Tables for Placements and Salaries 2003 p. 2

-- Library Journal, 10/15/2004

TABLE 5 AVERAGE SALARY INDEX STARTING LIBRARY POSITIONS, 1990-2003

Year	Library Schools*	Avg. Beginning Salary	$ Increase in Avg. Salary	Salary Index	BLS-CPI**
1990	38	$25,306	$725	143.03	130.7
1991	46	25,583	277	144.59	136.2
1992	41	26,666	1,083	150.71	140.5
1993	50	27,116	450	153.26	144.4
1994	43	28,086	970	158.74	148.4
1995	41	28,997	911	163.89	152.5
1996	44	29,480	483	166.62	159.1
1997	43	30,270	790	171.05	161.6
1998	47	31,915	1,645	180.38	164.3
1999	37	33,976	2,061	192.03	168.7
2000	37	34,871	895	197.26	175.1
2001	40	36,818	1,947	208.09	177.1
2002	30	37,456	638	211.70	179.9
2003	43	37,975	519	214.63	184.0
* Includes US schools only ** U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Consumer Price index, All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), U.S. city average, all items, 1982-1984 = 100. The average beginning professional salary for that period was $17,693.

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TABLE 6 SALARIES OF REPORTING PROFESSIONALS BY AREA OF JOB ASSIGNMENT*

		% of	Low	High	Average	Median
Assignment	No.	Total	Salary	Salary	Salary	Salary
Acquisitions	30	2.70%	$23,338	$49,000	$35,067	$35,000
Administration	81	7.28	21,000	73,000	39,400	37,000
Archives	49	4.40	24,000	52,000	34,230	34,000
Automation/Systems	16	1.44	29,120	70,000	42,758	38,500
Cataloging & Classification	57	5.12	22,000	70,000	34,252	33,000
Circulation	32	2.88	18,000	52,000	31,432	32,000
Collection Development	20	1.80	22,450	45,000	35,721	35,000
Database Management	14	1.26	20,800	52,000	39,886	39,000
Digital Services	12	1.08	34,000	51,800	39,433	38,000
Government Documents	7	0.63	34,000	56,000	39,433	38,000
Indexing/Abstracting	3	0.27	30,000	32,500	31,250	31,250
Info Consultant	7	0.63	37,000	80,000	53,542	49,000
Info Technology	32	2.88	32,000	90,000	52,935	51,500
Instruction	16	1.44	10,200	49,000	34,663	36,000
Interlibrary Loans	7	0.63	14,000	37,000	26,714	28,000
LAN Manager	1	0.09	32,000	32,000	32,000	32,000
Media Specialist	239	21.47	10,000	88,000	40,828	39,000
Other	29	2.61	17,000	70,000	36,480	36,000
Reference/Info Services	295	26.50	17,000	80,000	36,738	36,000
Research	5	0.45	30,000	63,000	44,800	40,000
Solo Librarian	57	5.12	15,000	75,000	38,027	36,000
Tech Services/Serials	8	0.72	12,000	42,000	27,800	26,400
Telecomm.	6	0.54	30,000	42,000	37,457	37,900
Web Services	4	0.36	36,000	94,000	62,500	40,000
Youth Services	86	7.73	23,000	50,123	34,980	35,000
Total	1113	100.00	$10,000	$94,000	$37,932	$36,000
*This table represents only full-time placements reported by job assignment. Some individuals omitted placement information, rendering some information unusable. Comparison with other tables will show different numbers of placements.

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TABLE 7 COMPARISON OF SALARIES BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION*

