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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.


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