Placements & Salaries Survey 2009: Tables

Placements and salaries of 2008 graduates by region, school, and organization

By Stephanie Maatta -- Library Journal, 10/15/2009

Table 1: Status of 2008 Graduates*

	Number of Schools Reporting	Number of Graduates Responding	Permanent Professional	Temporary Professional	Non-professional	Total	Graduates Outside of Profession	Unemployed or Status Unreported
Northeast	12	532	275	42	70	387	72	72
Southeast	9	325	182	17	31	230	40	54
Midwest	10	756	488	52	56	596	64	94
Southwest	6	235	165	8	27	200	18	17
West	3	128	67	17	22	106	12	10
TOTAL	40	2089	1239	142	216	1597	220	268
*Table based on survey responses from schools and individual graduates. Figures will not necessarily be fully consistent with some of the other data reported. Tables do not always add up, individually or collectively, since both schools and individuals omitted data in some cases.

Table 2: Placements & Full-Time Salaries of 2008 Graduates/Summary by Region*

			SALARIES		LOW SALARY		HIGH SALARY			AVERAGE SALARY			MEDIAN SALARY
Region	Number of Placements	Women	Men	Total	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	All	Women	Men	All
Northeast	269	206	63	269	$17,680	$27,000	$95,000	$130,000	$43,079	$46,387	43,854	$41,205	$44,500	$42,000
Southeast	297	207	53	260	13,500	10,000	85,000	96,000	39,462	40,599	39,694	38,700	38,500	38,550
Midwest	467	327	80	407	10,000	32,000	125,000	68,199	38,736	40,455	39,047	38,000	39,000	38,000
Southwest	192	137	33	170	13,000	17,663	60,000	80,000	38,997	42,299	40,000	39,060	43,000	40,000
West	142	92	34	126	13,260	24,000	86,000	112,808	46,515	54,217	48,593	46,544	49,500	47,750
International	20	8	3	11	25,000	20,000	137,000	55,800	60,456	41,933	58,022	55,000	50,000	50,000
COMBINED	1475	977	266	1243	10,000	10,000	137,000	130,000	40,898	44,172	41,579	40,000	42,000	40,000
*All international salaries converted to U.S. dollars based on conversion rates for August 24, 2009. This table represents only salaries and placements reported as full-time. Some data were reported as aggregate without breakdown by gender or region. Comparison with other tables will show different numbers of placements.

Table 3: 2008 Total Graduates and Placements By School*

		GRADUATES			EMPLOYED
Schools	Women	Men	Total	Women	Men	Total
Alabama	89	20	109	11	4	15
Albany	70	27	97	16	4	20
Arizona	100	22	122	21	5	26
Buffalo	99	29	128	25	5	30
Denver	35	3	38	11	1	12
Dominican	262	70	332	155	30	185
Drexel	252	91	343	50	20	70
Florida State	572	221	793	49	20	69
Hawaii	49	12	61	7	1	8
Illinois	180	45	225	66	17	83
Indiana	179	45	224	46	10	56
Iowa**	19	7	26	15	5	20
Kent State	165	65	230	65	25	90
Kentucky	57	18	75	19	5	24
Long Island	118	24	142	32	2	35
Louisiana State**	10	4	14	6	4	10
Maryland	89	30	119	22	3	25
Michigan***	74	47	121	53	31	84
Missouri-Columbia	74	10	84	2		2
N.C.Chapel Hill**	19	7	26	14	1	15
North Texas	301	72	373	74	18	92
Oklahoma	58	17	75	13	3	16
Pittsburgh	176	44	220	17	7	24
Pratt***	120	44	164
Rhode Island	71	9	80	13		13
Rutgers	107	36	143	16	6	22
San Jose	366	66	432	99	11	110
Simmons	223	61	284	155	36	191
So. Connecticut	105	26	131	21	7	28
South Carolina	149	33	182	24	6	30
South Florida	129	37	166	23	3	26
St. John's	16	3	19	5	2	7
Syracuse	125	19	144	17	4	21
Tennessee	62	13	75	45	10	55
Texas (Austin)	50	19	69	29	7	36
Texas Woman's	186	7	193	36	1	37
UCLA	50	19	69	1		1
Wayne State	162	33	195	38	4	42
Wisconsin (Madison)	77	15	92	54	9	63
Wisconsin (Milwaukee)	136	38	174	32	6	38
TOTAL	5181	1408	6589	1458	363	1823
*Tables do not always add up, individually or collectively, since both schools and individuals omitted data in some cases. **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. ***Some schools completed the institutional survey, but responses were not received from graduates; or schools conducted their own survey and provided reports. This table represents placements of any kind. Comparison with other tables will show different numbers of placements. Other categories: Students: 30 women, 10 men, with a total of 46. Unemployed: 92 women, 32 men, with a total of 128. Unknown: 3,631 women, 1,013 men, with a total of 4,638.