	Total Placements	Salaries Women	Salaries Men	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
Public Libraries
Northeast	98	80	11	$18,720	$27,000	$52,000	$62,000	$34,369	$40,239	$35,052	$34,000	$39,000	$34,700
Southeast	58	44	9	20,424	24,700	43,000	44,000	31,018	33,744	31,481	30,500	33,000	31,199
Midwest	87	69	8	17,000	29,500	55,000	40,000	34,316	34,188	34,302	34,000	33,000	34,000
Southwest	20	17	2	28,000	33,240	39,520	35,000	32,775	34,120	32,916	31,500	34,120	31,500
West	40	29	9	23,712	10,200	50,000	73,000	40,299	45,850	41,407	39,811	46,800	40,800
All Public	303	239	39	17,000	10,200	55,000	73,000	34,363	38,286	34,901	34,000	36,167	34,000
School Libraries
Northeast	88	76	4	15,000	34,000	88,000	60,000	41,954	44,706	42,288	40,000	42,413	40,119
Southeast	52	45	1	10,000	35,000	62,000	35,000	34,919	35,000	34,921	35,159	35,000	35,080
Midwest	65	47	12	26,900	30,000	72,000	70,000	39,741	44,583	40,726	38,500	42,000	38,700
Southwest	21	15	2	25,400	40,000	48,000	54,000	34,755	47,000	36,196	35,500	47,000	36,425
West	28	19	4	27,000	38,000	72,000	70,799	47,853	48,619	47,986	42,000	42,839	42,000
Canada/International	4	4		21,000		38,000		32,250		32,250	35,000	35,000	35,000
All School	258	206	23	10,000	30,000	88,000	70,799	39,961	45,100	40,574	38,000	42,000	38,500
College/University Libraries
Northeast	86	51	23	18,000	12,000	58,000	56,000	36,449	39,416	37,299	37,000	41,000	37,800
Southeast	87	52	24	19,000	28,000	43,000	43,000	33,731	37,004	34,729	34,160	37,000	35,000
Midwest	87	57	23	22,000	20,000	50,000	50,028	34,734	36,707	35,297	35,000	37,934	35,000
Southwest	20	12	6	14,000	35,000	49,000	38,000	31,005	36,150	32,720	30,550	35,500	34,500
West	25	19	5	23,338	26,000	52,000	37,000	37,843	32,800	36,793	37,008	35,000	37,000
Canada/International	9	3	3	33,659	23,873	75,000	33,659	47,439	28,766	33,808	33,659	28,766	33,659
All Academic	314	194	84	14,000	12,000	75,000	56,000	35,175	36,363	35,512	35,000	37,000	35,950
Special Libraries
Northeast	36	28	5	26,000	28,000	55,000	80,000	40,202	44,700	40,863	38,000	37,500	38,000
Southeast	14	12	2	24,000	38,000	50,000	52,000	34,184	45,000	35,729	33,000	45,000	33,500
Midwest	20	15	4	17,000	28,080	75,000	38,000	37,819	33,020	36,809	37,000	33,000	36,941
Southwest	4	4		28,500		42,000		35,000		35,000	34,750		34,750
West	14	13	1	29,120	29,000	75,000	29,000	46,059	29,000	44,841	44,000	29,000	41,000
Canada/International	8	5	1	17,000	70,000	51,116	70,000	33,363	70,000	39,470	29,884	70,000	35,196
All Special	96	77	13	17,000	28,000	75,000	80,000	39,094	41,891	39,489	37,000	37,500	37,250
Government Libraries
Northeast	7	6	1	21,000	33,232	45,000	33,232	34,000	33,232	33,890	37,500	33,232	35,000
Southeast	8	6	2	31,000	34,000	55,000	40,000	38,461	37,000	38,096	36,468	37,000	36,468
Midwest	7	4	3	27,600	24,000	39,000	34,000	33,724	30,193	32,211	34,148	32,580	33,300
Southwest	2	2		33,500		38,000		35,750		35,750	35,750		35,750
West	3	3		29,000		33,280		30,760		30,760	30,000		30,000
Canada/International	1		1
All Government	28	21	7	21,000	24,000	55,000	40,000	34,926	32,473	34,313	34,000	33,232	33,750
Library Cooperatives/Networks
Northeast	2	2		34,000		41,000		37,500		37,500	37,500		37,500
Southeast	1	1		39,000		39,000		39,000		39,000	39,000		39,000
Midwest	6	4	1	35,000	35,000	45,000	35,000	40,000	35,000	39,000	40,000	35,000	37,000
All Co-op./Nets.	9	7	1	34,000	35,000	45,000	35,000	39,143	35,000	38,625	39,000	35,000	38,000
Vendors
Northeast	3	2	1	34,500	32,500	36,000	32,500	35,250	32,500	34,333	35,250	32,500	34,500
Southeast	5	4	1	27,000	61,100	40,000	61,100	33,625	61,100	39,120	33,750	61,100	37,500
Midwest	4	3	1	32,000	43,800	40,000	43,800	36,333	43,800	38,200	37,000	43,800	38,500
West	2	1	1		52,000		52,000		52,000	52,000		52,000	52,000
Canada/International	1		1		28,696		28,696		28,696	28,696		28,696	28,696
All Vendors	15	10	5	27,000	28,696	40,000	61,100	35,600	43,619	38,273	36,500	43,800	37,000
Other Organizations
Northeast	28	15	7	20,800	39,000	94,000	80,000	42,693	61,000	47,452	36,500	64,000	42,000
Southeast	13	8	5	32,000	38,000	63,000	45,000	44,118	41,140	42,973	39,000	40,000	40,000
Midwest	29	23	3	25,147	50,000	90,000	63,250	44,006	57,083	45,515	40,000	58,000	42,000
Southwest	8	5	2	40,000	42,500	70,000	65,000	50,555	53,750	51,468	45,976	53,750	45,976
West	8	5	1	39,000	43,000	77,000	43,000	56,600	43,000	54,333	50,000	43,000	48,500
Canada/International	6	1	4	38,558	24,488	38,558	59,000	38,558	39,992	39,649	38,558	38,100	38,558
All Other	92	57	22	20,800	24,488	94,000	80,000	45,376	50,643	46,543	40,000	45,000	43,000
*This table represents only full-time salaries and placements reported by type. Some individuals omitted placement and/or gender information, rendering some information unusable.
Comparison with other tables will show different numbers of placements and salaries.

