Agreed Anne, the minimum recommended wage for ANY library staff member is $13 (per ALA Better Salaries). Sincerely, Rebecca

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 12:18 PM Anne Oyerly via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:

How are the first three lines’ minimum rates even possible?

 

Minimum wage in Michigan is now $9.87!

 

Anne E Oyerly

Special Collections Manager & Facilities Coordinator

James White Library

Andrews University

(269) 471-6117

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There is a plethora of resources determining and advocating for equitable salaries and wages via the ALA-APA- Better Salaries toolkit. It is from 2014, so you can calculate today's rates by using cost of living increases (I think I looked at the Social Security annual COL percentage increases). https://ala-apa.org/files/2014/05/2014-ALA-APA-BETTER-SALARIES-TOOLKIT-2.pdf

 

On Thu, Feb 24, 2022 at 11:54 AM Jocelyn Levin via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:

Here are the reported stats from 2019-2020 for all Class III with Asst. Directors:

 

Hrs/Wk

Min Salary

Max Salary

Min Hourly

Max Hourly

40

$16,000

$34,000

$7.69

$16.35

32

$15,000

$40,000

$9.01

$24.04

16

$8,000

$25,000

$9.62

$30.05

30

$15,600

$27,300

$10.00

$17.50

21

$11,180

$12,298

$10.24

$11.26

28

$15,000

$20,000

$10.30

$13.74

47

$27,574

$30,742

$11.28

$12.58

30

$18,720

$22,230

$12.00

$14.25

40

$25,000

$33,000

$12.02

$15.87

33

$22,000

$28,000

$12.82

$16.32

35

$24,000

$36,000

$13.19

$19.78

40

$27,883

$34,080

$13.41

$16.38

40

$28,000

$42,000

$13.46

$20.19

33

$23,423

$30,521

$13.65

$17.79

28

$21,000

$22,000

$14.42

$15.11

36

$27,000

$35,000

$14.42

$18.70

34

$25,742

$27,657

$14.56

$15.64

35

$27,000

$30,000

$14.84

$16.48

37

$28,822

$28,822

$14.98

$14.98

30

$23,400

$24,180

$15.00

$15.50

40

$31,858

$37,368

$15.32

$17.97

30

$24,000

$27,000

$15.38

$17.31

32

$27,000

$36,000

$16.23

$21.63

40

$34,100

$34,100

$16.39

$16.39

35

$30,000

$45,000

$16.48

$24.73

40

$35,000

$45,000

$16.83

$21.63

40

$35,000

$38,500

$16.83

$18.51

38

$35,000

$45,000

$17.71

$22.77

40

$38,400

$38,400

$18.46

$18.46

36

$35,000

$40,000

$18.70

$21.37

34

$33,535

$33,535

$18.97

$18.97

20

$20,800

$35,500

$20.00

$34.13

36

$37,625

$52,859

$20.10

$28.24

44

$48,000

$56,000

$20.98

$24.48

34

$63,292

$63,292

$35.80

$35.80

Av. Hrs/Wk

     Av. Min

     Av. Max

     Av. Min/Hr

     Av. Max/Hr

34       

 $27,399

$34,582

 $15.17

 $19.57

 

 

 

Jocelyn Levin, MLIS

Youth Services Librarian

*Please note new email address*

 

Lyon Township Public Library

27005 S. Milford Rd, South Lyon, MI 48178

248.437.8800

 

 

 

On Tue, Feb 22, 2022 at 7:28 PM AD Jeffrey Babbitt via Michlib-l <michlib-l@mcls.org> wrote:

Hello Librarians

 

Our Assistant Director seems terribly underpaid, and our Board is looking for current information on what other Class 3 libraries are paying per hour. If you represent a Class 3 library with an Assistant Director position (whether filled or vacant), what hourly wage is associated with that position? We very much appreciate the help.

 

Library of Michigan data from 2016 includes minimum and maximum salary information for Class 3 libraries as well as average hours per week. From this, I calculated some parameters ... Have things changed much?

               Min          Max

Low        $7.69*     $7.88*

High       $30.67    $39.43

Mean     $14.41    $22.81

Median  $13.60    $22.20

* Was this minimum wage at the time? Significantly lower than the current $9.87.

 

Averaging Min and Max for each case, I found a mid-point of about $17 or $18 per hour, which seems right to me. 

 

Jeffrey Babbitt, MLIS
Director
Dorr Township Library  
1804 Sunset Dr.
Dorr, MI 49323
616-681-9678 (o)
269-598-6929 (m)

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