Butte County librarian salary, 2025

8 people worked as librarians for Butte County in 2025. Fewer than 5 of them worked the full year, so there is no average that wouldn't describe individual people. The official range for its librarian titles runs from $50,003 to $94,016.

What does Butte County pay its librarians?

Official pay range1

$50,003 to $94,016

from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest librarian title

Average total pay, full-year librarians1

Fewer than 5

8 librarians in all, 3 of them full-year: too few for an average.

Median total pay
Fewer than 5
the middle librarian: half earned more, half less
Overtime
Fewer than 5
average per full-year librarian
Starting salary
Not reported
no plain Librarian or Librarian I range
Average pay rank
Fewer than 5
too few full-year staff to rank

What does each librarian title at Butte County pay?

Each bar is the official range for one title, lowest first. The dot marks the average total pay of full-year staff in that title, where at least 5 people stand behind it.1

  1. Librarian I$50,003 to $67,038 · fewer than 5 people
    Fewer than 5
  2. Branch Librarian$70,158 to $94,016 · fewer than 5 people
    Fewer than 5

official range average total pay, full year. "Fewer than 5" means too few full-year people in that title to show.

Library assistant pay at Butte County

Counted on their own, kept out of the librarian figures on this page. Each group's name leads to its statewide overview. Range: the middle reported bottom and top of each group's official ranges. Pay: average total pay of full-year staff, overtime included.1

Library staffPeopleOfficial rangeAverage total pay
Library assistants33$36,005 to $48,277$46,911

What do librarians earn around Butte County?

Average total pay of full-year librarians across Butte County and across California. Butte County's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its librarians worked the full year.1

Full-year librarians across Butte County earned an average of $97,217 in 2025, $10,815 less than the California average.

Pension and health cover at Butte County

As reported by the county. Contributions are what the employer paid per full-year librarian, on top of wages.1

Pension formula
2% at 62
the most common formula among Butte County's librarians
Employer pension contribution
Fewer than 5
average per year
Health, dental and vision
Fewer than 5
average paid by the employer per year

Questions about librarian pay at Butte County

Why is there no average librarian salary for Butte County?

8 people worked as librarians for Butte County in 2025, but fewer than 5 of them worked the full year. Every figure on Public Paycheck covers at least 5 people, so none describes one person.

What is the pay range for a librarian at Butte County?

The official range across Butte County's librarian titles runs from $50,003 to $94,016 in 2025. For comparison, full-year librarians across Butte County earned an average of $97,217.

How much does a library assistant make at Butte County?

Full-year library assistants at Butte County averaged $46,911 in total pay in 2025, overtime included, on an official range of $36,005 to $48,277.

What pension do librarians at Butte County get?

The most common pension formula among Butte County's librarians is 2% at 62, as reported by the county.

More salaries in Butte County

Sources for the Butte County figures

Every person who held a librarian position at Butte County at any point in 2025 counts toward the headcount. Pay figures use only people who worked roughly the full year: those whose regular pay reached at least 90% of the bottom of their official range. Total pay is gross wages before tax, including overtime, lump sums and other pay. Averages lead; the median total pay is the middle person's, with half above and half below, and is less pulled by a few people with very high pay. Every figure covers at least 5 people.

  1. State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Butte County.

How we read the data