ARL Annual Salary Survey 2019–2020
This report analyzes salary data for professional staff working in 123 of the 124 ARL member libraries during 2019–2020. Data are reported for 10,691 professional staff from 115 of the 116 university ARL libraries in Canada and the United States and for 3,154 professional staff of the 8 US federal and public ARL libraries. In the Salary Survey, data for university library staff are usually reported in three distinct groups: general library systems, health sciences libraries, and law libraries. The ARL Annual Salary Survey analyzes salary data from a number of different perspectives, including race, ethnicity, sex, years of experience, geographic region, and professional position.
Downloadable Microsoft Excel file of data tables
Mian, Anam. ARL Annual Salary Survey 2019–2020. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, 2020.
Table of Contents
ARL Annual Salary Survey 2019–2020
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ARL Annual Salary Survey 2019–2020 frontmatter
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A Note on Salary Survey Changes
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- Salary Survey Trends 2019–2020 18
- Race and Ethnicity 29
- Figure 1: Race/Ethnicity of Professional Staff in US ARL University Libraries, FY 2019–2020 29
- Figure 2: Minority Professionals by Region in US ARL University Libraries, FY 2019–2020 310
- Female and Male Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries 512
- Figure 3: Race/Ethnicity and Sex Distribution of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries, FY 2019–2020 512
- Figure 3a: Distribution of Professional Staff in US ARL University Libraries by Sex, FY 2019–2020 512
- Figure 3b: Distribution of Professional Staff in US ARL University Libraries by Minority Status and Sex, FY 2019–2020* 512
- Figure 3c: Distribution of Professional Staff in Canadian ARL University Libraries by Sex, FY 2019–2020 613
- Figure 3d: Distribution of Professional Staff in All ARL University Libraries by Sex, FY 2019–2020 613
- The Specialist Breakdown 714
- Figure 4: Distribution of Job Codes and Subcodes by Position and Type of Library, FY 2019–2020 714
- Figure 5: Number and Average Salaries of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries by Position and Sex, Specialist Breakdown, FY 2019–2020 815
- Institutional Characteristics and Salaries 1017
- Inflation Effect 1017
- Downloadable Data Tables 1118
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Salary Levels
1219
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ARL Nonuniversity Libraries
1724
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ARL University Libraries
2027
- Table 5: Distribution of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries by Salary and Position, FY 2019–2020 2128
- Table 6: Distribution of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries by Salary, Sex, and Position, FY 2019–2020, Part 1: Women 2229
- Table 6: Distribution of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries by Salary, Sex, and Position, FY 2019–2020, Part 2: Men 2330
- Table 7: Number and Average Salaries of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries by Position and Sex, FY 2019–2020 2431
- Table 8: Number and Average Salaries of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries by Position and Sex, Specialist Breakdown, FY 2019–2020 2633
- Table 9: Number and Average Salaries of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries by Position and Type of Institution, FY 2019–2020 2734
- Table 10: Number and Average Years of Professional Experience of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries by Position and Type of Institution, FY 2019–2020 2835
- Table 11: Number and Average Salaries of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries by Position and Size of Professional Staff, FY 2019–2020 2936
- Table 12: Number and Average Years of Professional Experience of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries by Position and Size of Professional Staff, FY 2019–2020 3138
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US ARL University Libraries
3239
- Table 13: Number and Average Salaries of Professional Staff in US ARL University Libraries by Position and Sex, FY 2019–2020 3340
- Table 14: Number and Average Salaries of Professional Staff in US ARL University Libraries by Position and Sex, Specialist Breakdown, FY 2019–2020 3340
- Table 15: Number and Average Years of Professional Experience of Professional Staff in US ARL University Libraries by Position and Sex, FY 2019–2020 3542
- Table 16: Number and Average Years of Professional Experience of Minority Professional Staff in US ARL University Libraries by Position and Sex, FY 2019–2020 3643
- Table 17: Number and Average Years of Professional Experience of Professional Staff in US ARL University Libraries by Position and Sex, Specialist Breakdown, FY 2019–2020 3744
- Table 18: Number and Average Years of Professional Experience of Minority Professional Staff in US ARL University Libraries by Position and Sex, Specialist Breakdown, FY 2019–2020 3845
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Canadian ARL University Libraries
4047
- Table 19: Number and Average Salaries of Professional Staff in Canadian ARL University Libraries by Position and Sex, Specialist Breakdown, FY 2019–2020 4148
- Table 20: Number and Average Years of Professional Experience of Professional Staff in Canadian ARL University Libraries by Position and Sex, FY 2019–2020 4249
- Table 21: Number and Average Years of Professional Experience of Professional Staff in Canadian ARL University Libraries by Position and Sex, Specialist Breakdown, FY 2019–2020 4350
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ARL University Medical Libraries
4552
- Table 22: Number and Average Years of Professional Experience of Professional Staff in ARL University Medical Libraries by Position and Sex, FY 2019–2020 4653
- Table 23: Number and Average Years of Professional Experience of Professional Staff in ARL University Medical Libraries by Position and Sex, Specialist Breakdown, FY 2019–2020 4653
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ARL University Law Libraries
4956
- Table 24: Number and Average Salaries of Professional Staff in ARL University Law Libraries by Position and Sex, FY 2019–2020 5057
- Table 25: Number and Average Years of Professional Experience of Professional Staff in ARL University Law Libraries by Position and Sex, FY 2019–2020 5057
- Table 26: Number and Average Years of Professional Experience of Professional Staff in ARL University Law Libraries by Position and Sex, Specialist Breakdown, FY 2019–2020 5158
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University Library Questionnaire and Instructions
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Nonuniversity Library Questionnaire and Instructions
6976
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Footnotes
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Member Libraries as of January 1, 2020
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ARL Annual Salary Survey 2019–2020