ARL Annual Salary Survey 2014–2015

Kyrillidou, Martha; Morris, Shaneka

Salary Survey Trends 2014–2015 · 19 Position Women Men All Positions Average No. Average No. Average No. Functional Specialist (no subgroup) Coordinator, Team Leader (non- supervisory responsibility) 63,583 141 69,767 67 65,575 208 Archivists 63,650 372 68,345 219 65,390 591 Assessment, Management Information Systems, Planning 70,652 51 72,088 23 71,098 74 Media Specialists 59,171 40 61,140 61 60,360 101 Preservation, including digital collections 65,631 117 68,890 48 66,579 165 Subject Specialist 70,573 637 73,851 297 71,615 934 Subject Specialist in Humanities/Fine Arts 70,215 145 74,888 93 72,041 238 Subject Specialist in Sciences &Technology 68,087 191 69,922 80 68,629 271 Subject Specialist in Social/Behavior Science 66,805 158 72,133 66 68,375 224 Subject Specialist in Area Studies 73,289 119 73,486 67 73,360 186 Catalogers/Metadata analysts 67,614 468 69,362 190 68,119 658 Research/Reference/Instruction 68,671 872 68,981 317 68,754 1,189 Public Services 64,207 194 65,046 83 64,459 277 Technical Services 61,743 112 59,392 36 61,172 148 All Positions: 77,014 6,380 80,629 3,656 78,331 10,036 In regards to the gender gap in ARL libraries discussed in the previous section, it is worth noting that the average salaries of men are higher than those of women in 29 out of the 38 categories in Figure 5. Institutional Characteristics and Salaries Public and Private Institutions The gap between salaries paid in private ARL university libraries and those paid in publicly supported ARL university libraries decreased in 2014–2015 to 7.48%, with librarians at private institutions earning an average of $5,566 more than their peers at public institutions. Head, Acquisitions and Head, Circulation are the only two job categories where librarians in public institutions earned more than their counterparts in private institutions (see Table 23). Library Size Library size, as measured by the number of professional staff, is another significant determinant of salary. As a rule, the largest libraries tend to pay the highest average salaries, not only overall, but for specific positions as well. In 2014–2015 libraries with more than 110 staff reported the highest average salary, $80,578, followed by the smallest libraries, i.e. those with 23-49 staff, which reported the next highest average salary $77,334 (see Table 25). In 2014–2015 the gap between the highest paying cohort and the lowest paying cohort increased to $3,492.

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Salary Survey Trends 2014–2015 · 19 Position Women Men All Positions Average No. Average No. Average No. Functional Specialist (no subgroup) Coordinator, Team Leader (non- supervisory responsibility) 63,583 141 69,767 67 65,575 208 Archivists 63,650 372 68,345 219 65,390 591 Assessment, Management Information Systems, Planning 70,652 51 72,088 23 71,098 74 Media Specialists 59,171 40 61,140 61 60,360 101 Preservation, including digital collections 65,631 117 68,890 48 66,579 165 Subject Specialist 70,573 637 73,851 297 71,615 934 Subject Specialist in Humanities/Fine Arts 70,215 145 74,888 93 72,041 238 Subject Specialist in Sciences &Technology 68,087 191 69,922 80 68,629 271 Subject Specialist in Social/Behavior Science 66,805 158 72,133 66 68,375 224 Subject Specialist in Area Studies 73,289 119 73,486 67 73,360 186 Catalogers/Metadata analysts 67,614 468 69,362 190 68,119 658 Research/Reference/Instruction 68,671 872 68,981 317 68,754 1,189 Public Services 64,207 194 65,046 83 64,459 277 Technical Services 61,743 112 59,392 36 61,172 148 All Positions: 77,014 6,380 80,629 3,656 78,331 10,036 In regards to the gender gap in ARL libraries discussed in the previous section, it is worth noting that the average salaries of men are higher than those of women in 29 out of the 38 categories in Figure 5. Institutional Characteristics and Salaries Public and Private Institutions The gap between salaries paid in private ARL university libraries and those paid in publicly supported ARL university libraries decreased in 2014–2015 to 7.48%, with librarians at private institutions earning an average of $5,566 more than their peers at public institutions. Head, Acquisitions and Head, Circulation are the only two job categories where librarians in public institutions earned more than their counterparts in private institutions (see Table 23). Library Size Library size, as measured by the number of professional staff, is another significant determinant of salary. As a rule, the largest libraries tend to pay the highest average salaries, not only overall, but for specific positions as well. In 2014–2015 libraries with more than 110 staff reported the highest average salary, $80,578, followed by the smallest libraries, i.e. those with 23-49 staff, which reported the next highest average salary $77,334 (see Table 25). In 2014–2015 the gap between the highest paying cohort and the lowest paying cohort increased to $3,492.

