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Library Assistants, Clerical · SOC 43-4121

Library Assistants, Clerical Salary in the Boulder Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Boulder, CO metro area

Figures describe the Boulder, CO metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Boulder city limits.

Median annual wage$41,340
Median hourly wage$19.88

Library Assistants, Clerical in the Boulder, CO metro area earned a median of $41,340 per year ($19.88 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $36,000 at the 10th percentile to $47,730 at the 90th. BLS estimates 70 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Library Assistants, Clerical in the Boulder metro area earn more than $41,340 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $37,720 and $47,490.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$36,000$37,720$41,340$47,490$47,730
Hourly$17.31$18.14$19.88$22.83$22.95

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Boulder metro areathis metro area
    $41,340
  • Coloradostate (CO)
    $36,130
  • United Statesnational
    $36,910

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +14% vs Colorado overall and +12% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$20,700$34,800$48,900$63,000Lubbock, TX — $20,700Cleveland, TN — $21,700Johnstown, PA — $21,780Monroe, LA — $21,850Lebanon, PA — $22,450Ponce, PR — $22,900Auburn-Opelika, AL — $23,300Evansville, IN — $24,160San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $24,340Montgomery, AL — $24,410Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $24,790Florence, SC — $25,040Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $25,220Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $25,890Huntsville, AL — $25,920Canton-Massillon, OH — $26,610Spartanburg, SC — $26,750Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $26,790Reading, PA — $27,130Anniston-Oxford, AL — $27,230Gettysburg, PA — $27,310Chambersburg, PA — $27,590Williamsport, PA — $27,690York-Hanover, PA — $27,890Wheeling, WV-OH — $27,940Lancaster, PA — $27,950Lincoln, NE — $28,080Omaha, NE-IA — $28,080Jackson, MS — $28,110Cedar Rapids, IA — $28,140Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $28,140Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $28,180Terre Haute, IN — $28,240Tulsa, OK — $28,300Youngstown-Warren, OH — $28,340El Paso, TX — $28,350Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $28,500Erie, PA — $28,540Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $28,590Joplin, MO-KS — $28,600St. Joseph, MO-KS — $28,600Springfield, MO — $28,600Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $28,980Fargo, ND-MN — $29,070Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $29,210Saginaw, MI — $29,370Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $29,420Topeka, KS — $29,430Akron, OH — $29,530Kokomo, IN — $29,640Traverse City, MI — $29,790Winchester, VA-WV — $29,830Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $29,870Niles, MI — $29,930Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $30,010Fort Smith, AR-OK — $30,020Bloomington, IN — $30,060Ames, IA — $30,070Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $30,100Monroe, MI — $30,130Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $30,140Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $30,220Bay City, MI — $30,330Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $30,430McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $30,620Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $30,750Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $30,800Charleston, WV — $30,810Mansfield, OH — $30,880Fort Wayne, IN — $31,000Birmingham, AL — $31,040Ogden, UT — $31,090Bloomington, IL — $31,200Winston-Salem, NC — $31,360Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $31,460Greeley, CO — $31,720Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $31,750Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $31,760Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $31,810Oklahoma City, OK — $31,850Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $31,950Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $32,060Lynchburg, VA — $32,090Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $32,140Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $32,150Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $32,220Binghamton, NY — $32,240Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $32,320Flint, MI — $32,340Rockford, IL — $32,420Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $32,690St. George, UT — $32,690Manhattan, KS — $32,710Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $33,120Columbia, SC — $33,200Wichita, KS — $33,220Kankakee, IL — $33,290Bowling Green, KY — $33,330Pittsburgh, PA — $33,380Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $33,480Lawton, OK — $33,480Champaign-Urbana, IL — $33,510Peoria, IL — $33,530Springfield, IL — $33,620Iowa City, IA — $33,690Springfield, OH — $33,740Kansas City, MO-KS — $33,760Owensboro, KY — $33,790St. Louis, MO-IL — $33,900Glens Falls, NY — $34,070Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $34,090Jackson, MI — $34,120Baton Rouge, LA — $34,130Idaho Falls, ID — $34,220Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $34,270Decatur, IL — $34,280Utica-Rome, NY — $34,280Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $34,320Ann Arbor, MI — $34,510Vineland, NJ — $34,510Boise City, ID — $34,520Lexington-Fayette, KY — $34,520Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $34,540Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $34,590Dubuque, IA — $34,590Cleveland, OH — $34,610New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $34,720Rochester, NY — $34,870Pocatello, ID — $34,930Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $34,970Syracuse, NY — $35,040Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $35,090Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $35,160Coeur d'Alene, ID — $35,160Morgantown, WV — $35,250State College, PA — $35,370Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $35,620Roanoke, VA — $35,630Logan, UT-ID — $35,710Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $35,730Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $35,860Knoxville, TN — $35,890Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $35,900Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $36,010Charlottesville, VA — $36,080Colorado Springs, CO — $36,110Twin Falls, ID — $36,230Clarksville, TN-KY — $36,260Columbus, OH — $36,290Toledo, OH — $36,360Chico, CA — $36,470San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $36,510Kingston, NY — $36,540Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $36,610Rochester, MN — $36,620Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $36,670Yakima, WA — $36,860Battle Creek, MI — $36,910Greensboro-High Point, NC — $36,930Tallahassee, FL — $36,940Green Bay, WI — $36,970Raleigh-Cary, NC — $36,970Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $36,990Urban Honolulu, HI — $37,110Asheville, NC — $37,180Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $37,200Lewiston, ID-WA — $37,290Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $37,350Wilmington, NC — $37,500Jacksonville, FL — $37,570Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $37,590Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $37,790Ithaca, NY — $37,800Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $37,800New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $37,860Pittsfield, MA — $37,860Albuquerque, NM — $37,910Manchester-Nashua, NH — $37,920Sheboygan, WI — $38,090Tucson, AZ — $38,110La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $38,140Richmond, VA — $38,230Appleton, WI — $38,300Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $38,310Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $38,390Casper, WY — $38,400Salem, OR — $38,420New Haven, CT — $38,430Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $38,640Midland, MI — $38,720Worcester, MA — $38,740Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $38,800Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $38,830Vallejo, CA — $38,900Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $39,050North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $39,180Stockton-Lodi, CA — $39,290Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $39,310Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $39,330Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $39,460Barnstable Town, MA — $39,520Portland-South Portland, ME — $39,600Springfield, MA — $39,770Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $39,810Naples-Marco Island, FL — $39,870Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $39,900Burlington, NC — $39,900Gainesville, FL — $39,930Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $40,020Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $40,190Lawrence, KS — $40,270Port St. Lucie, FL — $40,420Janesville-Beloit, WI — $40,490Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $40,520Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $40,630Wausau, WI — $40,630Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $40,710Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $41,070Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $41,210Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $41,260Boulder, CO — $41,340Chattanooga, TN-GA — $41,860Eau Claire, WI — $42,170Salinas, CA — $43,390Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $43,450El Centro, CA — $43,470Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $43,950Bellingham, WA — $44,440Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $44,820Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $45,140Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $45,480Eugene-Springfield, OR — $45,500Merced, CA — $45,610Duluth, MN-WI — $45,650Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $45,890Fresno, CA — $46,250Madison, WI — $46,290Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $46,300Modesto, CA — $46,400Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $46,460Visalia, CA — $46,690Flagstaff, AZ — $46,710Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $46,820Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $46,940Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $46,980Reno, NV — $47,050Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $47,160Redding, CA — $47,420Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $47,770Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $47,780Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $47,830Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $47,850Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $48,120Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $48,220Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $48,470Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $48,890Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $49,000Anchorage, AK — $50,000Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $50,180Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $50,560San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $50,940Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $51,410Kennewick-Richland, WA — $51,460Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $54,590San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $62,780San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $63,000

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Boulder metro area has the 46th-highest published median for this occupation among the 266 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Colorado

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for library assistants, clerical, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Boulder metro areathis page
    $41,340
  • Colorado Springs metro area
    $36,110
  • Greeley metro area
    $31,720
  • Denver metro area
    $30,800

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Customer Service Representatives$47,830First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers$79,450Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$51,060Office Clerks, General$59,840Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$57,330Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks$49,200

Highest-paying metro areas for library assistants, clericals · Highest-paying occupations in Boulder Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.