Details on jobs and pay for 2014 LIS grads, broken down by region, type of role, school, and more.

Dig through these tables to discover the details about where 2014 LIS grads are landing jobs, at what salaries, and in what kinds of roles, or see the full feature for all the analysis.

TABLE 1: STATUS OF 2014 GRADUATES

This year this table has been improved by using new employment categories that are responsive to the expanding environments where LIS professionals are working. Respondents could determine if they were employed using their LIS skills (employed in the LIS field) or if they were simply employed.

School Region	Number of Schools Reporting	Number of Graduates Responding	Employed in LIS Field	Employed Outside United States	Currently Unemployed or Continuing Education	Total Answering	Percentage Employed Full-Time
Northeast	10	347	278	51	18	347	80%
Southeast	7	221	148	30	24	202	82%
Midwest	10	398	216	25	6	247	85%
South Central	9	270	156	26	11	193	88%
Pacific	4	143	9	0	0	9	79%
TOTAL	40	1,379	907	132	59	998	83%
*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 2014 GRADUATES/SUMMARY BY REGION*

		NO. RESPONDING			LOW SALARY		HIGH SALARY		AVERAGE SALARY			MEDIAN SALARY
Region	Number of Placements	Women	Men	All**	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	All**	Women	Men	All**
Northeast	283	150	40	195	$14,000	$14,000	$110,000	$75,000	$47,055	$45,703	$46,464	$45,000	$43,000	$45,000
Southeast	165	84	33	120	14,560	24,999	77,000	88,000	39,198	45,761	41,073	39,500	45,000	40,000
Midwest	270	129	31	163	14,000	29,400	90,000	170,000	44,097	61,126	47,401	42,000	45,000	43,000
South Central	195	132	30	162	17,000	22,500	75,000	75,000	42,826	41,313	42,546	41,000	42,000	41,040
Mountain	60	33	12	45	20,000	14,000	65,000	90,000	40,726	48,190	42,716	40,000	44,500	41,000
Pacific	165	60	25	88	25,000	23,800	120,000	118,000	58,981	79,080	63,987	52,000	80,000	55,200
Canada/Intl.	18	11	2	13	16,000	95,000	82,000	96,000	57,818	95,500	63,615	64,000	95,500	70,000
COMBINED	1,156	606	173	793	14,000	14,000	120,000	170,000	45,353	53,288	46,987	42,500	45,000	43,000
*This table represents only salaries 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.
**All includes transgender, other, and no answer.

TABLE 3: 2014 TOTAL GRADUATES AND PLACEMENTS BY SCHOOL*

	GRADUATES			EMPLOYED			RESPONSE RATE
SCHOOLS	Women	Men	Total	Women	Men	Total	Number Received	Rate
Alabama	81	19	100	11	2	13	16	16.00%
Albany	56	24	80	7	4	12	14	17.50%
Buffalo*				11	3	17	22
Catholic	40	18	58	5		5	5	8.60%
Clarion	122	30	152	19	9	28	31	20.40%
Dominican	115	29	144	32	4	37	54	37.50%
Drexel	110	40	150	18	3	21	30	20.00%
Florida State	101	29	130	13	5	20	26	20.00%
Hawaii	20	4	24	5	1	7	8	33.30%
Illinois*	195	68	263			101	136	51.70%
Indiana-Bloomington	104	44	148	15	3	19	25	16.90%
Indiana-Purdue				10	2	12	13
Iowa	16	6	22	11	1	13	17	77.30%
Kentucky	68	20	88	21	4	25	32	36.40%
Long Island				2		2	6
Louisiana State	46	10	56	4		4	4	7.10%
Michigan*	102	73	175	78	60	138	149	85.10%
Missouri-Columbia	42	13	55	3		3	7	12.70%
NC Chapel Hill*	81	26	107				107	100.00%
NC Greensboro	57	15	72	10	3	13	25	34.70%
North Texas	237	54	291	34	11	47	57	19.60%
Oklahoma	36	10	46	8	5	13	19	41.30%
Pratt	84	19	103	15	2	17	23	22.30%
Queens	89	29	118	5	1	7	10	8.50%
Rhode Island	35	6	41
Rutgers	94	28	122	37	13	51	61	50.00%
San Jose*	429	113	542	86	12	100	129	23.80%
Simmons*	220	34	254	73	15	90	130	51.20%
South Carolina	77	21	98	11	2	13	16	16.30%
South Florida	80	12	92	8	4	12	17	18.50%
Southern Mississippi	37	10	47	15	3	18	18	38.30%
St. Catherine	47	8	55	22	1	23	33	60.00%
St. John’s	18	6	24
Syracuse	59	14	73	16	1	17	20	27.40%
Tennessee	58	26	84	12	3	15	16	19.00%
Texas-Austin*	81	30	111	49	17	66	82	73.90%
Texas Woman’s	127	12	139	20	2	22	26	18.70%
UCLA					1	1	1
Valdosta State				14	6	20	25
Washington*	105	22	127			4	5	3.90%
Wayne State				9	2	11	18
Wisconsin-Madison*				28	2	31	40
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	106	34	140	28	8	36	42	30.00%
TOTAL	3,375	956	4,331	765	215	1,104	1,515	35.00%
Tables do not always add up, individually or collectively, owing to omitted data from schools and/or individuals.
*Some 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.

