Tables for Placements and Salaries 2003

-- Library Journal, 10/15/2004

TABLE 1 STATUS OF 2003 GRADUATES IN LIBRARY PROFESSIONS*

	Number of Schools Reporting	Number of Graduates Responding	Permanent Professional	Temporary Professional	Non-professional	Total	Graduates in Nonlibrary Positions	Unemployed or Status Unreported
Northeast	12	518	330	49	54	433	5	80
Southeast	11	234	165	7	29	201	5	31
Midwest	10	566	383	50	38	471	9	87
Southwest	4	86	62	5	6	73		13
West	5	141	80	22	10	112	3	26
Canada	1	17	12	3	1	16		1
Total	43	1562	1032	136	138	1306	22	238
*Table based on survey responses from schools and individual graduates. Figures will not necessarily be fully consistent with some of the other data reported that came from individual graduates. Tables do not always add up, individually or collectively, since both schools and individuals omitted data in some cases.

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TABLE 2 PLACEMENTS AND FULL-TIME SALARIES OF 2003 GRADUATES/SUMMARY BY REGION*

Region	Number of Placements	Salaries Women	Salaries Men	Salaries Total	Low Salary Women	Low Salary Men	High Salary Women	High Salary Men	Average Salary Women	Average Salary Men	Average Salary All	Median Salary Women	Median Salary Men	Median Salary All
Northeast	433	283	46	341	$15,000	$12,000	$94,000	$80,000	$38,395	$40,732	$38,618	$36,500	$38,400	$37,000
Southeast	201	138	29	168	10,000	27,300	75,000	61,100	33,686	38,560	34,556	32,282	38,000	34,000
Midwest	471	262	85	349	17,000	10,200	90,000	80,000	37,430	40,468	38,120	36,000	37,967	36,465
Southwest	73	46	15	61	14,000	22,880	70,000	65,000	34,705	38,959	35,751	34,000	37,500	35,000
West	112	65	10	75	17,000	35,000	72,000	70,799	42,738	44,918	43,028	40,000	42,000	40,000
Canada/Intl.**	16	8	5	13	28,310	23,873	40,547	70,000	33,466	36,143	34,496	33,659	28,696	33,659
Combined***	1290	802	190	1007	$10,000	$10,200	$94,000	$80,000	$37,391	$40,462	$37,975	$36,000	$38,000	$36,335
This table represents only salaries reported as full-time. Some data were reported as aggregate without breakdown by gender. Comparison with other tables will show different numbers of placements. All international salaries converted to American dollars based on conversion rates for August 16, 2004. **U.S. results.

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TABLE 3 2003 TOTAL GRADUATES/PLACEMENTS BY SCHOOL*

Schools	Graduates Women	Graduates Men	Graduates Total	Employed Women	Employed Men	Employed Total	Unemployed Women	Unemployed Men	Unemployed Total	Students Women	Students Men	Students Total
Alabama	64	16	80	9	1	10	2		2	1		1
Arizona	79	28	107	19	7	26	5	2	7
California (UCLA)	43	5	48
Cal State- Long Beach	16	5	21	9	1	10		1	1
Catholic Univ.**				1		1
Clarion	56	12	68	14	1	15	2	1	3
Dominican	211	35	246	52	15	67	3	1	4	1	1	2
Drexel	52	25	77	13	1	14	1	1	2
Emporia				32	8	40	3		3	1		1
Florida State	111	53	164	28	8	36	2	1	3	2		2
Hawaii	33	6	39
Illinois	196	43	239	52	11	63	8	1	9
Indiana	165	65	230	18	10	28	2	3	5
Iowa	35	8	43
Kentucky	69	16	85	20	9	29	1		1
Long Island	132	20	152	38	4	42	5	1	6
Louisiana State				15	3	18	1		1
McGill				11	6	17		1	1
Michigan	53	40	93	38	28	66				3	7	10
Missouri-Columbia	95	17	112	36	3	39	3	1	4
N.C.Chapel Hill	64	25	89	24	7	31	3	1	4
N.C. Greensboro	81	9	90	35	1	36	6		6
North Texas**	175	28	203				1		1
Oklahoma	34	10	44	14	3	17	1	1	2
Pittsburgh	121	36	157	40	5	45	3	4	7
Pratt	77	17	94	23	5	28	5	2	7
Queens College	123	42	165	39	9	48	6	2	8
Rhode Island				12	1	13	3	1	4	1		1
Rutgers	102	14	116	32	3	35	3		3
San Jose	157	48	205	58	5	63	8		8
Simmons	164	35	199	112	25	137	15	4	19	3		3
S. Carolina	140	22	162	13	2	15				6	1	7
S. Florida	113	23	136	13	3	16	2		2
So. Connecticut	53	7	60	21	3	24	3	1	4
So. Mississippi	32	2	34	5		5	1		1
Tennessee**				3		3
Texas (Austin)	94	14	108	24	6	30	3		3
Univ. of Albany**	1		1	1		1
Univ. of Buffalo	90	30	120	18	5	23	4	3	7
Washington	71	22	93	31	10	41	5	4	9	2		2
Wayne State	144	58	202	63	16	79	22	6	28
Wisconsin (Madison)	56	15	71	38	10	48	7	2	9	6	1	7
Wisconsin (Milwaukee)	86	21	107	38	9	47	4		4
Total	3388	872	4260	1062	244	1306	143	45	188	26	10	36
This table represents reported placements of any kind. Comparison with other tables will show different numbers of placements. Totals are different from gender components as some schools and individuals did not provide gender information. *For schools that did not fill out the institutional survey, data were taken from graduate surveys, thus there is not full representation of their graduating classes. Unknown status: 2,158 women, 572 men, for a total of 2730

