ARL Annual Salary Survey 2021
This report analyzes salary data for professional staff working in the 125 ARL member libraries during 2021. Data are reported for 10,751 professional staff from the 117 university ARL libraries in Canada and the United States and for 3,504 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.
Mian, Anam. ARL Annual Salary Survey 2021. Washington, DC: Association of Research Libraries, 2023.
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ARL Annual Salary Survey 2021
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Salary Survey Trends 2021
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- Figure 1: Race/Ethnicity of Professional Staff in US ARL University Libraries, FY 2021 99
- Figure 2: Minority Professional Staff by Region in US ARL University Libraries, FY 2021 1010
- Figure 3: Race/Ethnicity and Sex Distribution of Professional Staff In ARL University Libraries, FY 2021 1212
- Figure 3a: Distribution of Professional Staff in US ARL University Libraries by Sex, FY 2021 1212
- Figure 3b: Distribution of Professional Staff in US ARL University Libraries by Minority Status and Sex, FY 2021 1212
- Figure 3c: Distribution of Professional Staff in Canadian ARL University Libraries by Sex, FY 2021 1313
- Figure 3d: Distribution of Professional Staff in All ARL University Libraries by Sex, FY 2021 1313
- Figure 4: Distribution of Job Codes and Subcodes by Position and Type of Library, FY 2021 1414
- Figure 5: Number and Average Salaries of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries by Position and Sex, FY 2021 1616
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Salary Levels
1919
- ARL Nonuniversity Libraries 2626
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ARL University Libraries
2929
- Table 5: Distribution of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries by Salary and Position, FY 2021 3030
- Table 6: Distribution of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries by Salary, Sex, and Position, FY 2021 3232
- Table 7: Number and Average Salaries of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries by Position and Total Years of Professional Experience, FY 2021 3737
- Table 8: Number and Average Salaries and Years of Experience of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries by Position and Sex, FY 2021 4343
- Table 9: Number and Average Salaries of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries by Position and Type of Institution, FY 2021 4747
- Table 10: Number Average Years of Professional Experience of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries by Position and Type of Institution, FY 2021 5050
- Table 11: Number and Average Salaries of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries by Position and Size of Professional Staff, FY 2021 5353
- Table 12: Number and Average Years of Professional Experience of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries by Position and Size of Professional Staff, FY 2021 5656
- Table 13: Number and Average Salaries of Professional Staff in ARL University Libraries by Position and Geographic Region, FY 2021 5959
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US ARL University Libraries
6767
- Table 14: Number and Average Salaries of Professional Staff in US ARL University Libraries by Position and Total Years of Professional Experience, FY 2021 6868
- Table 15: Number and Average Salaries of Minority Professional Staff in US ARL University Libraries by Position and Total Years of Professional Experience, FY 2021 7474
- Table 16: Number and Average Salaries of Minority Professional Staff in US ARL University Libraries by Position and Sex, FY 2021 8080
- Table 17: Number and Average Salaries of Professional Staff in U.S. ARL University Libraries by Position and Sex, FY 2021 8282
- Table 18: Number and Average Years of Professional Experience of Professional Staff in U.S. ARL University Libraries by Position and Sex, FY 2021 8484
- Table 19: Number and Average Years of Professional Experience of Minority Professional Staff in U.S. ARL University Libraries by Position and Sex, FY 2021 8787
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Canadian ARL University Libraries
8989
- Table 20: Average Salaries of Professional Staff in Canadian ARL University Libraries by Position and Total Years of Professional Experience, FY 2021 9090
- Table 21: Number and Average Salaries of Professional Staff in Canadian ARL University Libraries by Position and Sex, FY 2021 9696
- Table 22: Number and Average Years of Professional Experience of Professional Staff in Canadian ARL University Libraries by Position and Sex, FY 2021 9999
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ARL University Medical Libraries
102102
- Table 23: Number and Average Salaries of Professional Staff in ARL University Medical Libraries by Position and Total Years of Professional Experience, FY 2021 103103
- Table 24: Number and Average Salaries of Professional Staff in ARL University Medical Librariesby Position and Sex, FY 2021 110110
- Table 25: Number and Average Years of Professional Experience of Professional Staff in ARL University Medical Libraries by Position and Sex, FY 2021 This table shows average years of professional experience and number of female, male and non-binary profe 112112
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ARL University Law Libraries
115115
- Table 26: Number and Average Salaries of Professional Staff in ARL University Law Libraries by Position and Total Years of Professional Experience 116116
- Table 27: Number and Average Salaries of Professional Staff in ARL University Law Libraries by Position and Sex, FY 2021 123123
- Table 28: Number and Average Years of Professional Experience of Professional Staff in ARL University Law Libraries by Position and Sex, FY 2021 125125
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University Library Questionnaire and Instructions
128128
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Nonuniversity Library Questionnaire and Instructions
141141
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Footnotes
145145
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Member Libraries as of January 1, 2021
171171
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ARL Annual Salary Survey 2021