TABLE 4: PLACEMENTS BY AVERAGE FULL-TIME SALARY OF REPORTING 2014 GRADUATES*

	AVERAGE SALARY			MEDIAN SALARY		LOW SALARY		HIGH SALARY		PLACEMENTS		Total Placements
	Women	Men	All	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men
UCLA		$110,000	$110,000		$110,000		$110,000		$110,000		1	1
Michigan	$61,704	78,572	68,848	54,000	77,500	$30,000	30,000	$120,000	170,000	49	36	85
Catholic	53,000		53,000	50,000		40,000		74,000		5		5
San Jose	50,821	63,890	52,418	48,500	41,000	25,000	33,500	115,000	118,000	60	9	70
Texas-Austin	50,898	50,735	50,856	47,500	47,500	17,000	22,500	110,000	97,500	49	17	66
Pratt	51,152	45,000	50,127	46,260	45,000	28,000	40,000	110,000	50,000	10	2	12
St. Catherine’s	47,531	57,000	48,057	41,000	57,000	34,000	57,000	90,000	57,000	17	1	18
Long Island	47,500		47,500	47,500		45,000		50,000		2		2
Rutgers	47,956	46,588	47,288	48,000	42,500	14,560	28,000	87,500	75,000	31	12	44
Indiana-Bloomington	41,964	63,333	47,149	43,465	50,000	28,000	50,000	69,500	90,000	13	3	17
Dominican	45,548	40,125	44,773	44,750	44,250	25,000	27,000	76,000	45,000	24	4	28
Florida State	42,733	49,000	44,559	44,000	42,000	24,000	40,000	58,000	68,000	11	5	18
Hawaii	45,100	42,000	44,480	52,500	42,000	20,000	42,000	55,400	42,000	4	1	5
Albany	41,664	50,526	44,322	42,000	52,000	18,000	42,000	62,275	57,577	7	3	10
Missouri-Columbia	43,991		43,991	41,974		40,000		50,000		3		3
Simmons	43,845	44,786	43,772	42,500	44,000	27,300	30,000	81,431	62,000	61	14	76
Wisconsin-Madison	43,908	39,500	43,696	42,000	39,500	28,912	36,000	62,000	43,000	24	2	27
North Texas	43,403	43,400	43,287	40,281	43,500	20,000	27,000	92,000	54,000	27	10	38
Iowa	44,458		43,143	42,500		30,025		70,000		10		11
Clarion	42,821	43,313	43,000	42,250	45,000	14,000	14,000	76,000	57,500	14	8	22
Tennessee	36,208	76,500	41,964	33,500	76,500	16,000	65,000	62,000	88,000	12	2	14
Valdosta	41,883	42,000	41,922	39,500	42,000	25,000	26,000	67,000	65,000	12	6	18
NC Greensboro	39,629	49,000	41,711	41,000	49,000	28,000	36,000	48,500	62,000	7	2	9
Texas Woman’s	41,485	41,000	41,431	41,000	41,000	18,865	34,000	59,300	48,000	16	2	18
Buffalo	46,493	31,333	40,808	46,000	35,000	34,000	14,000	56,000	45,000	5	3	8
Wisconsin-Milwaukee	39,814	40,733	40,019	40,000	41,500	14,000	29,400	68,000	51,000	21	6	27
Syracuse	39,537	45,000	39,878	40,162	45,000	21,000	45,000	55,500	45,000	15	1	16
Oklahoma	38,540	39,000	38,732	40,000	41,000	30,000	27,000	45,700	44,000	7	5	12
Wayne	34,750	49,500	38,438	36,750	49,500	25,000	49,000	40,000	50,000	6	2	8
Drexel	37,629	44,388	38,424	40,000	44,388	21,000	40,000	50,000	48,775	15	2	17
Queens	40,500	37,500	38,125	40,500	37,500	31,000	37,500	50,000	37,500	2	1	4
Louisiana State	38,006		38,006	38,000		33,524		42,500		4		4
Washington			37,500									4
South Florida	35,400	39,025	37,011	37,000	39,050	18,000	24,999	45,000	53,000	5	4	9
Indiana-Purdue	33,880	47,500	36,356	36,700	47,500	17,000	40,000	47,000	55,000	9	2	11
Kentucky	37,401	26,500	36,254	38,000	26,500	24,000	25,000	52,000	28,000	17	2	19
Alabama	36,515	34,400	36,092	30,060	34,400	27,000	23,800	72,000	45,000	8	2	10
Southern Mississippi	34,761	36,750	35,046	35,820	36,750	19,798	31,000	43,500	42,500	12	2	14
South Carolina	35,211	26,000	34,373	34,619	26,000	20,000	26,000	45,000	26,000	10	1	11
*This table represents only placements and salaries reported as full-time. Some individuals or schools omitted information, rendering information unusable.
*Some 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.

