Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
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Occupational Employment and Wages, May 2023
43-4121 Library Assistants, Clerical
Compile records, and sort, shelve, issue, and receive library materials such as books, electronic media, pictures, cards, slides and microfilm. Locate library materials for loan and replace material in shelving area, stacks, or files according to identification number and title. Register patrons to permit them to borrow books, periodicals, and other library materials. Excludes “Library Technicians” (25-4031).
National estimates for Library Assistants, Clerical
Industry profile for Library Assistants, Clerical
Geographic profile for Library Assistants, Clerical
National estimates for Library Assistants, Clerical:
Employment estimate and mean wage estimates for Library Assistants, Clerical:
| Employment (1) |
Employment
RSE (3) |
Mean hourly
wage |
Mean annual
wage (2) |
Wage RSE (3) |
| 83,680 |
1.4 % |
$ 17.29 |
$ 35,970 |
0.3 % |
Percentile wage estimates for Library Assistants, Clerical:
| Percentile |
10% |
25% |
50%
(Median) |
75% |
90% |
| Hourly Wage |
$ 11.30 |
$ 13.79 |
$ 16.36 |
$ 19.86 |
$ 24.14 |
| Annual Wage (2) |
$ 23,510 |
$ 28,670 |
$ 34,020 |
$ 41,300 |
$ 50,200 |
Industry profile for Library Assistants, Clerical:
Industries with the highest published employment and wages for Library Assistants, Clerical are provided.
For a list of all industries with employment in Library Assistants, Clerical, see the Create Customized Tables function.
Industries with the highest levels of employment in Library Assistants, Clerical:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Local Government, excluding Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
53,920 |
0.98 |
$ 17.04 |
$ 35,440 |
| Elementary and Secondary Schools |
11,780 |
0.14 |
$ 17.79 |
$ 37,000 |
| Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services |
7,580 |
4.11 |
$ 16.51 |
$ 34,340 |
| Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
7,570 |
0.24 |
$ 18.96 |
$ 39,430 |
| Junior Colleges |
1,390 |
0.22 |
$ 16.89 |
$ 35,140 |
Industries with the highest concentration of employment in Library Assistants, Clerical:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Web Search Portals, Libraries, Archives, and Other Information Services |
7,580 |
4.11 |
$ 16.51 |
$ 34,340 |
| Local Government, excluding Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
53,920 |
0.98 |
$ 17.04 |
$ 35,440 |
| Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
7,570 |
0.24 |
$ 18.96 |
$ 39,430 |
| Junior Colleges |
1,390 |
0.22 |
$ 16.89 |
$ 35,140 |
| Elementary and Secondary Schools |
11,780 |
0.14 |
$ 17.79 |
$ 37,000 |
Top paying industries for Library Assistants, Clerical:
| Industry |
Employment (1) |
Percent of industry employment |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Legal Services |
80 |
0.01 |
$ 29.82 |
$ 62,020 |
| General Medical and Surgical Hospitals |
90 |
(7) |
$ 21.67 |
$ 45,080 |
| Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services |
(8) |
(8) |
$ 21.10 |
$ 43,890 |
| State Government, excluding Schools and Hospitals (OEWS Designation) |
400 |
0.02 |
$ 18.98 |
$ 39,480 |
| Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools |
7,570 |
0.24 |
$ 18.96 |
$ 39,430 |
Geographic profile for Library Assistants, Clerical:
States and areas with the highest published employment, location quotients, and wages for Library Assistants, Clerical are provided.
For a list of all areas with employment in Library Assistants, Clerical, see the Create Customized Tables function.