Table 4: Placements By Average Full-Time Salary of Reporting 2008 Graduates*

		AVERAGE SALARY		MEDIAN SALARY		LOW SALARY		HIGH SALARY		SALARIES
	Women	Men	All	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Total Placements
Syracuse	$51,536	$44,525	$49,978	$42,000	$43,300	$38,000	$36,500	$95,000	$55,000	14	4	21
Michigan	46,929	55,217	49,576	43,500	52,000	24,000	30,000	125,000	82,500	49	23	79
Long Island	48,981	48,000	48,878	48,000	48,000	32,000	45,000	72,000	51,000	17	2	25
San Jose	48,127	54,857	48,863	45,000	49,000	13,260	45,000	137,000	78,000	57	7	73
Maryland	44,529	72,000	48,112	42,000	90,000	32,000	36,000	60,000	90,000	20	3	24
N.C.Chapel Hill	46,304	61,000	47,435	46,500	61,000	34,026	61,000	60,000	61,000	12	1	13
Albany	50,743	39,650	47,330	49,000	39,000	42,589	32,600	58,000	48,000	9	4	15
Southern Connecticut	46,347	47,153	46,508	46,600	45,000	24,960	41,460	74,000	55,000	12	3	20
Illinois	44,467	48,615	45,297	44,000	48,000	25,480	38,000	92,000	63,000	52	13	75
Rutgers	43,874	47,850	44,810	45,000	44,500	20,800	40,000	76,000	62,400	13	4	19
Texas Woman's	44,484	40,000	44,305	44,000	40,000	28,125	40,000	63,000	40,000	24	1	33
St. John's	47,333	34,000	44,000	49,000	34,000	44,000	34,000	49,000	34,000	3	1	5
Drexel	38,140	50,073	43,022	39,500	44,500	17,680	24,000	62,000	112,808	26	18	54
Simmons	42,480	42,973	42,574	41,500	42,500	13,000	16,000	73,000	65,000	85	20	112
Arizona	43,028	40,750	42,572	39,500	41,500	25,000	30,000	68,000	50,000	16	4	22
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	40,555	50,333	41,888	39,000	52,000	29,000	45,000	52,200	54,000	19	3	25
Texas (Austin)	41,067	42,143	41,310	39,000	38,000	18,000	20,000	70,000	67,000	24	7	33
Wayne State	41,903	34,301	40,734	40,000	37,700	25,000	10,000	117,000	51,804	22	4	28
Indiana	539,794	41,050	40,039	39,000	40,200	16,000	30,333	75,000	48,000	33	8	46
South Florida	39,722	40,417	39,822	40,750	41,000	22,000	37,000	52,000	43,250	18	3	26
North Texas	39,457	38,846	39,338	40,000	40,592	19,000	21,500	56,600	56,000	58	14	81
Rhode Island	39,290		39,290	39,950		20,000		62,000		10		10
South Carolina	38,856	39,469	38,995	37,500	39,000	32,000	30,000	52,000	47,000	17	5	25
Louisiana State	38,014	40,375	38,958	35,500	39,500	23,000	38,500	63,000	44,000	6	4	9
Florida State	37,081	44,795	38,887	36,000	35,000	13,500	29,500	70,000	116,100	36	11	63
Kent State	37,945	40,608	38,790	40,000	39,500	11,295	24,000	65,000	58,000	43	20	66
Pittsburgh	37,763	40,657	38,643	35,900	40,000	24,900	35,000	54,000	45,000	16	7	22
Wisconsin-Madison	37,539	45,288	38,469	38,165	46,750	20,000	30,000	55,000	54,225	44	6	56
Alabama	35,863	44,850	38,431	35,992	42,700	20,925	36,000	50,000	58,000	10	4	14
Denver	38,474	36,000	38,199	39,000	36,000	26,500	36,000	45,000	36,000	8	1	9
Tennessee	36,974	40,450	37,782	35,000	36,000	24,000	22,000	85,000	72,500	33	10	48
Iowa	38,000	36,667	37,429	36,000	40,000	30,000	25,000	50,000	45,000	4	3	9
Buffalo	37,384	36,800	37,263	36,000	36,000	20,800	29,000	56,000	43,000	19	5	24
Oklahoma	36,348	38,000	36,498	35,000	38,000	26,000	38,000	50,000	38,000	10	1	13
Dominican	36,489	35,760	36,358	36,000	35,000	10,000	12,800	75,000	55,000	114	25	157
Hawaii	36,216	36,000	36,189	39,000	36,000	14,000	36,000	64,000	36,000	7	1	7
UCLA	34,000		34,000	34,000		34,000		34,000		1		1
Missouri-Columbia	31,750		31,750	31,750		23,500		40,000		2		2
Kentucky	31,169	33,250	31,724	29,000	33,500	18,000	31,000	49,500	35,000	11	4	20
*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.

