[Publib] Librarian Salaries: Unionized Newspaper Work

[James Casey]

Salary data doesn't always tell the whole story.  How can a
Librarian earning $42,000 be better off than one earning 
$50,000 per year?  Consider that if the higher paid librarian
must contribute a percentage towards the health insurance 
premium, it will reduce the all important (in my opinion)
take home pay of the employee.  Consider that the lower
paid librarian might have all travel expenses paid and 
memberships paid for participation in professional organizations
while the librarian with a higher declared salary may not.
Consider that the lower paid librarian might have better 
vacation and sick leave benefits and pension plans than the
librarian with higher declared income. Consider that  
$50,000 per year in Boston or Washington, D.C. may be 
impossible to live on while $40,000 per year in rural 
Tennessee or Iowa might allow for considerable disposable 
income (take home pay) after bills, mortage, etc. are paid
at the end of the month. 

Declared gross salary is much less important than the final
result of disposable income at the end of the month. When it
comes to exposure to taxes, one is sometimes better off
with a lower declared income and to have one's employer 
handling other expenses such as fully paid health insurance 
premiums and generous sick leave benefits.  


James B. Casey -- My own views.
Member of ALA Council 





 


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To: moneytalks at ala-apa.org; publib at webjunction.org
Subject: [Publib] Librarian Salaries:  Unionized Newspaper Work
 
Here is union scale for librarians under Newspaper Guild contracts; the  
latest information is from 1999, but I will seek updates.
 
1994:  _http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/surveys/salary2.html_ 
(http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/surveys/salary2.html) 
 
1999:  _http://www.newsguild.org/salary/lib.php_ 
(http://www.newsguild.org/salary/lib.php) 
 
M. McGrorty

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