States with the highest employment level in Library Assistants, Clerical:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| California |
9,280 |
0.52 |
0.94 |
$ 23.12 |
$ 48,090 |
| New York |
6,530 |
0.70 |
1.26 |
$ 18.32 |
$ 38,110 |
| Ohio |
5,770 |
1.05 |
1.91 |
$ 15.86 |
$ 33,000 |
| Illinois |
5,010 |
0.83 |
1.51 |
$ 16.19 |
$ 33,680 |
| Pennsylvania |
4,410 |
0.74 |
1.34 |
$ 14.63 |
$ 30,420 |
States with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Library Assistants, Clerical:
| State |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New Hampshire |
920 |
1.37 |
2.48 |
$ 16.55 |
$ 34,430 |
| Rhode Island |
540 |
1.11 |
2.02 |
$ 17.25 |
$ 35,890 |
| Ohio |
5,770 |
1.05 |
1.91 |
$ 15.86 |
$ 33,000 |
| Vermont |
310 |
1.03 |
1.88 |
$ 17.09 |
$ 35,540 |
| Connecticut |
1,520 |
0.92 |
1.66 |
$ 19.11 |
$ 39,740 |
Top paying states for Library Assistants, Clerical:
Metropolitan areas with the highest employment level in Library Assistants, Clerical:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA |
6,580 |
0.69 |
1.26 |
$ 19.30 |
$ 40,150 |
| Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI |
3,840 |
0.85 |
1.55 |
$ 16.46 |
$ 34,240 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
3,080 |
0.50 |
0.90 |
$ 22.88 |
$ 47,580 |
| Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD |
1,960 |
0.69 |
1.26 |
$ 16.84 |
$ 35,040 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
1,850 |
0.67 |
1.21 |
$ 22.43 |
$ 46,650 |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
1,380 |
0.57 |
1.04 |
$ 28.54 |
$ 59,370 |
| Cleveland-Elyria, OH |
1,300 |
1.30 |
2.35 |
$ 16.10 |
$ 33,490 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
1,230 |
0.59 |
1.07 |
$ 22.64 |
$ 47,090 |
| Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV |
1,220 |
0.39 |
0.71 |
$ 20.33 |
$ 42,280 |
| Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN |
1,210 |
1.12 |
2.03 |
$ 15.91 |
$ 33,090 |
Metropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Library Assistants, Clerical:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| Ann Arbor, MI |
810 |
3.77 |
6.85 |
$ 16.48 |
$ 34,280 |
| Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH |
110 |
2.89 |
5.25 |
$ 14.42 |
$ 29,990 |
| Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA |
140 |
2.88 |
5.22 |
$ 21.82 |
$ 45,380 |
| Wheeling, WV-OH |
160 |
2.81 |
5.10 |
$ 13.65 |
$ 28,400 |
| Ocean City, NJ |
110 |
2.71 |
4.92 |
$ 20.90 |
$ 43,470 |
| Bellingham, WA |
220 |
2.45 |
4.45 |
$ 20.36 |
$ 42,340 |
| Wenatchee, WA |
120 |
2.40 |
4.35 |
$ 19.93 |
$ 41,460 |
| Kingston, NY |
130 |
2.31 |
4.20 |
$ 16.68 |
$ 34,680 |
| Bay City, MI |
80 |
2.27 |
4.12 |
$ 15.94 |
$ 33,160 |
| State College, PA |
140 |
2.09 |
3.79 |
$ 13.86 |
$ 28,830 |
Top paying metropolitan areas for Library Assistants, Clerical:
| Metropolitan area |
Employment (1) |
Employment per thousand jobs |
Location quotient (9) |
Hourly mean wage |
Annual mean wage (2) |
| San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA |
1,380 |
0.57 |
1.04 |
$ 28.54 |
$ 59,370 |
| San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA |
740 |
0.65 |
1.17 |
$ 27.49 |
$ 57,180 |
| Visalia-Porterville, CA |
80 |
0.47 |
0.85 |
$ 22.96 |
$ 47,750 |
| Reno, NV |
190 |
0.73 |
1.33 |
$ 22.88 |
$ 47,590 |
| Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA |
3,080 |
0.50 |
0.90 |
$ 22.88 |
$ 47,580 |
| Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA |
1,230 |
0.59 |
1.07 |
$ 22.64 |
$ 47,090 |
| Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA |
100 |
0.50 |
0.91 |
$ 22.61 |
$ 47,020 |
| Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH |
1,850 |
0.67 |
1.21 |
$ 22.43 |
$ 46,650 |
| Modesto, CA |
90 |
0.49 |
0.88 |
$ 22.31 |
$ 46,400 |
| Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA |
720 |
0.60 |
1.09 |
$ 22.07 |
$ 45,900 |
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest employment in Library Assistants, Clerical:
Nonmetropolitan areas with the highest concentration of jobs and location quotients in Library Assistants, Clerical:
Top paying nonmetropolitan areas for Library Assistants, Clerical:
About May 2023 National, State, Metropolitan, and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
These estimates are calculated with data collected from employers in all industry sectors, all metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and all states and the District of Columbia.
The top employment and wage figures are provided above. The complete list is available in the downloadable XLS files.
The percentile wage estimate is the value of a wage below which a certain percent of workers fall.
The median wage is the 50th percentile wage estimate—50 percent of workers earn less than the median and 50 percent of workers earn more than the median.
More about percentile wages.
(1) Estimates for detailed occupations do not sum to the totals because the totals include occupations not shown separately. Estimates do not include self-employed workers.
(2) Annual wages have been calculated by multiplying the hourly mean wage by a "year-round, full-time" hours figure of 2,080 hours;
for those occupations where there is not an hourly wage published, the annual wage has been directly calculated from the reported survey data.
(3) The relative standard error (RSE) is a measure of the reliability of a survey statistic. The smaller the relative standard error, the more precise the estimate.
(7) The value is less than .005 percent of industry employment.
(8) Estimate not released.
(9) The location quotient is the ratio of the area concentration of occupational employment to the national average concentration.
A location quotient greater than one indicates the occupation has a higher share of employment than average, and a location quotient less than one indicates the occupation is less prevalent in the area than average.
Other OEWS estimates and related information:
May 2023 National Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 State Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Area Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 National Industry-Specific Occupational Employment and Wage Estimates
May 2023 Occupation Profiles
Technical Notes
Last Modified Date: April 3, 2024
United States Department of Labor
