Library Assistants, Clerical Salary — Lansing, Michigan

The average Library Assistants, Clerical in Lansing, Michigan earns $33,810 a year.

$33,810 / year, mean
↓ 16.8% below national average 40th percentile in Michigan

Lansing sits roughly in the middle of the pack for this role within Michigan — neither a standout nor a laggard. That's noticeably below the national average for library assistants, clerical, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Michigan

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
150
Estimate confidence
RSE 4.0%
Cost of living 95 #103 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1688 #77 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $250,377 #136 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $70,886 #101 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Lansing ranks #103 for cost of living and #136 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

San Francisco $61,280 San Jose $60,340 Santa Cruz $52,670 Seattle $51,710 San Diego $50,630 Mount Vernon $50,410 Los Angeles $50,180 Salinas $49,680 Santa Maria $49,180 Santa Rosa $49,140 Riverside $48,860 Bremerton $48,780 Sacramento $48,540 Kennewick $48,370 Modesto $47,530 Visalia $47,300 Wenatchee $47,290 Portland $46,730 Vallejo $46,610 Olympia $46,380 Oxnard $46,050 Bellingham $45,680 Merced $45,620 Spokane $45,180 Hanford $45,150 Fresno $45,070 Stockton $45,060 Redding $44,770 El Centro $44,740 Eugene $44,450 Trenton $43,930 Fort Myers $43,790 Naples $43,580 Baltimore $43,150 New York $42,760 Bakersfield $42,490 Atlantic City $42,330 Chico $41,860 Ithaca $41,670 Crestview $41,380 Virginia Beach $41,000 Yakima $40,680 Miami $40,650 Port St. Lucie $40,530 Austin $40,290 Midland $40,240 Albany $40,210 Salem $40,100 Sarasota $39,820 Kingston $39,320 Orlando $39,190 Kiryas Joel $39,150 Champaign $38,910 Hagerstown $38,850 Charlottesville $38,640 Richmond $38,580 Gainesville $38,530 Tampa $38,530 Tallahassee $38,280 Philadelphia $38,120 Kalamazoo $38,060 Rochester $37,870 Buffalo $37,500 Glens Falls $37,280 Ann Arbor $37,240 Syracuse $37,180 Watertown $37,170 Battle Creek $36,910 Chicago $36,860 Utica $36,500 Binghamton $36,460 Decatur $36,340 Lakeland $36,090 Jacksonville $36,050 Deltona $36,040 Vineland $35,860 San Antonio $35,510 Pittsburgh $35,140 Roanoke $35,060 Lexington $34,650 Morgantown $34,480 Rockford $34,270 Louisville $34,230 Detroit $34,200 Palm Bay $34,150 Muskegon $34,070 Saginaw $33,990 Kankakee $33,950 Peoria $33,950 State College $33,870 Grand Rapids $33,850 Jackson $33,840 Lansing $33,810 Springfield $33,800 Monroe $33,750 Lafayette $33,700 Flint $33,690 Charleston $33,540 Erie $33,390 Lynchburg $33,140 Panama City $33,090 Allentown $32,980 Bowling Green $32,860 Traverse City $32,850 Dallas $32,840 Kokomo $32,660 Winchester $32,610 Niles $32,540 Bloomington $32,450 Elkhart $32,390 Owensboro $31,630 Pensacola $31,610 York $31,240 Fort Wayne $31,140 McAllen $30,850 Bay City $30,730 Houston $30,710 Huntington $30,270 Lancaster $30,230 Williamsport $29,940 Scranton $29,570 El Paso $29,440 Terre Haute $29,170 Wheeling $29,060 Beaumont $28,940 Harrisburg $28,820 Chambersburg $28,590 Bloomington $28,490 Reading $28,340 Gettysburg $28,080 Evansville $27,550 Indianapolis $27,240 Brownsville $25,830 Lebanon $25,070 Lubbock $24,440 Johnstown $23,890
CityMean salaryvs. Lansing
Albany, New York$40,210+18.9%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$32,980-2.5%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$37,240+10.1%
Atlantic City, New Jersey$42,330+25.2%
Austin, Texas$40,290+19.2%
Bakersfield, California$42,490+25.7%
Baltimore, Maryland$43,150+27.6%
Battle Creek, Michigan$36,910+9.2%
Bay City, Michigan$30,730-9.1%
Beaumont, Texas$28,940-14.4%
Bellingham, Washington$45,680+35.1%
Binghamton, New York$36,460+7.8%
Bloomington, Illinois$32,450-4.0%
Bloomington, Indiana$28,490-15.7%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$32,860-2.8%
Bremerton, Washington$48,780+44.3%
Brownsville, Texas$25,830-23.6%
Buffalo, New York$37,500+10.9%
Fort Myers, Florida$43,790+29.5%
Chambersburg, Pennsylvania$28,590-15.4%
Champaign, Illinois$38,910+15.1%
Charleston, West Virginia$33,540-0.8%
Charlottesville, Virginia$38,640+14.3%
Chicago, Illinois$36,860+9.0%
Chico, California$41,860+23.8%
Crestview, Florida$41,380+22.4%