Table 5: Average Salary Index Starting Library Positions, 1998–2008

YEAR	Library Schools	Avg. Starting Salary	Increase in Avg. Salary	Salary Index	BLS-CPI*
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
2004	46	39,079	1,104	220.87	188.9
2005	37	40,115	1,036	226.73	195.3
2006	45	41,014	899	231.81	201.6
2007	43	42,361	1,347	239.42	207.3
2008	40	41,579	(782)	235.00	215.3
*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.

Table 6: Salaries of Reporting Professionals* By Area of Job Assignment

ASSIGNMENT	No.	% of Total	Low Salary	High Salary	Average Salary	Median Salary
Acquisitions	25	1.42%	$20,800	$52,525	$38,184	$38,000
Administration	110	6.23	10,000	137,000	41,809	38,000
Adult Services	61	3.46	11,295	58,000	36,442	36,250
Archives	81	4.59	25,000	60,000	40,397	40,000
Automation/Systems	24	1.36	20,000	82,500	48,922	47,750
Cataloging & Classification	104	5.89	18,000	70,000	36,812	36,750
Children's Services	78	4.42	13,260	56,000	39,486	39,530
Circulation	82	4.65	17,680	69,000	33,648	31,500
Collection Development	24	1.36	28,000	55,000	42,675	42,500
Database Management	22	1.25	10,000	50,000	39,606	40,400
Electronic or Digital Svcs.	56	3.17	25,480	69,000	42,121	41,500
Government Documents	11	0.62	17,663	40,000	31,583	32,500
Indexing/Abstracting	4	0.23	35,000	55,000	45,000	45,000
Info Technology	73	4.14	23,500	130,000	51,010	48,000
Instruction	59	3.34	22,880	112,808	42,314	41,500
Interlibrary Loans/Document Delivery	22	1.25	20,540	63,000	37,910	36,000
Knowledge Management	11	0.62	33,000	116,100	60,178	50,000
Metadata	7	0.40	35,000	55,000	44,800	49,000
Other	160	9.07	10,400	125,000	41,983	40,000
Preservation/Conservation	5	0.28	19,000	48,100	34,620	38,000
Reference/Info Services	363	20.57	13,500	68,000	40,368	40,000
Research Services	8	0.45	37,500	60,000	47,167	44,000
School Library Media Specialist	193	10.93	13,000	10,000	45,261	43,000
Serials	8	0.45	31,000	64,000	41,629	39,500
Solo Librarian	43	2.44	18,000	66,000	38,042	37,000
Technical Services	9	0.51	27,000	53,909	38,652	38,000
Usability/Usability Testing	7	0.40	40,000	80,000	60,533	60,000
Web Services	4	0.23	61,000	61,000	61,000	61,000
Youth Services	99	5.61	20,000	59,000	38,104	37,700
TOTAL	1765		10,000	137,000	41,542	40,000
*This table represents placements of any type reported by job assignment, but only salaries reported as full-time. Some individuals omitted placement information, rendering some information unusable. Comparison with other tables will show different numbers of placements.