TABLE 5: AVERAGE SALARY FOR STARTING LIBRARY POSITIONS, 2010–2014

YEAR	Library Schools Represented	Avg. Starting Salary	Difference in Avg. Salary	Percentage Change
2010	38	$42,556	$341	0.81%
2011	41	44,565	2,009	4.72%
2012	41	44,503	($62)	-0.14%
2013	40	45,650	1,147	2.58%
2014	39	46,987	1,337	2.93%

TABLE 6: SALARIES OF REPORTING PROFESSIONALS BY AREA OF JOB TITLE*

This year salaries are reported based on job title rather than job assignment. This allows the survey to be more responsive to the changing information environment.

ASSIGNMENT	No. Rec’d.	% of Total	Low Salary	High Salary	Average Salary	Median Salary
Access Services Librarian	10	2.10%	$25,000	$68,000	$42,329	$39,396
Adult/Public Services Librarian	14	2.90%	14,000	70,000	42,510	43,000
Archivist	32	6.70%	17,000	65,000	44,763	42,750
Assistant Director	5	1.00%	29,000	45,000	34,400	32,000
Branch Manager/Library Manager	9	1.90%	28,000	50,000	36,444	31,000
Business Analyst	6	1.30%	38,000	67,500	55,083	56,250
Cataloger/Catalog Librarian	13	2.70%	25,000	56,000	37,897	40,000
Children’s/Youth Services Librarian	21	4.40%	26,325	56,000	43,818	44,000
Collection Development Librarian	5	1.00%	32,000	69,000	50,200	45,000
Data Analyst/Scientist	7	1.50%	41,000	95,000	72,571	75,000
Digital Asset Management	6	1.30%	37,500	115,000	62,167	50,250
Digital Services Librarian	9	1.90%	32,000	62,000	45,778	47,500
Electronic Resources Librarian	5	1.00%	34,000	53,000	43,300	44,500
Head Librarian	4	0.80%	40,000	59,300	48,825	48,000
Information Services Librarian	4	0.80%	30,025	47,000	38,781	39,050
Librarian	56	11.70%	19,798	80,000	44,892	42,000
Library Associate/Library Assistant	21	4.40%	14,560	44,000	31,090	33,000
Library Director	25	5.20%	24,000	118,000	46,164	40,000
Library Specialist	6	1.30%	27,000	42,500	34,083	33,750
Library Technical Assistant	5	1.00%	20,000	45,000	29,560	26,000
Library Technician	8	1.70%	21,000	52,000	34,975	35,000
Medical Librarian	3	0.60%	25,000	44,000	36,333	40,000
Metadata Librarian	5	1.00%	38,000	67,500	47,500	46,000
Outreach Librarian	8	1.70%	37,500	64,000	51,558	52,500
Reference & Instruction Librarian	37	7.70%	17,000	74,000	43,221	42,000
Research Assistant	4	0.80%	38,000	52,500	43,375	41,500
Research Librarian	12	2.50%	38,000	68,000	49,992	48,250
School Librarian	16	3.30%	30,000	96,000	46,094	44,250
School Library Media Specialist	25	5.20%	35,000	87,500	50,362	47,900
Software Engineer/Developer	10	2.10%	36,000	170,000	85,450	78,500
Special Collections Librarian	4	0.80%	26,000	42,500	35,250	36,250
Systems Librarian	5	1.00%	40,000	57,000	50,400	53,000
Technical Services Librarian	6	1.30%	34,237	48,775	43,169	44,000
Teen/YA Librarian	35	7.30%	28,912	54,000	38,596	37,000
UX Designer/Researcher	37	7.70%	37,000	120,000	78,075	77,500
TOTAL ANSWERING	478	100%	14,000	170,000	46,987	43,000
This table represents placements of any type reported by job title but only salaries reported as full-time.
Some individuals omitted placement information, rendering some information unusable. Comparison with other tables may show different numbers of placements and average and median salaries.

TABLE 7: COMPARISON OF FULL-TIME SALARIES BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION AND REGION

This year the salary table is focused on full-time salaries.

