Los Angeles County / Public Health / Library Assistant I
Job-title file
Manage collections and information services and help patrons with research and access.
1 employees hold this title in Public Health. Median total compensation for the role is $106,275, below the department median of $162,589.
Compared with the local labor market
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. Public Health 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.
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 Public Health’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. Public Health’s median base salary is 80% above that national figure, above the 90th 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 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Public Health is $106,275, 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
Library Assistant I is held in 7 Los Angeles County departments. In Public Health, the median of $106,275 ranks #5 of 7.
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
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 →
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
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Library Assistant I/Public Health
At Public Health, Dorothy Phelps serves as a Library Assistant I. Their 2025 pay totaled $106,275.