Library Worklife

Volume 4, No. 2 • February 2007

Salaries & Pay Equity

Resolution on Minimum Librarian Salary Passed

At the ALA Midwinter Meeting, the ALA-APA Council passed a resolution on a Minimum Librarian Salary of $40,000. The movers were Michael McGrorty, Councilor at Large, and Rob Banks, Kansas Chapter Councilor.

ENDORSEMENT OF A NONBINDING MINIMUM SALARY FOR PROFESSIONAL LIBRARIANS

WHEREAS, The among the stated goals of the Allied Professional Association is “Direct support of comparable worth and pay equity initiatives, and other activities designed to improve the salaries and status of librarians and other library workers;”¹ and

WHEREAS, The Mean Librarian Salary in 2006 was $56,259;² and

WHEREAS, Over three-quarters of respondent library workers support the establishment of salary minimums for librarians, with the commonest salary figure cited being $40,000;³ and

WHEREAS, The National Education Association has established a minimum salary of at least $40,000 for public school teachers, professionals whose qualifications closely mirror those of librarians,⁴ now, be it

RESOLVED, that the American Library Association-Allied Professional Association endorses a minimum salary for professional librarians of not less than $40,000 per year;

RESOLVED, that the details of the endorsement shall be published and otherwise disseminated by the Director of the ALA Allied Professional Association as appropriate.

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Survey Results: Librarian Salaries
Michael McGrorty
Software: QuestionPro
Updated: November 28, 2006
Address Inquiry: backwage@aol.com

Salary Survey

References

See http://www.ala-apa.org/about/about.html
See “Librarian Salary Survey Reports Mean Librarian Salary Up More Than 4% to $56,259 in 2006”
available at http://www.ala-apa.org/newsletter/vol3no11/salaries.htm
As found in the attached Survey.
See Professional Pay: about NEA’s Salary Initiative at http://www.nea.org/pay/about.html

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