California · 2025 pay
How much do Sonoma County Library employees make?
$53,304typical pay, counting everyone paid in 2025
$12,464 – $85,779what most people earned
Includes everyone paid during 2025, including part-year and seasonal workers. The source doesn't show who worked the full year.
California State Controller's Office publishes pay by position without employee names, so there is no name search here.
Common jobs: Library SpecialistLibrarian IIShelver
✓ Official data from California State Controller's OfficeMatches the agency's latest releasesco.ca.gov ↗
How is pay spread across workers?
A year of pay for a lower-paid, typical and higher-paid worker (counting everyone paid), and the top earner, split into regular pay, overtime and extra pay.
$12,770
$52,182
$85,784
$237,327
Lower-paid workerearns more than 1 in 4 coworkers
Typical workerright in the middle
Higher-paid workerearns more than 3 in 4 coworkers
Highest paidone person
Regular payOvertimeExtra pay
Is pay going up?
Yes. Typical pay went from $46,301 in 2022 to $53,304 in 2025 (+15%).
What changed since 2024
- −2.2%Typical pay went down from $54,530 to $53,304.
- +0367 people were paid in 2025, compared with 367 in 2024.
- +15%Since 2022, typical pay has gone from $46,301 to $53,304, while the number of people paid went up from 326 to 367.
The next update is expected in late 2027.
Pay slip · 2025
A typical worker's year
Sonoma County Library
official data
2022–2025
| Regular pay | $51,448 |
|---|---|
| Overtime | $0 |
| Extra pay | $734 |
| Total for the year | $52,182 |
Average of the 18 workers in the middle of the pay range. Does not include benefits.
Matches the agency's latest release
Pay by job
Jobs held by 5 or more people in 2025.
| Job | People | Typical pay | Most earn | Since 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Library Specialist | 70 | $55,203 | $32k – $66k | ▼ 1.4% |
| Librarian II | 45 | $88,468 | $83k – $93k | ▼ 2.2% |
| Shelver | 39 | $11,219 | $7k – $12k | ▲ 2.1% |
| Library Associate | 22 | $42,570 | $28k – $60k | ▼ 20.0% |
| Substitute Library Specialist | 18 | $6,442 | $4k – $12k | ▼ 44.3% |
| Substitute Librarian II | 15 | $2,984 | $1k – $15k | ▼ 84.2% |
| Librarian I | 14 | $70,835 | $45k – $78k | ▲ 12.4% |
| Teen Intern - Summer Lunch | 14 | $2,758 | $3k – $3k | ▲ 4.7% |
| Branch Manager | 12 | $116,389 | $105k – $121k | ▲ 2.0% |
| Librarian III | 10 | $106,710 | $96k – $112k | ▲ 3.9% |
| Supervising Library Specialist | 9 | $81,986 | $73k – $88k | ▲ 3.1% |
| Substitute Librarian I | 8 | $8,067 | $5k – $13k | ▼ 40.0% |
| Library Aide | 7 | $27,754 | $26k – $34k | ▼ 4.1% |
| Delivery Driver | 6 | $53,548 | $35k – $55k | new |
| Administrative Specialist | 5 | $81,545 | $81k – $85k | ▼ 4.3% |
How many people earn what
- Under $10k75
- $10k – $30k60
- $30k – $50k46
- $50k – $70k45
- $70k – $90k65
- $90k – $110k42
- $110k – $150k25
- $150k or more9
Includes part-time and seasonal workers, which is why many earn under $10k.
Pay by department
| Department | People | Typical pay |
|---|---|---|
| Extra Help | 52 | $6,442 |
| Central | 33 | $36,657 |
| Petaluma | 26 | $45,859 |
| Sebastopol | 21 | $38,002 |
| Rohnert Park | 21 | $62,567 |
| Public Services | 16 | $2,943 |
| Rincon Valley | 16 | $59,721 |
| Windsor | 15 | $53,353 |
| Sonoma | 15 | $43,710 |
| Northwest | 15 | $70,248 |
| Healdsburg | 13 | $59,152 |
| Information Technology | 12 | $106,689 |
Highest paid at Sonoma County Library in 2025
Common questions
How much does a Sonoma County Library employee make?
The typical employee was paid $53,304 in 2025: half of the 367 people paid earned more, half earned less. Most earned between $12,464 and $85,779.
Why do so many people earn very little?
The list includes everyone who got a paycheck during the year: part-time, seasonal and short-term workers, and people who joined or left partway through. 75 people (20.4%) were paid under $10,000.
Does this include benefits like health insurance or pension?
No. It is the pay people received: regular salary or wages (98.6% of all pay), overtime (0.0%) and extra pay such as allowances, longevity and severance (1.4%).
Where does this data come from, and when is it updated?
From California State Controller's Office (Government Compensation in California) (sco.ca.gov). Our figures match the agency's latest release; the next update is expected in late 2027.
"Typical pay" is the median: half earn more, half earn less. "Most earn" is the middle half of workers. Figures are calculated by PublicPayData from the official dataset; 10 records with $0 or negative pay are left out. How we calculate this · Corrections & removals