Table 21: Number and Average Salaries of ARL University Librarians

By Position and Type of Insitution, FY 1999-2000*

Canadian (13)

Private (31)

Public (67)

Total (111)

Position

Salary

No.

Salary

No.

Salary

No.

Salary

No.

Director

$77,037

13

$145,416

31

$128,196

67

$127,014

111

Associate Director

57,390

21

97,903

41

83,514

122

83,739

184

Assistant Director

52,894

16

82,102

79

73,283

112

75,073

207

Head, Branch

45,419

35

59,550

160

57,832

315

57,519

510

Functional Specialist

38,954

81

49,142

341

44,677

602

45,711

1,024

Subject Specialist

41,837

56

51,682

359

49,559

489

49,924

904

 

Dept. Head:
Acquisitions

42,247

9

54,333

30

57,101

51

54,693

90

Reference

47,793

9

57,166

36

56,783

67

56,184

112

Cataloging

43,519

11

56,133

70

55,317

92

54,897

173

Serials

1

50,014

13

55,719

20

53,107

34

Documents/Maps

43,584

8

48,881

17

53,423

60

51,589

85

Circulation

45,227

9

51,245

25

53,907

50

52,185

84

Rare Books/ Manuscripts

48,370

10

63,489

28

61,730

52

60,793

90

Computer Systems

52,834

10

66,998

28

63,799

39

63,538

77

Other

46,182

65

55,549

217

54,120

384

53,811

666

 

Reference:
Over 14 years experience

42,833

106

48,299

160

50,428

407

48,725

673

10 to 14 years experience

37,120

35

44,001

56

43,071

142

42,401

233

5 to 9 years experience

34,248

20

40,132

66

38,645

203

38,681

289

Under 5 years experience

29,796

26

35,928

71

33,215

204

33,560

301

Cataloging:
Over 14 years experience

42,281

59

49,996

169

47,390

238

47,688

466

10 to 14 years experience

35,495

7

43,553

73

42,985

66

42,910

146

5 to 9 years experience

3

40,739

55

37,180

54

38,821

112

Under 5 years experience

3

35,447

30

33,241

50

33,755

83

Other:
Over 14 years experience

44,331

11

52,949

50

52,691

136

52,290

197

10 to 14 years experience

33,865

5

43,435

26

43,135

46

42,634

77

5 to 9 years experience

38,246

4

39,458

28

39,415

43

39,369

75

Under 5 years experience

33,946

6

35,729

39

33,537

73

34,282

118

 

All Positions

$42,993

639

$53,322

2,298

$51,141

4,184

$51,113

7,121

* Canadian salaries expressed in U.S. dollars. Tables 31-34 show Canadian salaries in Canadian dollars. Excludes medical and law libraries.
( ) Indicates the number of ARL libraries in each category.
Includes George Washington University.
Salary data are not published when fewer than four individuals are involved.


Table of Contents | ARL Annual Salary Survey Home 
© Association of Research Libraries, Washington, DC