28 · ARL Annual Salary Survey 2007–2008 TABLE 7: FILLED POSITIONS AVERAGE, MEDIAN, BEGINNING PROFESSIONAL SALARIES AND AVERAGE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE ARL UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES, FY 2007–2008* Filled Pos. Average Salaries Median Salaries Beginning Salaries Average Yrs. Exp. Institution FY 2008 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2007 FY 2008 FY 2008 Alabama ‡ 57 $54,096 $58,232 $49,428 $52,891 $37,000 $40,000 14.8 Alberta † ‡ 67 69,228 74,787 76,714 82,536 40,449 42,997 17.3 Arizona ‡ 64 63,916 64,731 58,917 60,136 43,474 47,325 17.0 Arizona State ‡ 72 60,315 64,325 56,743 62,333 43,000 43,000 17.1 Auburn ‡ 44 58,800 61,104 59,200 58,540 44,700 44,720 15.8 Boston University 51 52,505 54,472 50,000 51,450 24,700 40,800 17.7 Boston College ‡ 60 64,187 67,847 61,750 65,293 39,850 41,050 19.0 Brigham Young ‡ 113 60,562 61,929 58,500 60,200 44,000 46,000 17.3 British Columbia † 83 63,845 69,414 62,938 68,737 43,718 45,784 15.3 Brown ‡ 65 62,460 65,442 58,193 61,998 37,000 38,000 20.0 California, Berkeley ‡ 101 75,968 80,749 72,558 79,108 39,000 40,008 18.6 California, Davis ‡ 46 69,196 73,853 71,916 79,968 39,000 40,008 19.3 California, Irvine 56 72,485 71,572 73,537 73,356 39,000 40,008 14.9 California, Los Angeles ‡ 140 74,082 76,029 72,084 73,382 39,000 40,008 16.9 California, Riverside ‡ 60 66,183 69,120 65,220 68,000 42,204 42,204 17.1 California, San Diego ‡ 84 71,287 74,176 70,350 73,356 40,008 40,008 15.8 California, Santa Barbara ‡ 58 68,946 70,227 65,448 66,756 39,000 42,008 16.8 Case Western Reserve ‡ 37 54,258 57,089 52,842 54,335 35,000 35,000 15.3 Chicago ‡ 71 70,385 72,179 65,792 68,418 45,500 46,800 17.7 Cincinnati ‡ 53 62,957 65,283 58,987 61,552 37,000 38,000 21.8 Colorado ‡ 43 59,930 65,510 57,622 61,431 41,000 41,000 17.6 Colorado State ‡ 51 62,371 62,333 60,828 60,650 40,000 43,500 14.2 Columbia ‡ 189 70,854 70,838 64,160 61,585 49,500 51,500 15.6 Connecticut ‡ 64 72,674 76,946 67,825 74,661 48,000 48,000 17.3 Cornell ‡ 111 66,479 68,228 60,050 62,490 43,300 45,000 16.8 Dartmouth ‡ 52 68,775 71,642 65,563 71,597 38,000 40,000 16.9 Delaware 60 66,598 69,033 64,130 64,235 39,000 43,600 16.5 Duke ‡ 137 58,918 60,715 55,400 55,650 36,850 43,000 15.0 Emory ‡ 78 61,950 64,551 58,925 61,000 37,000 38,000 14.2 Florida ‡ 74 55,761 56,403 51,413 52,327 42,000 42,000 13.6 Florida State ‡ 53 46,853 48,656 42,479 45,752 41,000 42,000 12.1 George Washington ‡ 38 63,878 64,950 57,907 59,401 42,000 42,000 13.8 Georgetown ‡ 50 63,686 66,689 59,375 61,508 45,000 45,000 19.0 Georgia ‡ 68 54,062 57,082 47,731 49,634 32,500 35,000 17.2 Georgia Tech ‡ 40 59,700 58,753 53,732 54,631 44,000 42,000 15.7 Guelph † ‡ 48 62,335 62,069 58,833 58,271 37,574 38,590 17.2 Harvard ‡ 464 70,160 72,861 64,443 67,486 45,500 47,100 16.7 Hawaii ‡ 80 62,760 61,330 60,959 60,354 38,356 42,026 14.9 Houston ‡ 40 56,901 56,608 52,799 49,037 39,000 40,000 15.2 Howard ‡ 29 50,032 53,211 47,105 53,359 35,409 35,049 25.1 Illinois, Chicago ‡ 50 58,010 58,925 52,981 54,885 42,000 47,000 16.1 Illinois, Urbana ‡ 144 62,401 64,009 56,091 58,247 43,000 44,500 13.1 Indiana ‡ 79 60,776 64,257 57,123 59,705 36,952 40,000 19.8 Iowa ‡ 66 60,666 63,234 54,207 55,700 40,000 40,000 18.3 Iowa State ‡ 56 58,887 59,891 56,054 57,452 41,000 42,500 18.3 Johns Hopkins ‡ 75 63,555 65,765 59,795 60,060 46,700 48,335 15.6 Kansas ‡ 84 57,251 59,070 54,982 55,120 40,000 40,000 14.9 Kent State ‡ 67 54,156 56,086 51,333 53,777 51,333 43,389 15.0 Kentucky ‡ 60 56,371 59,613 54,352 57,817 37,500 38,500 20.9 Laval † ‡ 61 54,114 59,630 55,855 62,715 36,704 40,025 16.6 Louisiana State ‡ 51 47,812 48,711 43,705 44,879 36,000 38,000 13.7 Louisville ‡ 34 63,179 65,230 64,134 61,986 36,000 37,000 21.5 McGill † ‡ 53 63,903 66,010 66,226 64,728 39,557 40,625 18.5 McMaster † ‡ 22 61,406 67,549 61,044 69,173 36,311 38,598 18.9 Manitoba † ‡ 45 72,277 77,261 74,814 79,159 38,833 41,331 23.8 Maryland ‡ 97 61,723 64,926 59,395 61,930 40,000 42,000 18.1 Massachusetts ‡ 60 67,202 69,319 69,658 69,746 39,544 40,730 16.4