24 TABLE 5: MEDIAN AND BEGINNING PROFESSIONAL SALARIES IN ARL NONUNIVERSITY LIBRARIES* Median Salaries Beginning Salaries No. of Staff FY 2005-06 FY 2006-07 FY 2005-06 FY 2006-07 Boston Public Library 188 $54,217 $56,406 $37,491 $37,907 Canada Institute for Scientific and Technical Information * 182 54,389 59,751 37,258 40,040 Center for Research Libraries 25 46,675 48,076 26,518 39,000 Library of Congress † 2,654 82,259 87,664 43,365 44,856 National Agricultural Library † 102 71,269 73,720 43,365 44,856 Library & Archives of Canada * 130 53,704 53,881 39,011 46,967 National Library of Medicine 195 79,652 82,391 43,365 44,856 New York Public Library 242 54,777 54,478 35,912 35,912 New York State Library 59 57,862 59,000 38,334 40,673 Smithsonian Library 55 71,269 73,720 43,365 44,856 * Canadian salaries expressed in U.S. dollars. † See footnotes.