ARL Annual Salary Survey 1999-2000

Graph 2FEMALE-TO-MALE EARNINGS RATIOS110% r---------------------------------------------------,105%Directors;§•...~" ='=...•w100%95%90%85%All PositionsThere is also a sense that the gender gap persists in academe in areas beyond thelibrary and that a renewed commitment to resolve the problem is needed.1° A varietyof reasons have been offered as to why these trends persist, most notably the perceptionthat work is peripheral in a woman's life and, consequently, female-dominatedprofessions are undervalued. Librarianship is predominantly and persistently awoman's profession. The scarcity of men in the profession has been well documentedin many studies - the largest percent of men employed in ARL libraries was 38.2 % in1980-81; since then men have consistently represented about 35% of the professionalstaff in ARL libraries.INSTITUTIONAL CHARACTERISTICS AND SALARIESA. PUBLIC AND PRIVATE INSTITUTIONSSalaries in private U.S. ARL university libraries continue to exceed those paid inpublicly supported U.S. university libraries. In FY 1999-2000, the differential hasslightly declined, compared to last year, to $2,181, or 4.2%, more for the averageposition in a private institution. In a few cases - Heads of Acquisitions, Serials,Government Documents/Maps, and Circulation, and Reference Librarians with over 1410 Yolanda Moses, "Salaries in Academe: The Gender Gap Persists," ClJronicle of Higher Education (12 December, 1997): A60.18