Table 7: Comparison of Salaries By Type of Organization*

		SALARIES		LOW SALARY		HIGH SALARY			AVERAGE SALARY			MEDIAN SALARY
	Total Placements	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	All	Women	Men	All
Northeast	64	49	8	$20,000	$33,000	$68,000	$45,000	$39,544	$40,308	$39,651	$39,250	$42,230	$40,000
Southeast	63	48	15	13,500	25,900	63,000	48,000	36,257	34,680	35,882	36,000	35,000	36,000
Midwest	153	115	16	11,295	25,000	71,700	50,700	34,897	37,150	35,118	35,000	35,500	35,000
Southwest	47	33	7	20,000	23,500	50,000	52,000	35,451	38,741	35,980	36,000	40,000	36,000
West	40	27	12	13,260	27,000	61,000	58,000	47,667	44,612	46,727	48,500	44,500	48,000
All Public	387	276	58	11,295	23,500	71,700	58,000	37,361	38,650	37,556	36,433	37,225	37,000
SCHOOL LIBRARIES
Northeast	60	53	4	22,424	36,000	95,000	44,100	49,242	40,555	48,632	48,000	41,060	47,000
Southeast	36	31	1	19,000	35,000	62,000	35,000	40,290	35,000	40,125	38,000	35,000	37,781
Midwest	58	45	8	16,000	25,000	100,000	55,000	45,604	43,651	45,309	42,600	43,500	43,000
Southwest	46	39	1	13,000	38,000	60,000	38,000	43,849	38,000	43,703	43,849	38,000	45,000
West	15	14		16,915		56,700		41,053		41,053	41,000		41,000
Canada/International	3	2		36,000		70,000		53,000		53,000	53,000		53,000
All School	225	184	15	13,000	25,000	100,000	55,000	45,116	41,362	44,839	44,000	41,120	44,000
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Northeast	102	59	25	20,800	27,000	73,000	60,000	43,752	42,518	43,385	42,000	42,250	42,000
Southeast	98	77	12	15,000	12,800	69,000	72,500	38,372	41,338	38,722	39,000	40,500	39,500
Midwest	134	100	24	10,000	27,000	55,000	51,700	38,753	38,938	38,789	40,000	39,400	40,000
Southwest	62	43	16	19,000	17,663	53,909	56,000	38,828	38,410	38,715	40,000	39,500	40,000
West	39	25	11	32,000	35,000	69,000	112,808	47,452	59,003	50,982	47,087	54,225	48,050
Canada/International	7	2	2	60,000	20,000	137,000	50,000	98,500	35,000	66,750	98,500	35,000	55,000
All Academic	445	308	90	10,000	12,800	137,000	112,808	40,749	42,523	41,151	40,000	41,500	40,000
SPECIAL LIBRARIES
Northeast	22	15	5	17,680	42,000	63,000	65,000	37,850	49,000	40,435	35,000	45,000	40,500
Southeast	14	9	4	19,000	18,000	52,000	42,000	40,833	33,750	38,654	45,000	37,500	42,000
Midwest	29	22	5	20,000	24,000	75,000	47,500	35,914	35,180	35,778	34,000	33,000	33,000
Southwest	10	8	2	27,000	48,500	43,000	63,000	37,438	55,750	41,100	38,750	55,750	40,750
West	12	9	1	23,000	45,000	65,000	45,000	42,907	45,000	43,116	40,000	45,000	42,500
Canada/International	1
All Special	89	63	18	17,680	18,000	75,000	65,000	38,206	42,189	39,091	38,000	42,000	39,500