	Total Placements	Low Salary	High Salary	Average Salary	Median Salary
PUBLIC LIBRARIES
Southeast	36	$14,560	$54,000	$35,314	$35,000
Midwest	52	14,000	87,000	40,401	40,000
South Central	49	18,865	56,000	36,291	37,000
Mountain	19	14,000	65,000	38,961	41,000
Pacific	18	35,000	118,000	56,278	50,500
Northeast	50	14,000	70,000	40,804	41,500
Canada/Intl.	5	45,000	82,000	68,200	70,000
ALL PUBLIC	232	14,000	118,000	40,635	40,000
SCHOOL LIBRARIES
Southeast	9	18,000	67,000	45,056	45,000
Midwest	11	30,000	68,009	47,637	45,000
South Central	24	28,000	60,000	44,003	43,000
Mountain	3	50,000	65,000	55,000	50,000
Pacific	8	23,800	73,000	47,413	48,750
Northeast	22	30,000	87,500	52,996	50,500
Canada/Intl.	4	35,000	96,000	68,250	71,000
ALL SCHOOL	83	18,000	96,000	48,588	47,000
COLLEGE/UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
Southeast	42	20,000	88,000	41,239	40,500
Midwest	34	20,000	66,000	42,075	42,750
South Central	39	17,000	63,000	39,696	40,000
Mountain	14	24,190	58,000	40,069	40,000
Pacific	14	25,000	67,500	46,908	45,009
Northeast	49	16,000	72,000	46,265	45,000
Canada/Intl.	1	70,000	70,000	70,000	70,000
ALL ACADEMIC	193	16,000	88,000	42,826	42,500
SPECIAL LIBRARIES
Southeast	4	29,120	45,600	39,930	42,500
Midwest	10	25,000	76,000	42,850	36,750
South Central	5	27,500	50,000	42,300	44,000
Mountain	1	65,000	65,000	65,000	65,000
Pacific	6	43,000	110,000	65,167	61,250
Northeast	8	35,360	75,000	49,315	44,580
Canada/Intl.	0
ALL SPECIAL	34	25,000	110,000	48,536	44,580
GOVERNMENT LIBRARIES
Southeast	5	30,000	62,500	47,332	52,000
Midwest	7	28,000	62,275	46,579	48,000
South Central	8	19,798	59,300	40,950	41,750
Mountain	1	44,000	44,000	44,000	44,000
Pacific	0
Northeast	4	17,000	52,000	38,843	43,185
Canada/Intl.	0
ALL GOVERNMENT	26	17,000	62,500	42,719	44,185
ARCHIVES
Southeast	7	24,000	60,000	42,857	42,000
Midwest	6	20,000	42,000	32,075	32,505
South Central	4	38,000	45,000	42,563	43,625
Mountain	1	36,000	36,000	36,000	36,000
Pacific	6	36,000	110,000	58,553	49,159
Northeast	12	14,000	62,000	42,792	45,500
Canada/Intl.	0
ALL ARCHIVES	36	14,000	110,000	43,431	42,000
PRIVATE INDUSTRY
Southeast	7	36,000	85,000	53,643	45,000
Midwest	28	35,000	170,000	70,907	60,500
South Central	24	22,500	75,000	57,375	57,500
Mountain	2	65,000	75,000	70,000	70,000
