YearsofExperience Position 0–3 years 4–7 years 8–11 years 12–15 years 16–19 years 20–23 years 24–27 years 28–31 years 32–35 years over 35 years Director ‡ ‡ ..‡ $223,494 $203,174 $227,246 $199,811 $214,207 Associate Director .‡ $96,802 $109,770 $113,307 120,242 129,692 121,203 121,192 130,848 Assistant Director ‡ $94,390 90,819 98,989 110,004 115,004 112,380 111,333 116,264 119,533 Head, Branch $71,915 63,601 71,000 77,737 75,223 85,421 86,555 82,540 95,301 98,744 Functional Specialist 52,440 56,488 62,235 67,537 69,804 71,015 73,772 78,746 80,778 85,374 Subject Specialist 51,869 54,772 61,999 65,480 69,670 71,143 75,422 79,468 82,519 80,949 Dept. Head: Acquisitions ‡ 63,388 63,718 69,330 71,382 72,557 76,061 78,957 85,938 82,918 Reference ‡ 61,556 70,915 82,137 76,028 83,624 80,182 86,356 94,961 98,771 Cataloging ‡ 59,604 62,992 68,466 73,153 75,249 83,680 82,726 86,719 82,958 Serials ‡ .64,126 ‡ ‡ 72,091 .‡ ‡ ‡ Documents/Maps ‡ 50,014 60,867 ‡ 67,118 69,005 71,324 80,842 .82,073 Circulation 55,514 55,637 58,843 69,511 90,185 66,168 73,640 82,108 ‡ 80,684 Rare Books/Manuscripts ‡ ‡ 78,363 74,065 75,657 86,772 92,973 75,882 89,681 104,809 Computer Systems .‡ 98,561 90,205 96,479 85,545 ‡ 90,853 107,240 .Other 57,909 65,651 69,685 73,946 80,804 82,330 83,846 85,708 91,733 93,397 Public services 47,654 53,698 60,025 60,125 60,876 64,900 64,822 66,304 64,365 69,582 Technical services 46,551 50,174 58,641 59,906 62,314 63,149 67,032 61,018 82,055 74,678 Administration 58,367 57,283 63,796 69,156 67,366 77,173 83,942 87,757 86,650 84,827 Reference 48,735 50,345 58,144 60,234 62,021 64,741 68,399 71,757 74,072 73,039 Cataloger 46,982 55,274 57,014 62,749 63,034 64,962 67,572 71,204 69,035 69,480 All Positions Average Salary $52,376 $55,877 $62,971 $69,073 $73,503 $76,407 $81,863 $85,319 $92,709 $99,745 Number of Positions 559 1,058 1,024 922 754 742 649 548 475 529 56 · ARL Annual Salary Survey 2011–2012 Table 26: Average Salaries of US ARL University Librarians by Position and Years of Experience, FY 2011–2012 Excludes Canadian libraries. Excludes medical and law libraries. ‡ Salary data are not published when fewer than four individuals are involved. .No positions reported in this category.