66 · ARL Annual Salary Survey 2007–2008 TABLE 35: FILLED POSITIONS AVERAGE, MEDIAN, BEGINNING PROFESSIONAL SALARIES AND AVERAGE YEARS OF PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE ARL UNIVERSITY MEDICAL LIBRARIES, FY 2007–2008* Filled Average Median Beginning Average Institution Positions Salary Salary Salary Yrs. Exp. Alabama 3 ‡ ‡ $35,000 9.7 Alberta 5 $80,405 $81,218 42,997 19.2 Arizona 15 64,593 60,212 47,325 19.7 Boston University 9 53,950 52,750 40,000 12.8 British Columbia 12 65,688 68,856 45,784 16.7 California, Davis 9 75,108 79,968 40,008 25.4 California, Irvine 2 ‡ ‡ 40,008 19.5 California, Los Angeles 18 69,335 65,148 40,008 14.9 California, San Diego 10 61,857 62,556 40,008 13.4 Case Western Reserve 8 58,716 61,880 35,000 25.5 Cincinnati 19 62,743 59,998 38,000 23.8 Columbia 8 59,248 56,500 51,500 18.0 Connecticut 14 73,588 70,081 53,604 16.4 Cornell 10 74,086 73,619 50,000 20.4 Dartmouth 10 58,868 58,371 40,000 17.1 Duke 21 58,648 55,821 43,000 11.8 Emory 10 65,749 67,539 36,000 24.0 Florida 15 52,735 48,271 42,000 7.9 Florida State 4 ‡ ‡ 38,000 22.3 George Washington 14 59,824 59,930 42,000 14.4 Georgetown 9 57,773 60,207 43,000 12.2 Harvard 28 70,110 67,600 47,100 10.8 Hawaii 5 46,941 44,725 42,026 16.2 Howard 6 51,311 47,802 40,000 21.5 Illinois, Chicago 20 57,264 57,309 47,000 12.6 Iowa 11 55,303 50,501 40,000 15.5 Johns Hopkins 24 65,497 59,467 48,000 16.5 Kansas 8 50,936 46,800 38,000 13.9 Kentucky 12 57,724 58,444 38,500 22.8 Louisiana State 1 ‡ ‡ 36,000 2.0 Louisville 8 54,615 50,994 37,000 20.9 McGill 9 65,033 62,033 40,625 19.4 McMaster 9 60,782 60,057 38,598 17.0 Manitoba 17 60,909 57,099 41,331 15.0 Miami 11 68,121 67,174 44,000 23.5 Michigan 17 58,387 58,168 41,000 15.8 Minnesota 14 58,657 59,756 40,000 17.1 Missouri 10 45,421 43,000 38,500 16.1 Montreal § 7 60,540 58,216 44,630 17.3