TABLE 23: NUMBER AND AVERAGE SALARIES OF ARL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIANS

BY SIZE OF PROFESSIONAL STAFF, FY 1998-99


 
Staff Over 115 (7)
Staff 75-115 (22)
Staff 50-74 (34)
Staff 25-49 (47)
Position
Salary
No.
Salary
No.
Salary
No.
Salary
No.
Director
$138,000 
$139,747 
22 
$121,766 
34 
$111,653 
47 
Associate Director
88,040 
21 
83,429 
59 
79,682 
43 
75,038 
44 
Assistant Director
77,901 
25 
78,144 
49 
71,843 
79 
67,842 
68 
Head, Branch
59,349 
90 
57,845 
167 
52,266 
146 
50,232 
138 
Functional Specialist
46,514 
195 
45,171 
257 
44,436 
281 
41,827 
217 
Subject Specialist
51,281 
161 
51,248 
305 
47,143 
213 
44,235 
129 
Dept. Head: Acquisitions
58,813 
56,804 
14 
50,680 
35 
50,958 
42 
Reference
61,683 
13 
55,609 
24 
54,557 
37 
51,576 
42 
Cataloging
60,444 
27 
54,131 
51 
51,894 
44 
49,243 
54 
Serials
N/A 
0
51,557 
51,291 
49,968 
13 
Documents / Maps
55,015 
54,545 
17 
48,857 
29 
48,520 
36 
Circulation
50,653 
17 
51,098 
18 
49,995 
25 
47,689 
27 
Rare Books / Manuscripts
73,561 
67,748 
15 
57,969 
29 
56,140 
38 
Computer Systems
80,349 
60,488 
14 
59,319 
28 
55,284 
30 
Other
55,905 
84 
54,976 
188 
50,502 
205 
48,915 
159 
Reference: Over 14 years experience
50,348 
80 
48,721 
188 
47,682 
175 
45,496 
222 
10 to 14 years experience
43,299 
30 
42,422 
74 
41,614 
66 
39,064 
74 
5 to 9 years experience
40,321 
17 
37,403 
62 
37,817 
99 
35,472 
123 
Under 5 years experience
34,509 
26 
33,821 
63 
32,681 
91 
31,496 
81 
Cataloging: Over 14 years experience
49,312 
87 
47,891 
136 
45,005 
123 
43,568 
113 
10 to 14 years experience
43,447 
33 
42,720 
57 
39,336 
33 
39,058 
27 
5 to 9 years experience
41,822 
29 
37,919 
33 
36,511 
38 
35,206 
36 
Under 5 years experience
38,170 
19 
32,903 
31 
33,597 
22 
29,352 
20 
Other: Over 14 years experience
52,418 
29 
52,540 
74 
51,543 
64 
47,954 
52 
10 to 14 years experience
41,443 
19 
41,565 
21 
42,793 
20 
39,247 
16 
5 to 9 years experience
41,603 
11 
37,998 
19 
35,382 
30 
35,068 
19 
Under 5 years experience
35,667 
25 
33,168 
30 
33,581 
28 
31,017 
20 
All Positions
$51,720 
1,072 
$51,363 
1,995 
$48,975 
2,025 
$47,293 
1,887

+ Prior to 1995-96, the first column of this table reported staff over 124, in 1996-98 instead of 120, and this year over 115.
( ) Indicates the number of ARL libraries in each category.
No ARL library has fewer than 25 professional staff members.
Canadian salaries expressed in U.S. dollars. For average Canadian salaries (expressed in U.S. dollars) refer to Table 24; Table 26 shows
        Canadian salaries in Canadian dollars.
Excludes medical and law libraries.
* - Salary data are not published when fewer than four individuals are involved.
N/A - No positions reported in this category.


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