What's an MLIS Worth?, Part III

TABLE 4 PLACEMENTS BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION*

Schools	Public		Elementary & Secondary		College & University		Special		Government		Library & Co-op/Network		Vendor		Other		Total
	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Total
Alabama	2		1		4			1							2	1	9	2	11
Albany	5	1	6		2										4	4	17	5	23
British Columbia	7				6	1	3		1					1	1		18	2	20
Buffalo	6		16		8	4	6		1				1	1	5	3	43	8	52
Catholic University	3	3	3		3		4		3	2					2		18	5	23
Clarion	15	2	7	1	7		1				1				3	1	34	4	38
Dalhousie	4	2			2	1			1						3	2	10	5	15
Dominican	7		2			2									3	3	12	5	17
Drexel	1	1	3		8	1	5	1				1	1		2		20	4	24
Emporia State	4		1		9	1	1								3		18	1	19
Florida State	5	4	1		4				1					1	2	1	13	6	19
Hawaii	6	1	3		1	3									2		12	4	16
Illinois	22	1	7		24	10	3						1		7	8	64	19	83
Indiana	26	2	5		21	2	1	1	2						5	5	60	10	70
Iowa																	0	0	13
Kent State	32	10	7	1	5	1	3	1					1		7	4	55	17	72
Kentucky	6	4	2	1	10	2	2	1	1						4		25	8	33
Long Island	26	1	10	1	4	3	2				1		1		3		47	5	52
Louisiana State	4		5		6	1	4								1		20	1	22
Michigan	5	2	2		10	3	4		2	1					10	18	33	24	58
Missouri-Columbia	3				2												5	0	5
N.C. Central	3	1	6	1	2	1			1				1		3	2	16	5	21
N.C. Chapel Hill	6	1	1		6		1		3						2	3	19	4	23
N.C. Greensboro	9	2	14	4	8	4		1		1					3	3	34	15	49
North Texas	29	6	27	3	22	8	6	1	1				1		8	7	94	25	121
Oklahoma	1	1	3		1		1		1						4	2	11	3	14
Pittsburgh	14		9	2	10	4	4	1	1				1		2	3	41	10	51
Rhode Island	4	3	3	1	1	1	1	1							1		10	6	16
Rutgers	14	2	6		3	5	3	1							4	2	30	10	40
San Jose	59	6	8	3	24	6	11	3	1				1		22	6	126	24	150
Simmons	30	4	8	1	47	8	20	2	3		1	1	2	3	14	4	125	23	141
South Carolina	9		4	2	5	2									1		19	4	23
South Florida	21	4	8	3	13	2									3	2	45	11	56
Southern Connecticut	8	3	10		3	1	1		1		1				6		30	4	34
St. John's	4	1	2		1		1									1	8	2	10
Syracuse	2	2			2	2			1						1		6	4	10
Tennessee	10	1	6	2	2	4	2								1		21	7	28
Texas (Austin)	8		3		11	3				1					6	2	28	6	34
Texas Woman's	9	1	7		7		1								1	1	25	2	27
UCLA	2		1		3	1		1							2		8	2	10
Washington	4	1	1		5		1		1						3	3	15	4	19
Wayne State	37	6	13	1	10	7	4			1			3		8	1	75	16	89
Wisconsin (Madison)	17	2	5	1	15	6	5	2	1						3		46	11	57
Wisconsin (Milwaukee)	4	1	1		5	3	2	1					1		1		14	5	19
TOTAL	495	84	231	29	350	105	105	19	28	7	4	2	15	6	170	95	1398	347	1745
*This table represents only placements reported by type. Some individuals omitted placement or gender information, rendering some information unusable. Comparison with other tables will show different numbers of placements.

