Humboldt County librarian salary, 2025
5 people worked as librarians for Humboldt 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 $43,253 to $63,504.
What does Humboldt County pay its librarians?
Official pay range1
$43,253 to $63,504
from the lowest entry salary to the top of the highest librarian title
Average total pay, full-year librarians1
Fewer than 5
5 librarians in all, 2 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
- $43,253
- bottom of the Librarian I range
- Average pay rank
- Fewer than 5
- too few full-year staff to rank
What does each librarian title at Humboldt 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
- Librarian IFewer than 5
- Librarian IIFewer 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 Humboldt 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 staff | People | Official range | Average total pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| Library assistants | 55 | $34,386 to $45,238 | $47,768 |
What do librarians earn around Humboldt County?
Average total pay of full-year librarians across Humboldt County and across California. Humboldt County's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its librarians worked the full year.1
- All employers in Humboldt County$98,154
- All employers in California$108,032
Full-year librarians across Humboldt County earned an average of $98,154 in 2025, $9,878 less than the California average.
Pension and health cover at Humboldt 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 Humboldt 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 Humboldt County
Why is there no average librarian salary for Humboldt County?
5 people worked as librarians for Humboldt 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 Humboldt County?
The official range across Humboldt County's librarian titles runs from $43,253 to $63,504 in 2025. For comparison, full-year librarians across Humboldt County earned an average of $98,154.
What is the starting salary for a librarian at Humboldt County?
$43,253 a year: the bottom of the official range for Humboldt County's Librarian I title in 2025, as reported. Pay rises with steps and overtime.
How much does a library assistant make at Humboldt County?
Full-year library assistants at Humboldt County averaged $47,768 in total pay in 2025, overtime included, on an official range of $34,386 to $45,238.
What pension do librarians at Humboldt County get?
The most common pension formula among Humboldt County's librarians is 2% at 62, as reported by the county.
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Sources for the Humboldt County figures
Every person who held a librarian position at Humboldt 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.
- State Controller's Office, Government Compensation in California, 2025: positions, official pay ranges, wages, pension formula and employer contributions as reported by Humboldt County.