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2007 Salary Survey & Workplace Study

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2007 Salary Survey Results

2007 Basic Annual Salaries:

Canada
United States
United Kingdom
All Other Europe

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 Percent
Salary
Change
First Third Mean
Respondent 10th Median 90th
Quartile Quartile Number Mean Percent
Country Percentile 50% Percentile
25% 75% Change
Canada* 45,000 54,000 64,000 76,000 93,160 315 67,171 4.9%
United
40,620 50,000 64,000 82,000 104,000 2,833 69,426 5.1%
States
United
26,470 28,500 42,000 60,000 90,100 48 48,185 7.9%
Kingdom**
All Other
29,660 39,836 51,500 76,950 86,500 28 57,246 6.8%
Europe***

*All salaries in Canadian tables are reported in Canadian dollars. The exchange rate on April 1, 2007, was Can$
1.15 = $1 U.S.

**All salaries in U.K. tables are reported in Pounds Sterling. The exchange rate on April 1, 2007, was £.51 = $1
U.S.

***All salaries in other European tables are reported in Euros. The exchange rate on April 1, 2007, was ?.75 =
$1 U.S.

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The 2007 SLA Salary Survey results show that the average salary increases for SLA members have outpaced
inflation yet again. Based on salaries as of April 1, the mean percent increase in salaries for 2007 over 2006 was
5.1% for U.S. based respondents. This is 1.1% higher than the mean percent increase from 2005 to 2006. For
the same 12 month period, the Consumer Price Index rose less than 3%. Salaries for Canadian members were
4.9% higher on April 1, 2007, than a year earlier, while the CPI had increased just 2% in the same period.

The average salary for U.S. members who answered the survey was $69,446, compared with $67,400 in 2006,
and the mean for Canadian members was Can$ 67,171 compared with Can$ 65,522 in 2006.

For the first time, the SLA Salary Survey includes data from members of SLA Europe. These data are separated
into two categories: U.K. and other European members. The average salary for U.K. respondents was £48,185,
with a reported increase of 7.9% over the previous year. For other European members, the average salary was ?
57,246, an increase of 6.8% from 2006. Selected results for SLA Europe can be purchased separately from the
SLA Store using the link at the top of this page.

A workplace study based on an additional survey sent with the salary survey to members' HR departments is
published with the salary survey results. The workplace study enhances the SLA annual salary survey results

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with additional information about the benefits, trends in hiring and expenditure, and changes in job descriptions
and competencies of information professionals.

More information on the survey results and workplace study is available in the Information Management
column of the November 2007 issue of Information Outlook.

SLA Salary Calculator

SLA has developed the salary calculator as an online interactive tool to analyze salaries based on multiple
characteristics, rather than two dimensional in the print version. The 2007 SLA Salary Calculator is available to
purchasers of the 2007 salary survey only.

Summary of Contents

Chapters

Canada
Chapter One: All Canadian Respondents
Chapter Two: Primary Responsibility - Administrative/Management
Chapter Three: Primary Responsibility - Reference
Chapter Four: Primary Responsibility - General Responsibilities
Chapter Five: Primary Responsibility - Technical Services
United States
Chapter Six: All United States Respondents
Chapter Seven: Primary Responsibility - Administrative/Management
Chapter Eight: Primary Responsibility - Reference
Chapter Nine: Primary Responsibility - General Responsibilities
Chapter Ten: Primary Responsibility - Technical Services
SLA Europe
Chapter Eleven: All United Kingdom Respondents
Chapter Twelve: All Other European Respondents

Tables within Each Chapter

Demographic Data
Table 1 - Salary Distribution by Region/Census Division
Table 2 - Salary Distribution by Metropolitan Area
Table 3 - Salary Distribution by Subject Degree Field
Table 4 - Salary Distribution by Library/Information Science Degree

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 Table 5 - Salary Distribution by Degree Held
Table 6 - Salary Distribution by Years of Library Experience
Table 7 - Salary Distribution by Years of Total Work Experience
Table 8 - Salary Distribution by Gender
Table 9 - Salary Distribution by Ethnicity/Race
Institutional Data
Table 10 - Salary Distribution by Number of Employees
Table 11 - Salary Distribution by Non-profit Status
Table 12 - Salary Distribution by Business Sector
Table 13a - Salary Distribution by Institution/Industry
Table 13b - Salary Distribution by Institution/Industry and Library/Information Center Budget
Table 14 - Salary Distribution by Union v. Non-union
Job-Specific Data
Table 15 - Salary Distribution by Number of Years with Present Employer
Table 16 - Salary Distribution by Number of Employees Supervised or Managed
Table 17 - Salary Distribution by Primary Job Responsibility
Table 18 - Salary Distribution by Primary Job Title
Table 19 - Salary Distribution by Library or Information Resource Center Setting
Table 20 - Salary Distribution by Library/Information Center Annual Budget
Table 21 - Salary Distribution by Full-time Equivalent Employees in Library/Information Center
Table 22 - Number and Percentage of Employees by Type of Benefits Provided by Institution Group
Table 23 - Health Insurance Plan Provided by Institution Group
Table 24 - Individual Coverage Health Insurance Plan Benefits Provided by Institution Group
Table 25 - Dependent Coverage Health Insurance Plan Benefits Provided by Institution Group
Table 26 - Total Outlay for Health Insurance Benefits by Institution Group
Table 27 - Salary Distribution by Employed/Self-Employed Status
Table 28 - Salary Distribution by Contract Basis at Primary Job
Table 29 - Salary Distribution by Number of Part-time Jobs Held
Table 30 - Salary Distribution by Number of Part-time Hours Worked per Week
Table 31 - Salary Distribution by Reasons for Working Part-time
Table 32 - Average Hourly Rate for Part-time Employees by Census Division

Also available are Executive Summaries of SLA's annual salary surveys for earlier years included in the Salary
Surveys Information Portal.

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