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18 · ARL Annual Salary Survey 2014–2015 Figure 5: Number and Average Salaries of ARL University Librarians by Position and Sex, Specialist Breakdown, FY 2014–2015 Position Women Men All Positions Average No. Average No. Average No. Director 226,458 65 226,310 47 226,396 112 Associate Director 119,847 254 127,263 165 122,768 419 Assistant Director 97,885 156 108,778 85 101,727 241 Head, Medical 137,035 52 140,866 13 137,801 65 Head, Law 167,788 38 175,864 34 171,602 72 Head, Branch 86,373 277 93,006 125 88,435 402 Dept. Head Acquisitions 77,882 107 80,044 40 78,471 147 Cataloging 81,805 136 80,698 55 81,487 191 Circulation 77,321 102 73,499 53 76,014 155 Library Technology 95,045 39 95,347 81 95,249 120 Rare Book/Manuscripts/Special Collections 95,835 59 94,854 57 95,353 116 Research/Reference/Information or Learning Commons 84,611 129 87,299 51 85,373 180 Other Department Heads 84,441 425 86,523 250 85,212 675 Administrative Specialist (no subgroup) Administrative support, Marketing/ Communication/IP Permissions, Other Administrative 68,692 158 68,367 50 68,614 208 Business Manager 73,430 109 74,736 73 73,954 182 Human Resources 76,094 78 71,252 10 75,544 88 Development/Advancement 87,088 29 79,290 19 84,001 48 Digital Specialist (no subgroup), Institutional Repository Curator Digital Specialist with Subject Expertise 65,150 81 67,643 57 66,180 138 IT, Systems 72,710 123 71,190 295 71,637 418 IT, Web Developer 66,831 72 69,636 106 68,502 178 IT, Programmer 74,052 76 75,478 230 75,124 306 Scholarly Communications 70,970 52 74,751 29 72,324 81 Digital Acquisitions 67,191 76 68,962 25 67,629 101 Digital Collections Curation 65,764 70 68,385 59 66,963 129

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20 · ARL Annual Salary Survey 2014–2015 The cutoff staffing levels used to determine the largest cohort of libraries continued to hold steady at 110 in 2014–2015.4 Geographic Area In 2014–2015, the highest average salaries were found in Canada ($89,636) followed by New England ($84,380) with salaries in the Pacific region ($82,932) coming in third (see Table 27). For the 2014–2015 survey period, the Canadian currency exchange rate is 1.0706. The West South Central region had the lowest average salary: $67,134. Rank Structure Rank structure provides a useful framework for examining professional salaries in ARL university libraries. Figure 6, below, displays average salary and years of experience in the most commonly used rank structures. Readers should be aware that not all individuals have a rank that fits into the rank structure the library utilizes. Most commonly, directors may have no rank (or a rank outside the structure) and it is common for non-librarians included in the survey (business officers, personnel staff, computer specialists, liaisons etc.) to be unranked, as well. The pattern of relationships between rank and salary seen in past years continues: with higher rank associated with higher average years of experience and a correspondingly higher salary. Of the 10,036 librarians in ARL university member libraries, 6,481 occupy a rank within these three most commonly found ranking systems, and the largest number of professionals (3,393) occupy a position in a four-step rank structure. Figure 6a: Average Salaries and Average Years of Experience of Library Professionals in Libraries with Three, Four, and Five Step Rank Structures, FY 2014–2015 Three-Step Four-Step Five-Step Salary Experience No. of Staff Salary Experience No. of Staff Salary Experience No. of Staff Librarian 1 63,068 8.5 490 58,381 8.6 494 59,565 11.1 249 Librarian 2 75,925 17.4 684 67,904 13.0 920 63,847 12.2 302 Librarian 3 94,509 24.8 435 78,624 20.1 1,331 75,044 16.9 471 Librarian 4 95,543 26.9 648 89,172 22.5 319 Librarian 5 105,232 26.7 138 No. of Staff 1,609 3,393 1,479 The direct relationship between rank and salary is highlighted even more in the three tables below, which show average salary by percentile in each of the three rank structures presented in Figure 6. Figure 6b: Average Salary by Percentile in Libraries with Three Step Rank Structures, FY 2014–2015 No. of Staff Low 25th Percentile Median 75th Percentile High Librarian 1 490 33,942 53,480 60,000 69,494 129,222 Librarian 2 684 45,909 61,026 70,368 85,005 188,133 Librarian 3 435 54,640 79,097 92,259 107,724 165,997 4 In 1995–96, the largest cohort of libraries was determined based on staff over 124 in 1996–98, over 120 in 1998–99, over 115 and since 1999–2000, over 110. See Table 27.

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