TABLE 5 AVERAGE SALARY INDEX STARTING LIBRARY POSITIONS, 1990–2006

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
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
** 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	22	1.54%	$25,000	$62,000	$38,894	$39,150
Administration	80	5.61	11,000	120,000	43,303	40,000
Adult Services	37	2.60	22,000	62,000	37,080	36,000
Archives	46	3.23	23,956	50,000	35,212	35,000
Automation/Systems	7	0.49	36,000	50,000	42,990	42,000
Cataloging & Classification	84	5.89	15,000	52,000	35,976	36,000
Children's Services	99	6.95	24,000	60,000	38,037	37,560
Circulation	43	3.02	19,000	56,000	32,334	30,000
Collection Development	16	1.12	30,000	60,000	40,146	40,160
Database Management	17	1.19	25,480	68,000	43,646	44,000
Electronic or Digital Services	28	1.96	28,900	10,000	43,366	40,750
Government Documents	7	0.49	25,000	50,200	38,743	42,000
Indexing/Abstracting	3	0.21	38,000	43,000	40,000	39,000
Info Technology	71	4.98	24,000	110,000	53,083	50,000
Instruction	41	2.88	20,000	55,000	41,175	41,000
Interlibrary Loan/Document Delivery	15	1.05	26,500	50,000	37,378	37,000
Knowledge Management	17	1.19	26,000	100,000	55,500	55,000
Other	134	9.40	20,000	92,000	41,581	40,000
Reference/Info Services	301	21.12	22,000	70,000	40,292	39,000
School Library Media Specialist	212	14.88	21,000	85,000	42,542	42,000
Solo Librarian	44	3.09	18,000	74,000	41,850	39,550
Telecommunications	1	0.07	66,000	66,000	66,000	66,000
Usability/Usability Testing	17	1.19	24,000	84,000	61,059	62,500
Webmaster	1	0.07	58,000	58,000	58,000	58,000
Youth Services	80	5.61	15,000	60,000	37,199	36,246
Total	1425	100.00	11,000	120,000	41,102	40,000
*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.

TABLE 7 COMPARISON OF SALARIES BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION*