Pacific	27	37,500	120,000	86,222	95,000
Northeast	17	34,000	110,000	58,941	50,000
Canada/Intl.	0
ALL PRIVATE INDUSTRY	106	22,500	170,000	68,424	66,250
NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS
Southeast	4	30,000	54,000	38,500	35,000
Midwest	8	35,500	62,000	41,688	38,000
South Central	0
Mountain	2	36,000	90,000	63,000	63,000
Pacific	1	65,000	65,000	65,000	65,000
Northeast	18	27,736	82,500	43,791	40,000
Canada/Intl.	1	45,000	45,000	45,000	45,000
ALL NONPROFIT	34	27,736	90,000	44,463	39,500
OTHER ORGANIZATIONS
Southeast	9	25,000	65,000	44,667	42,000
Midwest	13	22,000	69,500	47,731	50,000
South Central	12	29,000	67,500	45,950	41,000
Mountain	3	34,000	40,000	36,667	36,000
Pacific	10	34,000	110,000	60,154	50,000
Northeast	20	18,000	81,431	47,890	49,000
Canada/Intl.	2	16,000	82,000	49,000	49,000
ALL OTHER	69	16,000	110,000	48,424	45,000
This table represents only full-time salaries and all placements reported by type. Some individuals omitted placement information, rendering some information unusable.

TABLE 8: FULL-TIME SALARIES BY TYPE OF ORGANIZATION & GENDER

	TOTAL PLACEMENTS			LOW SALARY		HIGH SALARY		AVERAGE SALARY			MEDIAN SALARY
	Women	Men	All	Women	Men	Women	Men	Women	Men	All	Women	Men	All
Public Libraries	188	39	232	$14,000	$14,000	$92,000	$118,000	$40,232	$43,427	$40,635	$40,000	$42,000	$40,000
School Libraries	72	9	83	18,000	23,800	87,500	96,000	47,938	55,478	48,588	47,000	51,000	47,000
College/University Libraries	44	193	16,000	22,500	74,000	88,000	42,304	44,097	42,826	42,000	43,500	42,500
Special Libraries	31	3	34	25,000	36,000	110,000	40,000	49,492	38,667	48,536	45,000	40,000	44,580
Government Libraries	22	4	26	17,000	30,000	62,500	52,000	42,667	43,000	42,719	44,185	45,000	44,185
Archives	28	8	36	20,000	14,000	110,000	60,000	44,732	38,876	43,431	42,250	37,805	42,000
Private Industry	59	45	106	22,500	22,500	120,000	170,000	65,288	74,020	68,424	62,500	75,000	66,250
Nonprofit Organizations	27	7	34	27,736	35,000	82,500	90,000	43,490	48,214	44,463	40,000	37,500	39,500
Other Organizations	50	18	69	16,000	30,000	82,000	110,000	45,861	55,733	48,424	44,000	51,000	45,000
This table represents only full-time salaries and all placements reported by type. Some individuals omitted placement information, rendering some information unusable.