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 ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ ‡ $185,130 $199,476 $210,843 $202,126 Associate Director 110,010 84,058 104,772 110,179 115,246 119,278 113,563 122,907 129,758 122,562 Assistant Director 83,759 95,251 83,097 99,892 104,278 112,354 100,799 107,925 115,068 112,243 Head, Branch 51,242 56,568 68,907 72,471 77,197 78,888 76,085 85,969 89,129 93,566 Functional Specialist 50,583 55,014 60,869 65,429 66,818 70,352 75,799 74,668 78,195 73,735 Subject Specialist 49,475 55,847 61,449 64,429 67,425 71,663 70,637 77,520 80,076 82,061 Dept. Head: Acquisitions 63,128 64,609 62,597 65,523 ‡ 67,259 72,845 76,472 85,594 82,551 Reference ‡ 62,759 71,269 74,850 82,950 76,236 83,184 88,628 85,136 90,948 Cataloging . 58,472 64,900 67,269 70,613 79,383 77,037 76,158 78,529 86,124 Serials . ‡ ‡ 65,325 74,904 ‡ ‡ 71,949 ‡ . Documents/Maps 48,813 53,171 64,501 61,153 ‡ 64,198 80,708 69,106 78,288 78,243 Circulation 64,320 62,122 56,312 69,191 72,248 75,638 66,857 83,555 77,224 ‡ Rare Books/Manuscripts ‡ ‡ 64,113 73,509 79,569 80,739 91,152 85,844 85,672 92,107 Computer Systems 78,184 89,493 85,431 96,436 82,211 97,734 82,480 100,865 ‡ . Other 67,887 62,410 67,280 76,441 75,422 80,128 80,345 80,272 87,694 87,447 Public Services 46,224 49,109 55,155 60,921 58,991 58,892 65,788 71,677 68,170 70,230 Technical Services 44,821 54,667 56,201 53,794 64,606 64,010 60,584 63,570 75,244 77,466 Administrative Services 46,971 53,473 65,789 61,842 69,414 65,307 72,670 74,633 75,729 93,938 Reference 47,309 51,166 56,245 60,815 59,346 62,760 66,153 68,244 69,111 71,478 Cataloger 48,831 52,189 58,307 60,297 61,703 62,587 65,104 64,082 66,157 67,686 All Positions: Average Salary $50,540 $55,206 $61,871 $67,681 $69,684 $74,481 $78,229 $84,636 $90,532 $91,895 Number of Staff 953 986 1,070 847 753 725 651 631 534 450 54 · ARL Annual Salary Survey 2008–2009 Table 26: Average Salaries of US ARL University Librarians by Position and Years of Experience, FY 2008–2009 Excludes Canadian libraries. Excludes medical and law libraries. ‡ Salary data are not published when fewer than four individuals are involved.