[Michlib-l] [EXT] Re: Assistant Director hourly wage in a Class 3 library

Fri Feb 25 11:16:38 EST 2022

For many of us, due to communities and governing municipalities hesitant to see the value of our staff and compensate at a rational rate, there will be a profound difference between what staff deserve and what they get. Part of a director's job is to advocate for the staff and to try through the budgeting process to find funds to support fair compensation. But, yeah, a lot of us small and rural libraries are hard pressed to do this. We do what we can with what we have. 

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

From: "Christian Dunham via Michlib-l" <michlib-l at mcls.org> 
To: "Rebecca Daly" <rebecca.daly at finlandia.edu> 
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Subject: Re: [Michlib-l] [EXT] Re: Assistant Director hourly wage in a Class 3 library 

Looking at the toolkit, they were using the Bureau of Labor Statistics calculator ( [ https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm | https://www.bls.gov/data/inflation_calculator.htm ] )to make adjustments from when this toolkit was released. That figure today is $17.32. 

I don't know how many Class III and/or rural libraries (myself) can start at that amount. 

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Christian Dunham | Director 
Bullard Sanford Memorial Library 
facebook.com/vassarlibrary 
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989-823-2171 

On 2022-02-24 12:34, Rebecca Daly via Michlib-l wrote: 

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 < [ mailto:michlib-l at mcls.org | michlib-l at mcls.org ] > wrote: 

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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 | 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 < [ mailto:michlib-l at mcls.org | michlib-l at mcls.org ] > wrote: 

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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 

[ mailto:jlevin at ltpl.org | jlevin at ltpl.org ] 

*Please note new email address* 

Lyon Township Public Library 

27005 S. Milford Rd, South Lyon, MI 48178 

248.437.8800 

[ http://www.ltpl.org/ | www.LTPL.org ] 

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

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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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