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Library Assistants, Clerical pay in Montgomery, AL and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Library Assistants, Clerical is $24,410 per year in Montgomery, AL. It is $63,000 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Montgomery, AL is 61.3% below San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-4121 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 80 wage and salary jobs in Montgomery, AL and 1,720 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings