How much do Library Assistants, Clerical make in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA?

Percentile spread

For Library Assistants, Clerical, the published 10th percentile is $39,230 and the 90th percentile is $61,830. The difference is $22,600, which is 46.2% 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 $39,230 to the 75th at $56,720, covers $17,490.

The mean annual wage is $49,140, which sits above the median of $48,890. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA median is 32.5% higher than the national median of $36,910 for Library Assistants, Clerical. In 2024 national prices the local median is $45,359, which is 22.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.2% higher than the California median of $47,860.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA is 107.784, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $48,890 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Library Assistants, Clerical at $45,359 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

11 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Library Assistants, Clerical. Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA ranks 4th of 12 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).).

• Vallejo, CA is 56 miles away, with a median of $38,900 and employment of 80. That median is 20.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $35,859, against $45,359 here.
• San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 63 miles away, with a median of $63,000 and employment of 1,720. That median is 28.9% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $54,492, against $45,359 here.
• Stockton-Lodi, CA is 99 miles away, with a median of $39,290 and employment of 240. That median is 19.6% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $37,387, against $45,359 here.

Employment share

Library Assistants, Clerical accounts for 0.08% of wage-and-salary employment in Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA (160 of 205,260). Nationally the occupation is 0.05% of employment (85,520 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.42 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.