GOVERNMENT LIBRARIES
Northeast	5	4		20,800		60,574		39,844		39,844	39,000		39,000
Southeast	25	22	2	21,000	21,000	67,500	36,000	45,611	28,500	44,185	48,100	28,500	48,050
Midwest	7	3	3	11,000	36,500	38,000	53,000	23,180	44,833	34,007	20,540	45,000	37,250
Southwest	7	4	3	30,000	30,000	42,000	54,000	36,250	44,667	39,857	36,500	50,000	38,000
West	8	5	1	25,000	48,000	78,000	48,000	41,693	48,000	42,594	33,500	48,000	35,000
Canada/International	1
All Government	54	39	10	11,000	21,000	78,000	56,000	41,731	42,950	41,980	40,000	46,500	40,000
LIBRARY COOPERATIVES/NETWORKS
Northeast	5	1	4	23,500	34,000	23,500	62,400	23,500	46,685	42,048	23,500	45,170	43,339
Southeast	1
Midwest	7	6	1	26,500	41,000	48,000	41,000	37,750	41,000	38,214	39,000	41,000	40,000
Southwest	2	1		27,000		27,000		27,000		27,000	27,000		27,000
West	1	1		85,000		85,000		85,000		85,000	85,000		85,000
All Co-op./Networks	16	9	5	23,500	34,000	85,000	62,400	40,222	45,548	42,124	38,000	43,339	40,500
VENDORS
Northeast	3	3		35,000		36,000		35,333		35,333	35,000		35,000
Southeast	2	2		34,000		85,000		59,500		59,500	59,500		59,500
Midwest	5	3	2	10,400	42,000	39,000	50,000	27,800	46,000	35,080	34,000	46,000	39,000
Southwest
West	1		1		50,000		50,000		50,000	50,000		50,000	50,000
All Vendors	11	8	3	10,400	42,000	85,000	50,000	38,550	47,333	40,945	35,000	50,000	36,000
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
Northeast	47	22	17	25,000	36,000	60,000	13,000	40,586	55,471	47,053	35,000	50,000	45,600
Southeast	43	17	18	23,000	10,000	60,000	96,000	41,453	47,806	44,676	40,000	45,000	43,500
Midwest	74	33	23	25,480	25,000	125,000	68,199	47,164	43,405	45,660	42,000	40,000	40,000
Southwest	18	9	4	18,000	38,000	50,000	80,000	35,722	57,125	42,308	36,000	55,250	38,000
West	26	10	8	33,000	24,000	86,000	90,000	51,000	64,500	57,000	46,500	75,000	55,000
Canada/International	8	4	1	25,000	55,800	85,000	55,800	52,362	55,800	53,049	49,723	55,800	50,000
All Other	231	96	71	18,000	10,000	125,000	130,000	44,166	51,758	47,394	40,000	48,000	44,000
*This table represents only full-time salaries and placements reported by type. Some individuals omitted placement information, rendering some information unusable. Comparison with other tables will show different numbers of total placements owing to completeness of the data reported by individuals and schools.

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Stephanie Maatta, Ph.D. (smaatta@cas.usf.edu), is Assistant Professor, University of South Florida School of Library and Information Science, Tampa

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