TABLE 22
CHARACTERISTICS OF JOB CATEGORIES - 1

Table 22 compares some of the demographic characteristics of the 6 job categories. Overall, the median age is 45. It is apparent that Assistant Archivists are significantly younger and Managers and Supervisors are significantly older than the average. Most archivists at the senior level and above have people reporting to them. Overall, the most frequent contact is with people making reference inquiries followed by other archivists in other agencies. Managers, Senior Archivists and Supervisors do have frequent contact with donors and Managers have frequent contact with vendors.
 

N

10% Earn Less Than
($ Thousand)

25% Earn Less Than
($ Thousand)

Median
($ Thousand)

25% Earn More than
($ Thousand)

10% Earn More than
($ Thousand)

Age
Under 25 11 1 -- -- -- --
25-34 32 44 18 18 11 8
35-44 41 27 36 44 26 25
45-54 14 19 29 30 47 49
55-64 -- 7 10 6 11 11
65+ 3 1 6 2 4 6
No of People Reporting
None 74 56 27 33 3 8
1-3 15 37 55 51 45 39
4-9 12 8 17 13 42 30
10-19 1 3 6 13
20+ 4 10
Frequent Contacts with Donors
42 49 64 55 63 79
Other Agencies 3 51 63 79 76 83
Reference Inquiry 78 84 92 87 86 86
Vendors 17 31 44 55 56 75
Other Archivists 64 59 76 84 77 85

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