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TABLE 8 PLACEMENTS AND FULL-TIME SALARIES OF REPORTING 2003 GRADUATES*

Schools	Placements	Salaries Women	Salaries Men	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
Alabama	9	7	1	$30,000	$41,000	$48,000	$41,000	$37,454	$41,000	$37,848	$36,107	$41,000	$36,213
Albany	1	1		30,000		30,000		30,000		30,000	30,000		30,000
Arizona	24	12	6	24,000	22,880	70,000	42,600	38,433	35,247	37,371	35,970	35,500	35,500
Cal State-Long Beach	10	9	1	27,000	70,799	70,000	70,799	47,646	70,799	49,961	42,000	70,799	47,000
Catholic Univ.	1	1		40,919		40,919		40,919		40,919	40,919		40,919
Clarion	15	14		20,800		38,000		31,974		31,974	34,000		34,000
Dominican	53	36	10	25,147	30,000	75,000	47,600	38,230	36,204	37,789	36,483	34,500	36,233
Drexel	13	12	1	22,000	51,035	80,000	51,035	36,857	51,035	37,948	34,500	51,035	35,000
Emporia	32	20	8	30,000	36,000	49,980	60,000	35,834	45,188	38,506	35,000	40,000	36,000
Florida State	37	26	7	17,000	27,300	54,000	61,100	34,057	40,300	35,526	33,000	40,000	34,500
Illinois	58	48	9	26,807	31,000	65,000	50,028	37,133	38,948	37,419	36,645	38,000	37,000
Indiana	24	14	10	22,000	20,000	50,000	46,000	34,514	34,682	34,584	34,075	34,370	34,120
Kentucky	26	14	8	22,000	31,500	75,000	43,000	36,955	35,938	36,585	31,250	35,000	34,000
Long Island**	39	28	4	30,940	40,000	64,507	60,000	44,458	47,500	44,579	45,500	45,000	44,500
Louisiana State	17	11	2	27,000	33,000	49,000	36,000	35,696	34,500	35,512	35,159	34,500	35,159
McGill	13	8	5	28,310	23,873	40,547	70,000	33,466	36,143	34,496	33,659	28,696	33,659
Michigan	61	32	16	30,000	36,000	90,000	80,000	45,688	51,516	47,630	41,500	43,500	42,000
Missouri-Columbia	36	29	2	21,000	24,000	48,625	30,000	33,747	27,000	33,311	32,000	27,000	32,000
N.C. Chapel Hill	31	23	8	19,000	35,000	53,946	59,000	34,043	41,738	36,028	36,000	38,100	36,900
N.C. Greensboro	34	28		20,424		55,000		31,060		31,060	31,700		31,700
Oklahoma	16	11	3	14,000	35,000	39,000	37,900	30,971	35,967	32,041	31,500	35,000	34,000
Pittsburgh**	38	33	3	20,800	30,000	56,000	45,000	35,583	35,860	35,293	36,000	32,580	34,590
Pratt	23	19	4	29,000	28,500	94,000	50,000	40,065	39,500	39,967	36,400	39,750	36,400
Queens College**	47	31	8	27,040	31,199	88,000	80,000	45,489	45,625	44,944	43,900	38,500	43,000
Rhode Island	9	9		25,000		70,000		38,969		38,969	34,000		34,000
Rutgers	30	27	3	25,000	33,000	75,000	56,000	38,329	41,921	38,688	38,000	36,762	38,000
San Jose	42	34	3	17,000	35,000	72,000	48,000	43,373	41,392	43,212	39,650	41,177	40,000
Simmons	112	85	17	15,000	12,000	56,000	60,000	35,326	39,400	35,971	35,693	39,000	36,000
S. Carolina	13	8	2	10,000	28,000	37,500	40,000	28,038	34,000	29,230	28,500	34,000	28,500
S. Florida	15	12	1	21,840	35,000	62,000	35,000	34,645	35,000	34,672	33,500	35,000	34,000
So. Connecticut	19	17	1	28,000	45,000	67,250	45,000	38,728	45,000	39,076	36,000	45,000	36,250
So. Mississippi	5	5		11,000		43,000		31,780		31,780	35,000		35,000
Tennessee	3	2		30,000		31,000		30,500		30,500	30,500		30,500
Texas (Austin)	29	22	6	22,800	29,500	51,800	65,000	34,821	44,167	36,824	34,000	39,500	35,963
Univ. of Albany	1	1		30,000		30,000		30,000		30,000	30,000		30,000
Univ. of Buffalo	17	10	5	28,000	24,960	50,000	36,325	36,660	32,303	35,208	35,750	33,232	34,714
Washington	30	22	6	23,924	37,000	50,000	52,000	39,748	42,367	40,309	40,000	42,000	40,000
Wayne State	51	34	13	30,000	29,000	72,000	70,000	38,580	38,069	38,438	36,694	35,000	36,000
Wisc.-Madison	38	22	9	27,000	10,200	55,000	50,000	35,159	36,093	35,430	34,250	37,000	34,500
Wisc.-Milwaukee	40	28	7	17,000	24,000	48,285	73,000	33,833	40,062	35,079	34,000	37,000	35,000
This table represents only placements and salaries reported as full time. Some individuals or schools omitted some information, rendering information unusable. Comparisons with other tables will show different numbers of placements and salaries. *Some individuals reported full-time placements and salaries but not gender