Dallas, Texas$32,840-2.9%
Decatur, Illinois$36,340+7.5%
Deltona, Florida$36,040+6.6%
Detroit, Michigan$34,200+1.2%
El Centro, California$44,740+32.3%
Elkhart, Indiana$32,390-4.2%
El Paso, Texas$29,440-12.9%
Erie, Pennsylvania$33,390-1.2%
Eugene, Oregon$44,450+31.5%
Evansville, Indiana$27,550-18.5%
Flint, Michigan$33,690-0.4%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$31,140-7.9%
Fresno, California$45,070+33.3%
Gainesville, Florida$38,530+14.0%
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania$28,080-16.9%
Glens Falls, New York$37,280+10.3%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$33,850+0.1%
Hagerstown, Maryland$38,850+14.9%
Hanford, California$45,150+33.5%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$28,820-14.8%
Houston, Texas$30,710-9.2%
Huntington, West Virginia$30,270-10.5%
Indianapolis, Indiana$27,240-19.4%
Ithaca, New York$41,670+23.2%
Jackson, Michigan$33,840+0.1%
Jacksonville, Florida$36,050+6.6%
Johnstown, Pennsylvania$23,890-29.3%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$38,060+12.6%
Kankakee, Illinois$33,950+0.4%
Kennewick, Washington$48,370+43.1%
Kingston, New York$39,320+16.3%
Kiryas Joel, New York$39,150+15.8%
Kokomo, Indiana$32,660-3.4%
Lafayette, Indiana$33,700-0.3%
Lakeland, Florida$36,090+6.7%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$30,230-10.6%
Lebanon, Pennsylvania$25,070-25.9%
Lexington, Kentucky$34,650+2.5%
Los Angeles, California$50,180+48.4%
Louisville, Kentucky$34,230+1.2%
Lubbock, Texas$24,440-27.7%
Lynchburg, Virginia$33,140-2.0%
McAllen, Texas$30,850-8.8%
Merced, California$45,620+34.9%
Miami, Florida$40,650+20.2%
Midland, Michigan$40,240+19.0%
Modesto, California$47,530+40.6%
Monroe, Michigan$33,750-0.2%
Morgantown, West Virginia$34,480+2.0%
Mount Vernon, Washington$50,410+49.1%
Muskegon, Michigan$34,070+0.8%
Naples, Florida$43,580+28.9%
New York, New York$42,760+26.5%
Niles, Michigan$32,540-3.8%
Sarasota, Florida$39,820+17.8%
Olympia, Washington$46,380+37.2%
Orlando, Florida$39,190+15.9%
Owensboro, Kentucky$31,630-6.4%
Oxnard, California$46,050+36.2%
Palm Bay, Florida$34,150+1.0%
Panama City, Florida$33,090-2.1%
Pensacola, Florida$31,610-6.5%
Peoria, Illinois$33,950+0.4%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$38,120+12.7%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$35,140+3.9%
Portland, Oregon$46,730+38.2%
Port St. Lucie, Florida$40,530+19.9%
Reading, Pennsylvania$28,340-16.2%
Redding, California$44,770+32.4%
Richmond, Virginia$38,580+14.1%
Riverside, California$48,860+44.5%
Roanoke, Virginia$35,060+3.7%
Rochester, New York$37,870+12.0%
Rockford, Illinois$34,270+1.4%
Sacramento, California$48,540+43.6%
Saginaw, Michigan$33,990+0.5%
Salem, Oregon$40,100+18.6%
Salinas, California$49,680+46.9%
San Antonio, Texas$35,510+5.0%
San Diego, California$50,630+49.7%
San Francisco, California$61,280+81.2%
San Jose, California$60,340+78.5%
Santa Cruz, California$52,670+55.8%
Santa Maria, California$49,180+45.5%
Santa Rosa, California$49,140+45.3%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$29,570-12.5%
Seattle, Washington$51,710+52.9%
Spokane, Washington$45,180+33.6%
Springfield, Illinois$33,800-0.0%
State College, Pennsylvania$33,870+0.2%
Stockton, California$45,060+33.3%
Syracuse, New York$37,180+10.0%
Tallahassee, Florida$38,280+13.2%
Tampa, Florida$38,530+14.0%
Terre Haute, Indiana$29,170-13.7%
Traverse City, Michigan$32,850-2.8%
Trenton, New Jersey$43,930+29.9%
Utica, New York$36,500+8.0%
Vallejo, California$46,610+37.9%
Vineland, New Jersey$35,860+6.1%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$41,000+21.3%
Visalia, California$47,300+39.9%
Watertown, New York$37,170+9.9%
Wenatchee, Washington$47,290+39.9%
Wheeling, West Virginia$29,060-14.0%
Williamsport, Pennsylvania$29,940-11.4%
Winchester, Virginia$32,610-3.5%
Yakima, Washington$40,680+20.3%
York, Pennsylvania$31,240-7.6%
Gross salary
33,810/yr
Estimated take-home
27,876/yr
Est. total withheld
17.6%

Single filer, federal + Michigan state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 43-4121 SOC code
Official area Lansing-East Lansing, MI BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 29620 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: mi_treasury_verificado 2025
Metro also includes
East Lansing
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
470,434