ACRL News Issue (B) of College & Research Libraries 674 / C&R L News Academic librarian salaries By Mary Jo Lynch Director ALA Of f ice for Research Salary data as reported in the CUPA 1986-1987 Administrative Compensation Survey. Per tio The College and University sonnel Associa- n (CUPA) has conducted a survey of administra­ tive compensation each year for the past ten years. Selection of surveyed positions is based on an analy­ sis of those positions common to most higher educa­ tion institutions. The 1986-1987 survey1 reports on 99 “primary” positions, including “Director, Li­ brary Services” and 60 “secondary positions” in­ cluding “Circulation Librarian,” “Acquisitions Li­ brarian,” “Technical Services Librarian,” “Public Services Librarian,” and “Reference Librarian. Considerably more information is provided on the primary positions, for which salaries are summa­ rized for control (i.e public or private), three levels of program (i.e. university, 4-year college, 2-year college), several ranges of enrollment, and several ranges of budget size. For secondary positions, data are available only for two different types of control and three levels of program. Tables in this article were created manually by selecting data on librarian salaries wherever they appear in the CUPA report. Permission of CUPA to use their data in this way is gratefully acknowledged. 1Richard C. Creal, Jan P. Miller, and John M. Toller, 1986-1987 Administrative Compensation Survey (Washington, D.C.: College and Univer­ sity Personnel Association, 1987). Available from CUPA, 11 Dupont Circle, Suite 120, Washington, DC 20036-1250. Price to members $50; price to non-members who participated in study $125; price to all others $200. ISBN-0-910402-27-2. The 1986-1987 questionnaire was sent to 3,190 higher education institutions on a list provided by the National Center for Education Statistics (now the Center for Education Statistics). A total of 1,609 usable responses were received—51 % of the institutions surveyed. Salary data shown on tables in the CUPA report and in the accompanying ta­ bles indicate the median and the interquartile range for each position. Librarians may find it in­ teresting to examine the report itself in order to compare their salaries with other administrators in the same type of institution. The introduction to the CUPA report contains a useful description of those statistical concepts: •T he median is the middle value in an array of all salaries for the position; half of the salaries are lower than the median and half are higher. The median is considered a more reliable measure than the mean/average because it minimizes the effect of extremely high and low salaries. •T he first quartile (Q1 in the tables) divides sal­ aries below the median into two 25 percent seg­ ments. •T he third quartile (Q3 in the tables) divides salaries above the median into two 25 percent seg­ ments. •Q1 and Q3, therefore, mark the interquartile range; half of all salaries—the middle 50 percent— fall within this range. This means, for example, that if all library direc­ tor salaries were arrayed from lowest to highest, December 1987 / 675 TABLE 1. Salaries paid to Director, Library Services: Overview Med Q l Q3 N ll Institutions $37,500 $28,620 $48,294 1,182 ublic Institutions $42,400 $34,977 $53,935 584 rivate Institutions $32,000 $25,000 $41,000 597 rivate Independent Institutions $36,000 $26,600 $46,350 315 rivate Religious Institutions $28,883 $24,100 $34,800 282 A P P P P TABLE 2. Salaries paid to Director, Library Services: Universities Med Q l Q3 N All Universities $50,000 $40,245 $61,974 382 Public Universities by Enrollment 4,999 or less $40,000 $36,754 $45,000 69 5,000 to 9,999 $48,624 $43,908 $53,316 74 10,000 to 