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TABLE 4 PLACEMENTS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION*

Schools	Public Women	Public Men	Elementary & Secondary Women	Elementary & Secondary Men	College & University Women	College & University Men	Special Women	Special Men	Government Women	Government Men	Library & Co-op./Network Women	Library & Co-op./Network Men	Vendor Women	Vendor Men	Other Women	Other Men	Total Women	Total Men	Total
Alabama	1	1	3		3		1										8	1	9
Arizona	6	1	6	1	2	5	3								1		18	7	25
Cal State-Long Beach	2		7	1													9	1	10
Catholic Univ.	1																1		1
Clarion	6		3	1	2		2				1						14	1	15
Dominican	25	1	9	1	8	9	2	2			2				5	2	51	15	66
Drexel	2				4	1	4		2						1		13	1	14
Emporia State	8	1	12	3	4	2	4		2	1				1	2		32	8	40
Florida State	9	4	9		4	2			1		1		1	1	3	1	28	8	36
Illinois	17	1	6		22	9	3		3						1	1	52	11	63
Indiana	10	3	1		3	4	1	2					1		2	1	18	10	28
Kentucky	6	2	6		5	6	1			1	1		1				20	9	29
Long Island	17		14	1	4	1	1	1							2	1	38	4	42
Louisiana State	5		1		8	3	1										15	3	18
McGill			1		3	2	3	1						1	3	1	10	5	15
Michigan	4	3	1	1	11	2	2	1	3	1					15	14	36	22	58
Missouri-Columbia	9		10		10	2	4	1	1				1		2		37	3	40
N.C. Chapel Hill	3		3	1	8	2	1	1	3						6	3	24	7	31
N.C. Greensboro	10		16		7	1			1								34	1	35
Oklahoma	6		4		3	3									1		14	3	17
Pittsburgh	12		9		10	4	6		1				1		2		41	4	45
Pratt	9	2	1		3	2	5						3		2		23	4	27
Queens College	11	5	17	2	4		5	1						1	2		39	9	48
Rhode Island	2		4		4	1					1				1		12	1	13
Rutgers	13		9		5	2	2	1	1				1		1		32	3	35
San Jose	17	1	15	3	12	1	9						1		4		58	5	63
Simmons	28	4	19	1	38	15	15	4	2				1		9	1	112	25	137
S. Carolina	4		5		3	2							1				13	2	15
S. Florida	2		5	1	5	2							1				13	3	16
So. Connecticut	9	1	6		3	2	1								2		21	3	24
So. Mississippi	1		2		2												5		5
Tennessee	2												1				3		3
Texas (Austin)	3		11	1	7	3			1	1					2	1	24	6	30
University of Albany	1																1		1
University of Buffalo	5		7	2	5	2	1			1							18	5	23
Washington	9	2	5	1	9	4	2	2	2						4	1	31	10	41
Wayne State	25	4	12	6	16	5	7	1			1		1		1		63	16	79
Wisconsin (Madison)	10	4	5	1	14	4	3		3		1	1	1	1	1		38	11	49
Wisconsin (Milwaukee)	19	2	4		7	5	6			2					2		38	9	47
TOTAL	329	42	248	28	258	108	95	18	26	7	8	1	16	5	77	27	1057	236	1293
*This table represents only placements reported by type. Some individuals omitted placement information, rendering some information unusable. Comparison with other tables will show different numbers of placements.