Office Clerks, General across every employer in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Boston Public Library’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Office Clerks, General — about 2,464,940 people — is $45,010. Boston Public Library’s median base salary is 27% above that national figure, about the 79th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Boston Public Library is $73,137, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.
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Senior Clerk/Boston Public Library
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Derek Lynsky works as a Senior Clerk for Boston Public Library. Derek earned $76,373 in 2024.
Senior Clerk/Boston Public Library
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Robert Durgin is a Senior Clerk at Boston Public Library. 2024 total compensation came to $73,969.
Senior Clerk/Boston Public Library
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At Boston Public Library, Lavanixon Louis serves as a Senior Clerk. Their 2024 pay totaled $73,137.
Senior Clerk/Boston Public Library
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At Boston Public Library, Carl Perry serves as a Senior Clerk. Their 2024 pay totaled $70,416.
Senior Clerk/Boston Public Library
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Fernando Echavarria is a Senior Clerk at Boston Public Library. 2024 total compensation came to $44,196.