The ARL Annual Salary Survey 2006–07 analyzes salary data from a number of different perspectives, including race, ethnicity, and gender. Minority librarians make up 13.5% of the professional staff in US ARL university libraries; the percentage of minorities in managerial or administrative positions is lower.

Gender-based salary differentials persist in ARL libraries in 2006–07. The overall salary for women in the 113 ARL university libraries is 95.7% of that paid to men; this figure compares to 95.5% in 2005–06. While the data show a marked closure of the gender gap in ARL libraries over the long term—in 1980–81, women in ARL libraries were paid roughly 87% of what men were paid—the data also raise the possibility that the closure has peaked, and that a 5% gap between men’s and women’s salaries may persist.

Other characteristics of ARL university libraries, such as size, public/private status, and location are also significant determinants of salary. The current state of these indicators is outlined in the Salary Survey’s introduction and extensive tables.

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ARL Annual Salary Survey 2006–07
Martha Kyrillidou and Mark Young, comps. and eds.
2007 * ISBN 1-59407-788-6 * 114 pages
$150 ($75 ARL members)

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The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 123 research libraries in North America. Its mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is located on the Web at http://www.arl.org/.

For the first time the non-MLS salary survey data, including 62 non-MLS positions, reported salaries for staff employed as librarians but who do not have ALA-accredited Master’s Degrees in Library Science. Non-MLS salaries ranged $10,712 to $143,700. Both printed surveys also indicate the minimal educational requirement for each position.

Published by the American Library Association-Allied Professional Association (ALA-APA), the survey shows aggregated data from more than 7,500 ALA-MLS librarians and almost 20,000 non-MLS individual salaries at the state and regional levels. Librarian positions included are directors/deans, associate/assistant directors, department heads, managers of support staff, librarians who do not supervise and beginning librarians. Non-MLS positions are library specific (e.g. library technical assistants and clerks by functional area, bookmobile drivers, collection development managers) and non-library specific (e.g. senior accountants, administrative assistants, proposal writers, human resources managers, information technology managers).

The survey gives national-level mean and quartile data. These printed reports include analysis of salary trends and an extensive appendix ofother sources of compensation data within and outside of the library profession.

“The Librarian Salary Survey” continues more than 20 years of collecting and reporting salary data for six positions requiring an ALA-accredited master’s degree in library science. The Non-MLS Salary Survey has been published since 2006.

“The Librarian Salary Survey” price remains unchanged at $63 for ALA members/$70 for non-members. Participating libraries receive a 25 percent discount. “The Non-MLS Salary Survey” is $90 for ALA members/$100 for non-members and participating libraries receive a 25 percent discount. Database users may subscribe online at http://cs.ala.org/websurvey/salarysurvey/salarysurveyform/form.cfm. Print purchasers may order through the ALA Store at http://www.alastore.ala.org/.

Both surveys were completed with consultation from Denise Davis, director of the ALA Office for Research and Statistics, and conducted by
The Management Association of Illinois.

The American Library Association-Allied Professional Association: the Organization for the Advancement of Library Employees is a service
organization to the American Library Association and has as one of its missions supporting salary improvement initiatives for library workers.
Please contact the ALA-APA Office at 800-545-2433, x2424 or jgrady@ala.org with questions or comments.