	Total	Salaries		Low Salary		High Salary		Average Salary			Median Salary
	Placements	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	All	Women	Men	All
Public Libraries
Northeast	96	77	15	$22,880	$28,000	$51,000	$55,000	$37,484	$38,770	$37,675	$37,500	$38,000	$37,500
Southeast	102	76	21	16,600	27,000	53,000	46,000	34,881	35,418	34,946	35,000	35,000	35,000
Midwest	111	86	13	15,000	30,000	54,900	47,000	35,171	35,106	35,109	36,000	33,100	35,525
Southwest	42	30	10	20,000	28,000	63,000	49,000	38,270	37,900	38,178	38,100	40,000	38,600
West	79	59	9	30,000	31,000	63,000	62,000	44,665	46,056	44,849	43,000	45,000	44,500
Canada/International	12	10	2	28,000	28,268	65,960	37,691	43,902	32,980	42,802	42,968	32,980	40,377
ALL PUBLIC	446	368	70	15,000	27,000	65,960	62,000	37,825	37,731	37,875	37,500	37,521	37,500
School Libraries
Northeast	78	67	6	12,000	37,000	62,000	45,000	42,177	40,387	42,137	42,000	40,000	42,000
Southeast	65	50	13	23,300	30,000	74,000	51,000	40,633	40,115	40,526	40,000	40,000	40,000
Midwest	39	32	2	21,000	45,000	67,000	85,000	43,745	65,000	44,825	45,000	65,000	45,000
Southwest	39	33	2	21,000	47,000	53,000	49,000	40,747	48,000	41,162	42,000	48,000	42,000
West	16	12	3	36,000	32,885	65,000	63,000	46,915	48,628	47,257	45,000	50,000	45,000
Canada/International	2	1		46,000		46,000		46,000		46,000	46,000		46,000
ALL SCHOOL	245	214	26	12,000	30,000	74,000	85,000	42,089	43,681	42,420	42,000	41,260	42,000
College/University Libraries
Northeast	82	51	24	24,000	15,000	57,000	78,000	38,221	41,374	39,062	38,000	41,000	38,580
Southeast	101	71	22	19,000	30,000	52,000	48,000	36,836	39,377	37,385	38,000	40,000	38,000
Midwest	98	64	18	24,000	25,000	55,243	56,899	38,345	39,412	37,855	39,752	38,273	39,000
Southwest	47	34	10	19,000	28,000	56,000	43,000	38,396	36,295	37,918	37,500	37,000	37,500
West	51	36	10	23,956	32,000	65,000	52,000	43,394	44,293	43,590	43,623	44,865	44,365
Canada/International	15	10	4	24,000	36,000	51,826	48,000	42,508	44,308	43,176	44,115	46,615	45,230
ALL ACADEMIC	403	297	90	18,000	15,000	65,000	78,000	38,664	40,519	38,956	39,000	40,500	39,000
Special Libraries
Northeast	37	30	3	23,566	31,000	72,500	58,000	44,518	48,333	44,865	43,500	56,000	45,000
Southeast	17	14	3	30,000	20,000	52,000	55,000	40,107	36,667	39,500	39,750	33,000	39,500
Midwest	22	14	4	24,000	34,000	67,000	46,000	43,646	39,500	42,724	40,500	39,000	39,250
Southwest	12	8	1	33,000	26,000	57,000	26,000	41,938	26,000	40,167	42,000	26,000	42,000
West	18	15	2	25,000	28,000	120,000	42,500	53,651	35,250	51,486	56,000	35,250	52,000
Canada/International	5	4	1	37,691	15,248	74,000	15,248	57,201	15,248	48,811	58,557	15,248	47,114
ALL SPECIAL	112	86	14	23,566	15,248	120,000	58,000	45,606	37,482	44,494	42,000	36,250	42,000
Government Libraries
Northeast	3	3		39,000		40,500		39,500		39,500	39,000		39,000
Southeast	17	12	4	30,000	30,600	62,400	59,000	44,509	39,900	43,747	44,500	35,000	44,000
Midwest	5	1	3	34,000	37,000	34,000	45,000	34,000	40,667	39,000	34,000	40,000	38,500
Southwest	3	3		24,000		44,000		36,417		36,417	41,250		41,250
West	3	3		26,000		52,000		39,000		39,000	39,000		39,000
Canada/International	4	4		20,000		56,000		38,832		38,832	39,664		39,664
ALL GOVERNMENT	35	25	7	20,000	30,600	62,400	59,000	41,024	40,229	41,127	41,250	39,000	40,500
Library Cooperatives/Networks
Northeast	4	1	2	23,400	40,780	23,400	50,000	23,400	45,390	38,060	23,400	45,390	40,780
ALL CO-OP./NETS.	4	2	2	23,400	40,780	23,400	50,000	23,400	45,390	38,060	23,400	45,390	40,780
Vendors
Northeast	12	8	4	33,000	37,000	80,000	66,000	50,483	51,250	50,738	45,500	51,000	45,500
Southeast	3	2		30,000		35,000		32,500		32,500	32,500		32,500
Midwest	2	2		42,000		42,603		42,302		42,302	42,302		42,302
Southwest	1	1		40,000		40,000		40,000		40,000	40,000		40,000
West	1	1		47,000		47,000		47,000		47,000	47,000		47,000
Canada/International	2		2		40,518		50,000		45,259	45,259		45,259	45,259
ALL VENDORS	21	14	6	30,000	37,000	80,000	66,000	42,789	49,253	46,799	42,302	46,000	42,302
Other Organizations
Northeast	45	21	17	24,500	32,000	100,000	110,000	43,645	53,088	47,870	42,000	46,000	43,911
Southeast	24	14	9	22,000	20,000	62,000	65,000	40,734	49,956	43,168	37,500	51,000	49,500
Midwest	59	22	21	20,000	20,000	80,000	85,000	43,632	54,494	48,620	42,300	52,000	45,000
Southwest	27	9	9	28,800	26,000	57,000	80,000	46,640	48,317	46,221	50,960	43,000	44,000
West	42	26	10	33,000	30,000	120,000	85,000	59,804	61,400	60,247	55,000	63,250	61,250
Canada/International	5	4	3	20,000	47,308	45,230	61,248	35,661	56,185	45,776	38,706	60,624	60,000
ALL OTHER	213	98	70	20,000	20,000	100,000	110,000	47,163	53,178	49,888	45,000	50,000	46,750
*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.

