TABLE 24: AVERAGE SALARIES OF ARL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIANS BY REGION, FISCAL YEAR 1995-96

TABLE 24: AVERAGE SALARIES OF ARL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIANS BY REGION, FY 1998-99

	Northeast		North Central		South			West		Canada	Total

	New England	Middle Atlantic	East N.Central	West N.Central	South Atlantic	East S.Central	West S.Central	Mountain	Pacific
Position	(8)	(14)	(17)	(7)	(17)	(5)	(9)	(7)	(13)	(13)	(110)

Director	132,637	147,334	126,557	128,111	130,131	117,339	110,877	111,855	124,763	81,113	122,074
Associate Director	95,836	95,218	80,310	86,404	81,194	68,203	67,046	73,470	87,507	58,856	80,833
Assistant Director	82,596	78,071	71,883	71,052	70,280	62,328	67,171	69,106	84,140	55,024	72,694
Head, Branch	62,087	55,924	54,253	49,970	51,860	51,041	48,310	58,012	59,723	47,484	54,648
Functional Specialist	47,523	44,543	41,362	42,212	44,911	39,927	40,579	44,962	52,440	41,124	44,465
Subject Specialist	54,508	49,720	47,297	46,805	43,700	42,931	38,688	46,133	58,285	43,651	49,053

Dept. Head: Acquisitions	57,192	49,038	56,480	52,760	52,535	50,050	49,147	52,961	57,488	45,331	52,255
Reference	61,274	58,670	55,714	52,292	52,958	48,559	49,537	51,134	58,131	47,763	54,494
Cataloging	62,150	53,766	54,358	53,733	50,832	44,616	47,586	50,676	54,897	44,021	53,040
Serials	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	59,274	*	50,743
Documents/Maps	57,702	51,610	48,535	53,055	46,617	41,448	43,579	50,750	60,458	45,599	50,291
Circulation	51,493	50,740	50,402	54,868	48,763	43,326	43,703	47,296	60,078	47,535	49,636
Rare Books/Manuscripts	73,784	66,296	61,641	*	55,755	55,566	48,410	57,585	66,026	49,158	60,063
Computer Systems	72,709	60,354	55,380	53,620	52,493	*	55,078	68,770	64,177	53,629	59,594
Other	57,555	53,203	52,959	51,525	50,829	46,661	46,020	48,885	59,946	47,457	52,141

Reference: Over 14 years experience	52,475	50,076	45,682	43,759	42,486	51,340	40,541	45,898	55,928	43,942	47,567
10 to 14 years experience	44,919	42,476	40,403	38,035	38,631	39,437	37,427	39,133	47,222	38,383	41,293
5 to 9 years experience	39,838	38,872	37,131	34,027	37,162	34,126	34,403	37,151	39,441	34,065	36,915
Under 5 years experience	36,405	33,665	33,303	30,186	32,646	30,921	30,533	31,722	33,505	30,084	32,770

Cataloging: Over 14 years experience	50,453	45,697	43,140	46,325	41,602	41,552	37,927	44,856	56,444	43,994	46,323
10 to 14 years experience	43,882	42,078	39,968	39,130	39,348	39,957	35,050	38,935	49,996	37,181	41,476
5 to 9 years experience	42,781	37,860	37,137	32,932	37,444	*	33,087	35,325	40,458	36,533	37,640
Under 5 years experience	40,348	34,601	32,315	*	32,157	28,413	28,907	32,665	33,556	N/A	33,385

Other: Over 14 years experience	51,931	50,449	50,744	58,978	46,136	51,408	50,201	48,295	59,964	44,098	51,144
10 to 14 years experience	38,079	43,028	43,636	*	40,510	*	41,249	39,778	44,230	37,503	41,369
5 to 9 years experience	42,874	40,670	37,009	*	35,010	*	32,183	*	37,708	36,469	36,802
Under 5 years experience	35,299	33,374	34,967	29,383	31,311	*	31,042	*	*	36,368	33,469

All Positions: Average Salary	$53,269	$51,496	$48,808	$47,883	$47,476	$45,429	$44,176	$47,892	$57,086	$44,601	$49,624
No. of Staff	783	1,017	1,161	407	978	255	471	407	871	629	6,979

( ) Indicates number of ARL libraries included. Canadian salaries expressed in U.S. dollars. Excludes medical and law libraries.
* - Salary data are not published when fewer than four individuals are involved. N/A - No positions reported in this category.

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