68 · ARL Annual Salary Survey 2008–2009 Table 36: Beginning Professional Salaries in ARL University Medical Libraries Rank Order Table, FY 2008–2009 Beginning salary figures represent officially designated base, not necessarily salaries of actual incumbents. Canadian salaries are expressed in US dollars. Rank Institution Salary Rank Institution Salary 1 Connecticut $55,347 36 Washington $42,600 2 British Columbia 53,021 37 Dartmouth 42,500 3 Columbia 51,500 37 Pennsylvania 42,500 3 Cornell 51,500 39 Pennsylvania State 42,436 5 Toronto 51,381 40 Boston University 42,000 6 Yale 50,500 40 Florida 42,000 7 Alberta 50,126 40 Michigan 42,000 8 New York 50,000 43 Montreal 41,738 8 Ohio State 50,000 44 Emory 41,500 10 Saskatchewan 49,600 45 Iowa 41,000 11 McGill 49,500 45 Kentucky 41,000 11 Queen's 49,500 45 Northwestern 41,000 13 Harvard 48,800 45 Southern Illinois 41,000 14 Southern California 48,500 49 Wisconsin 40,256 15 George Washington 48,000 50 Temple 40,170 16 Arizona 47,093 51 Minnesota 40,000 17 Illinois, Chicago 47,000 51 Missouri 40,000 18 Manitoba 46,970 51 Pittsburgh 40,000 19 Calif. Davis 46,164 51 Tennessee, Knoxville 40,000 19 Calif. Irvine 46,164 51 Tulane 40,000 19 Calif. Los Angeles 46,164 51 Vanderbilt 40,000 19 Calif. San Diego 46,164 51 Washington-St. Louis 40,000 23 Howard 45,000 58 New Mexico 39,372 23 Nebraska 45,000 59 Cincinnati 39,000 23 North Carolina 45,000 60 Rochester 38,168 23 SUNY Buffalo 45,000 61 Florida State 38,000 23 SUNY Stony Brook 45,000 61 Kansas 38,000 23 Tennessee, Memphis 45,000 61 Oklahoma State 38,000 23 Virginia 45,000 64 Louisville 37,000 23 Wayne State 45,000 65 Texas Tech 36,000 31 Duke 44,000 66 Alabama 35,000 31 Georgetown 44,000 66 Case Western Reserve 35,000 31 Johns Hopkins 44,000 66 Oklahoma 35,000 31 Miami 44,000 66 South Carolina 35,000 35 Hawaii 42,649 66 Utah 35,000