76 · ARL Annual Salary Survey 2007–2008 TABLE 42: FILLED POSITIONS AVERAGE, MEDIAN, BEGINNING PROFESSIONAL SALARIES AND AVERAGE YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN ARL UNIVERSITY LAW LIBRARIES, FY 2007–2008* Filled Average Median Beginning Average Institution Positions Salary Salary Salary Yrs. Exp. Alabama 9 $56,059 $57,349 $40,000 19.3 Alberta 4 ‡ ‡ 42,997 27.5 Arizona 11 63,672 63,854 50,000 17.6 Arizona State 9 63,087 60,966 43,000 14.3 Boston University 10 64,222 61,000 55,000 19.5 Boston College 13 73,004 78,408 41,050 20.6 British Columbia 3 ‡ ‡ 45,784 21.3 California, Davis 6 89,280 92,436 40,008 19.3 California, Los Angeles 13 77,232 79,968 40,008 12.5 Case Western Reserve 13 62,667 62,791 35,000 16.9 Cincinnati 8 57,367 50,000 40,425 20.3 Colorado 8 68,030 57,597 44,000 15.4 Columbia 15 74,710 71,016 51,500 13.5 Connecticut 11 68,743 69,788 39,263 17.0 Cornell 8 73,209 68,650 54,000 15.3 Duke 10 72,106 71,900 45,000 17.7 Emory 9 55,126 54,422 44,000 14.8 Florida 9 57,474 53,556 42,000 19.7 Florida State 10 52,937 51,500 50,000 17.9 George Washington 20 81,629 73,266 55,000 14.2 Georgetown 23 73,964 67,950 46,500 12.0 Georgia 8 53,614 50,887 42,000 15.0 Harvard 48 75,589 71,380 47,100 18.2 Hawaii 5 79,336 79,376 55,000 17.2 Houston 14 52,302 48,000 50,000 13.0 Howard 8 47,556 48,460 43,779 18.5 Illinois, Urbana 8 62,582 68,313 51,000 16.9 Indiana 9 67,432 64,176 40,000 21.1 Iowa 16 70,570 66,500 40,000 20.6 Kansas 8 47,828 43,000 33,000 7.6 Kentucky 5 52,734 51,868 38,500 13.2 Louisiana State 11 61,972 53,698 40,000 17.9 Louisville 6 56,866 53,853 37,000 17.3 McGill 3 ‡ ‡ 40,625 18.0 Manitoba 3 ‡ ‡ 41,331 28.3 Miami 16 56,240 55,432 44,000 15.8 Michigan 10 77,070 71,328 47,218 18.1 Minnesota 14 72,812 65,500 42,000 18.0 Missouri 8 52,200 55,122 38,500 11.4