54 US ARL University Libraries Table 29: Average Salaries of Minority Professional Staff in US ARL University Libraries by Position and Years of Experience, FY 2015–2016, Part 1: 0 to 19 Years of Experience 0–3 years 4–7 years 8–11 years 12–15 years 16–19 years Position Salary No. Salary No. Salary No. Salary No. Salary No. Director ......‡ 3 ‡ 2 Associate Director ‡ 1 ‡ 2 ‡ 1 120,607 5 ‡ 2 Assistant Director ....‡ 2 ‡ 1 ‡ 2 Head, Branch ‡ 1 ..‡ 3 ‡ 3 78,229 9 Administrative Specialist 57,640 13 72,261 8 59,240 12 74,023 8 68,829 7 Digital Specialist 58,425 33 63,818 26 70,424 47 69,910 22 76,319 19 Functional Specialist 54,377 26 63,002 17 65,147 27 67,851 16 74,715 7 Subject Specialist 57,241 30 59,394 27 63,341 52 72,015 46 77,338 28 Dept. Head, Acquisitions ‡ 1 ‡ 2 ‡ 2 ‡ 3 ..Dept. Head, Research/ Reference/Information or Learning Commons ‡ 1 ..‡ 2 ..‡ 1 Dept. Head, Cataloging ..‡ 2 ‡ 1 ‡ 2 81,539 6 Dept. Head, Circulation ‡ 1 ‡ 2 81,564 4 ‡ 1 ..Dept. Head, Rare Books/ Manuscripts/Special Collections ‡ 1 ....‡ 1 ‡ 1 Dept. Head, Library Technology ..‡ 1 ‡ 1 ‡ 3 ..Dept. Head, Other ‡ 1 ‡ 1 70,223 7 78,113 7 89,402 5 Public Services ‡ 1 55,429 4 60,655 4 ‡ 3 65,283 4 Technical Services ‡ 1 53,520 6 57,973 5 ‡ 1 ..Research/Reference/ Instruction 54,064 23 58,358 16 66,736 22 73,055 14 64,892 9 Cataloger/Metadata Analysts 51,903 9 53,594 8 64,320 23 69,801 16 72,399 6 All Positions: 56,961 143 61,994 122 66,519 215 76,976 155 80,624 108 Years of experience reflect total professional experience. Excludes Canadian libraries. Excludes medical and law libraries. ‡ Salary data are not published when fewer than four individuals are involved. When this applies to only one position category, a second category is also not published. .No positions reported in this category.