Los Angeles County / La County Library / Library Assistant I

Job-title file

Library Assistant I

Manage collections and information services and help patrons with research and access.

144 employees hold this title in La County Library. Median total compensation for the role is $105,014, above the department median of $74,734.

Employees: 144
Total payroll: $14.2M
Role median: $105,014
Agency median: $74,734
Comparison: Above

What the records show

Role pay distribution

Pay distribution for this role

$2,796$125,705+

Hover a bar for its range; click to filter the list below.

How total compensation varies among the 144 people in this role. Even for one job title, pay differs with seniority, step, overtime, and tenure. Each bar is a pay range; the far-right bar collects the highest earners.

Compared with the local labor market

Library Assistant I pay vs. the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area

Across all employers in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, the median wage for Library Assistants, Clerical — about 3,840 people — is $47,770. La County Library pays a median base salary of $66,389 for this role, 39% above that figure — above the 90th percentile of local pay for the occupation.

Where La County Library sits in the local pay range

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$37,070

$38,470

$47,770

$60,150

$66,230

La County Library median · $66,389

The bar is the range of annual wages for Library Assistants, Clerical across every employer in the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows La County Library’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.

And across the country

Nationwide, the median wage for Library Assistants, Clerical — about 85,520 people — is $36,910. La County Library’s median base salary is 80% above that national figure, above the 90th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.

10th

25th

Median

75th

90th

$27,730

$31,820

$36,910

$45,620

$55,310

La County Library median · $66,389

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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.

Computed over the 175 of 181 people in this role paid at least $25,000in base salary. The rest are part-year or part-time records, whose actual pay isn’t comparable to a full-time annual wage.

Median total compensation for this role at La County Library is $107,689, 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.

Compare departments

This role across Los Angeles County

Library Assistant I is held in 7 Los Angeles County departments. In La County Library, the median of $105,014 ranks #6 of 7.

Highest-paying departments for this role

Harbor-Ucla Medical Center

$148,517 · 1

Olive View-Ucla Medical Center

$119,293 · 1

Los Angeles General Medical Center

$117,266 · 3

Rancho Los Amigos National Rehabilitation Center

$107,797 · 1

Public Health

$106,275 · 1

County Counsel

$36,176 · 1

Median total compensation for the Library Assistant I role in other Los Angeles Countydepartments (highest first). Each bar links to that department’s page for this role.

Compare jurisdictions

Library Assistant beyond Los Angeles County

This role is reported in 15 jurisdictions. In Los Angeles County, the median of $107,797 ranks #2 of 15. See Library Assistant across all of Los Angeles County →

Highest-paying jurisdictions for this role

City of San Jose

$132,570 · 31

City of Los Angeles

$105,417 · 57

City and County of San Francisco

$89,334 · 97

$57,187 · 17

$51,345 · 174

$39,468 · 25

$27,627 · 7

$26,721 · 41

Median total compensation for comparable Library Assistantroles in other jurisdictions. Titles are matched by normalized name across sources, not identical job classification, and pay is not cost-of-living adjusted. Each bar links to that jurisdiction’s page for the role.

Record list