19,999 $58,440 $53,935 $64,000 71 20,000 or more $69,500 $63,936 $78,696 40 Private Universities by Enrollment 4,999 or less $38,584 $33,000 $45,795 76 5,000 or more $60,100 $51,700 $71,721 51 Public Universities by Budget Range $24,999,999 or less $39,650 $36,081 $44,550 63 $25,000,000-$49,999,999 $47,335 $41,830 $49,283 56 $50,000,000-$99,999,999 $55,350 $50,434 $60,000 54 $100,000,000-$149,999,999 $60,000 $55,400 $63,864 18 $150,000,000 or more $67,600 $61,500 $76,400 63 Private Universities by Budget Range $24,999,999 or less $33,000 $28,404 $39,750 42 $25,000,000-$49,999,999 $44,000 $38,400 $50,650 32 $50,000,000-$99,999,999 $52,817 $46,350 $58,200 22 $100,000,000-$ 149,999,999 $54,900 $46,565 $56,500 5 $150,000,000 or more $71,500 $64,250 $85,000 26 TABLE 3. Salaries paid to Director, Library Services: 4-Year Colleges Med Ql Q3 N All 4-Year Colleges $32,000 $25,270 $40,000 455 Public 4-Year Colleges by Enrollment 4,999 or less $39,000 $32,100 $44,578 72 5,000 or more $53,671 $47,156 $56,054 20 Private 4-Year Colleges by Enrollment 999 or less $24,810 $21,523 $28,890 168 1,000 or more $35,020 $29,400 $41,872 195 Public 4-Year Colleges by Budget Range $9,999,999 or less $32,484 $30,220 $35,889 25 $10,000,000 or more $46,114 $39,200 $52,060 67 Private 4-Year Colleges by Budget Range $4,999,999 or less $22,458 $19,000 $25,369 77 $5,000,000-$14,999,999 $29,000 $25,000 $33,800 199 $15,000,000 or more $41,791 $35,701 $48,000 87 the salary in the middle position, the median, would be $37,500—the first figure shown in the top row on Table 1. Another way of looking at the same array is to note that half of the salaries fall w ithin a range bounded by $28,620—the first quartile (midway between the lowest salary and the median) and $48,294—the third quartile (mid­ way between the median and the highest salary. The quartiles also show that 25 percent of aca­ demic library directors earn less than $28,620 and 676 / C& RL News TABLE 4. Salaries paid to Director, Library Services: 2-Year Colleges Med Q l Q3 N All 2-Year Colleges All Private 2-Year Colleges 2-Year Technical Institutes Public 2-Year Colleges by Enrollment 999 or less 1,000-2,499 2,500-4,999 5,000-9,999 10,000 or more 2-Year Colleges by Budget Range $4,999,999 or less $5,000,000-$9,999,999 $10,000,000-$14,999,999 $15,000,000 or more $33,753 $26,933 $39,477 218 $23,000 $19,899 $27,480 33 $30,350 $26,952 $35,640 21 $31,500 $26,874 $35,320 43 $32,450 $26,078 $38,243 66 $38,885 $35,343 $45,040 39 $42,106 $36,442 $46,054 23 $39,706 $37,838 $49,641 14 $27,225 $23,000 $32,200 73 $32,290 $26,600 $36,857 70 $38,885 $34,439 $44,453 26 $41,631 $36,900 $46,975 49 TABLE 5. Secondary Positions in University Libraries Med Q l Q3 N Circulation L ibrarian All Universities Public Private Acquisitions Librarian All Universities Public Private Technical Services Librarian All Universities Public Private Public Services Librarian All Universities Public Private Reference Librarian All Universities Public $25,053 $20,800 $29,376 236 $25,562 $21,892 $29,675 166 $23,500 $18,540 $28,900 70 $29,238 $24,824 $34,420 258 $29,455 $26,000 $34,420 187 $27,555 $22,580 $33,629 70 $32,868 $26,184 $40,000 254 $34,104 $28,416 $40,870 168 $27,514 $21,630 $35,499 85 $34,053 $28,185 $41,130 191 $35,004 $29,000 $42,336 131 $30,650 $25,650 $38,500 49 $28,518 $23,727 $33,625 297 $29,610 $25,282 $34,664 201 $25,600 $20,360 $31,748 95Private 25 percent earn more than $48,294. It is also im portant to know th a t respondents were asked to observe the following specifications in reporting their data: •Salaries are those in effect during the Fall of 1986. •Salaries are at an annualized, full-tim e rate; they reflect only actual cash earnings, excluding any services contributed without charge. •E nrollm ent and budget figures are for the op­ erating year 1986-1987. •E n rollm ent is stated in terms of equivalent full-time students. •B udgets include amounts for current educa­ tion and general operations, including research funds. Budgets do not include amounts for student aid, auxiliary enterprises, service departm ents, construction, and similar activities. Definitions of the librarian positions as given on the CUPA survey instrum ent are as follows: •D irector, Library Services: Directs the activi­ ties of all institutional libraries. Functions typically include selection an d direction of professional staff, acquisitions, technical services, audiovisual, and special collections. •C irculation Librarian: Senior person responsi­ ble for control of lending and shelving operations. •Acquisitions Librarian: Senior person respon­ sible for collection development including order and receipt of books, periodicals, etc. •T echnical Services Librarian: Senior person for planning and managem ent of library services involving processing, bibliographic control, cata­ loging, binding, and repair, etc. December 1987 / 677 TABLE 6. Secondary Positions in 4-Year Colleges Med Q l Q3 N Circulation Librarian All Colleges Public Private Acquisitions L ibrarian All Colleges Public Private Technical Services Librarian All Colleges Public Private Public Services Librarian All Colleges Public Private Reference Librarian All Colleges Public Private $20,441 $15,900 $24,485 154 $22,809 $19,272 $27,398 38 $19,740 $15,288 $23,760 116 $23,300 $19,230 $27,500 157 $25,358 $21,645 $31,473 52 $21,331 $18,331 $26,050 105 $23,485 $19,024 $27,848 237 $28,186 $23,724 $32,448 52 $22,000 $18,127 $26,064 185 $24,357 $19,425 $28,200 129 $28,192 $24,600 $36,083 35 $22,256 $18,600 $26,845 94 $22,475 $19,116 $27,664 240 $25,764 $21,585 $31,523 59 $21,500 $18,200 $26,000 181 TABLE 7. Secondary Positions in 2-Year Colleges Med $28,556 $28,221 $27,915 $26,203 $27,063 Q l $19,000 $22,032 $23,227 $21,000 $23,544 Q3 $34,213 $31,693 $34,503 $33,257 $34,002 N 31 35 69 40 64 Circulation Librarian Public Acquisitions Librarian Public Technical Services Librarian Public Public Services Librarian Public Reference Librarian Public •P u b lic Services L ibrarian: Senior person re­ sponsible for planning and management of library services involving interaction w ith patrons (lend­ ing, orientation, bibliographic instruction, audio­ visual services, etc.). •Reference Librarian: Senior person responsi­ ble for developing and m anaging reference m ateri­ Humanities programming workshop ACRL and the Public L ibrary Association are accepting applications for two additional g r a n tw r itin g w orkshops to be held M arch 23-25, 1988, in Burlingame, California, and October 12-14, 1988, in Chicago, Illinois. The application deadline for the Burlingame work­ shop is February 19, 1988; the deadline for the Chicago workshop is September 8,1988. For an application and further inform ation, contact Sandy Donnelly, ACRL, 50 E. H uron St., Chi­ cago, IL 60611-2795; (312) 944-6780. als an d assisting users in researching problems, conducting bibliographic searches, etc. ■ ■ Reach out and teach someone In conjunction w ith the Sixteenth National LOEX Conference held this year at Bowling G reen S tate U niversity in Bow ling G reen, Ohio, on May 4-6, 1988, abstracts for poster sessions are now being solicited. The poster sessions must relate to the confer­ ence them e, “Reaching and Teaching Diverse L ibrary User G roups,” w hich will focus on adult students, clerical staff, international stu­ dents, remedial students, and the physically disabled. T h e d ea d lin e for su b m ittin g abstracts is March 1,1988. 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