Palm Desert librarian salary, 2025
Palm Desert is a city in Riverside County. 5 people worked as librarians for Palm Desert 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 $84,573 to $121,971.
What does Palm Desert pay its librarians?
Official pay range1
$84,573 to $121,971
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, 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
- $84,573
- 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 Palm Desert 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 Palm Desert
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 | 17 | $51,646 to $70,845 | Fewer than 5 |
What do librarians earn around Palm Desert?
Average total pay of full-year librarians across Riverside County and across California. Palm Desert's own average isn't shown: fewer than 5 of its librarians worked the full year.1
- All employers in Riverside County$106,165
- All employers in California$108,032
Full-year librarians across Riverside County earned an average of $106,165 in 2025, $1,867 less than the California average.
Average librarian pay in Riverside County compared to nearby counties
Average total pay of full-year librarians across all employers in each county that borders Riverside County, and how much more or less it pays.1
- Orange County$109,523 average, 15 employers$3,358 more than Riverside County
- San Diego County$106,093 average, 12 employers$72 less than Riverside County
- San Bernardino County$81,512 average, 4 employers$24,653 less than Riverside County
- Imperial CountyNo employerNo librarian employer in Imperial County has a page here.
Pension and health cover at Palm Desert
As reported by the city. 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 Palm Desert'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 Palm Desert
Why is there no average librarian salary for Palm Desert?
5 people worked as librarians for Palm Desert 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 Palm Desert?
The official range across Palm Desert's librarian titles runs from $84,573 to $121,971 in 2025. For comparison, full-year librarians across Riverside County earned an average of $106,165.
What is the starting salary for a librarian at Palm Desert?
$84,573 a year: the bottom of the official range for Palm Desert's Librarian I title in 2025, as reported. Pay rises with steps and overtime.
How much does a library assistant make at Palm Desert?
The official range for library assistants at Palm Desert runs from $51,646 to $70,845 in 2025. Too few worked the full year for an average.
What pension do librarians at Palm Desert get?
The most common pension formula among Palm Desert's librarians is 2% at 62, as reported by the city.
More salaries in Riverside County
- Mt. San Jacinto Community College District$136,746 average total pay
- University of California, Riverside$114,249 average total pay
- Riverside$84,144 average total pay
- Corona$71,530 average total pay
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Sources for the Palm Desert figures
Every person who held a librarian position at Palm Desert 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 Palm Desert.