TABLE 8 PLACEMENTS AND FULL-TIME SALARIES OF REPORTING 2006 GRADUATES*

	Total	Salaries		Low Salary		High Salary		Average Salary			Median Salary
	Placements	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	All	Women	Men	All
Alabama	9	8	1	$22,000	$22,000	$47,500	$22,000	$37,875	$22,000	$36,111	$38,750	$22,000	$37,500
Albany	16	11	3	24,960	30,000	56,000	50,000	39,994	42,000	41,063	38,500	46,000	40,186
British Columbia	19	17	2	32,980	40,518	74,000	45,230	46,443	42,874	46,068	45,230	42,874	45,230
Buffalo	44	32	6	24,500	32,000	55,000	45,000	38,692	37,833	38,491	38,000	37,500	38,000
Catholic University	20	15	5	38,000	30,000	60,000	46,000	46,041	37,200	43,831	45,000	39,000	44,000
Clarion	32	24	3	23,400	28,000	50,000	40,020	35,160	32,007	34,809	34,000	28,000	33,000
Dalhousie	15	10	5	34,922	28,268	52,762	61,248	43,071	44,891	43,678	42,349	47,308	42,578
Dominican	17	10	3	15,000	33,000	50,000	45,000	32,130	40,200	34,820	30,000	45,000	33,000
Drexel	22	17	4	29,000	31,000	70,000	50,000	44,020	40,250	43,266	42,750	40,000	41,750
Emporia	15	12	1	24,000	25,000	46,000	25,000	31,571	25,000	31,065	29,500	25,000	29,000
Florida State	18	11	6	16,600	38,700	53,000	55,000	35,798	44,117	38,734	35,000	41,000	38,700
Hawaii	14	8	3	28,000	40,000	67,000	50,000	40,813	43,667	41,591	39,250	41,000	40,500
Illinois	73	53	17	24,000	36,000	120,000	80,000	43,328	50,057	44,962	40,000	45,000	41,425
Indiana	62	52	8	22,000	15,248	56,000	62,400	36,791	38,183	36,980	37,000	39,558	37,440
Iowa	14									33,256			35,000
Kent State	60	40	11	21,000	20,000	62,000	50,000	37,570	36,097	37,252	36,500	34,000	36,000
Kentucky	31	23	8	20,000	31,605	53,000	47,000	32,818	38,451	34,272	31,583	37,500	33,000
Long Island	41	35	3	31,000	33,000	100,000	49,500	46,038	39,471	45,520	46,000	35,912	45,250
Louisiana State	22	20	1	28,000	33,000	48,000	33,000	36,021	33,000	35,610	36,000	33,000	35,500
Michigan	64	30	23	23,956	35,500	84,000	110,000	50,162	60,543	54,581	46,500	62,500	55,000
Missouri-Columbia	3	3		18,000		39,000		29,500		29,500	31,500		31,500
N.C. Central	20	13	5	21,000	31,000	55,000	50,000	37,512	38,820	37,875	36,000	37,500	36,550
N.C. Chapel Hill	21	15	4	31,000	33,500	62,400	72,000	42,301	53,125	44,580	42,000	53,500	43,000
N.C. Greensboro	47	30	14	20,000	20,000	62,000	55,000	35,772	36,079	35,869	35,808	34,500	35,308
North Texas	108	78	24	20,000	26,000	100,000	50,000	41,608	39,679	41,154	41,000	40,000	40,500
Oklahoma	11	8	1	24,000	40,000	57,000	40,000	33,400	40,000	34,225	31,000	40,000	31,500
Pittsburgh	42	33	9	24,000	15,000	53,500	51,000	37,610	38,488	37,790	38,500	39,450	38,500
Rhode Island	10	5	5	23,566	35,000	50,000	42,000	37,513	38,037	37,775	36,000	37,283	36,642
Rutgers	37	25	10	23,800	28,000	50,500	58,000	42,122	44,598	42,829	43,200	43,840	43,500
San Jose	110	76	14	23,500	28,000	98,000	85,000	45,757	46,685	45,901	45,000	43,500	45,000
Simmons	105	82	12	20,000	11,000	72,500	66,000	38,882	42,394	39,503	38,000	41,500	38,653
South Carolina	23	17	4	31,000	37,000	45,000	51,000	38,015	44,000	39,155	38,101	44,000	38,312
South Florida	47	38	9	22,307	30,000	58,000	45,000	36,036	37,925	36,333	36,492	37,500	36,602
Southern Connecticut	29	26	2	12,000	37,350	50,000	43,800	36,955	40,575	37,214	38,500	40,575	38,500
St. John's	7	6	1	32,500	45,000	57,325	45,000	45,528	45,000	45,452	47,171	45,000	45,000
Syracuse	8	4	3	42,000	29,500	56,000	46,000	47,875	39,167	44,143	46,750	42,000	44,000
Tennessee	25	18	7	21,000	27,000	53,000	45,000	36,743	37,557	36,971	35,930	38,000	36,759
Texas (Austin)	32	26	5	24,000	30,000	58,000	80,000	41,281	51,400	42,913	39,500	45,000	40,000
Texas Woman's	24	19	1	19,000	31,000	50,000	31,000	38,722	31,000	38,336	42,000	31,000	42,000
UCLA	10	7	1	40,000	52,000	85,000	52,000	53,143	52,000	53,000	47,000	52,000	49,500
Washington	18	13	4	36,000	39,000	92,000	78,000	48,587	58,750	50,978	44,000	59,000	46,000