How much do Library Assistants, Clerical make in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI?

Percentile spread

For Library Assistants, Clerical, the published 10th percentile is $27,080 and the 90th percentile is $51,560. The difference is $24,480, which is 59.3% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $29,470 to the 75th at $41,800, covers $12,330.

The mean annual wage is $38,060, which sits below the median of $41,260. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kalamazoo-Portage, MI median is 11.8% higher than the national median of $36,910 for Library Assistants, Clerical. In 2024 national prices the local median is $43,505, which is 17.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 19.6% higher than the Michigan median of $34,510.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kalamazoo-Portage, MI is 94.840, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $41,260 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Library Assistants, Clerical at $43,505 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

31 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Library Assistants, Clerical. Kalamazoo-Portage, MI ranks 2nd of 32 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Battle Creek, MI is 27 miles away, with a median of $36,910 and employment of 50. That median is 10.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $40,766, against $43,505 here.
• Elkhart-Goshen, IN is 48 miles away, with a median of $31,950 and employment of 60. That median is 22.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,372, against $43,505 here.
• Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 52 miles away, with a median of $30,430 and employment of 240. That median is 26.2% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $31,849, against $43,505 here.

Employment share

Library Assistants, Clerical accounts for 0.08% of wage-and-salary employment in Kalamazoo-Portage, MI (100 of 121,790). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (85,520 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.49 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.