Academic Analysis
Augusta

Salary analytics

Augusta University compensation by fiscal year, taxonomy category, and top earners.

7.7K
Employees
$49,302
Median salary
$73,561
Average salary
$164,390
90th percentile
$563,401,798
Total payroll
$5,637,187
Total travel

Salary by category

CategoryPeopleMedianAverage
Legal7$145,916$124,833
Executive & Leadership418$125,799$169,781
Teaching Faculty1.8K$103,394$149,750
Information Technology131$66,109$68,511
Public Safety74$62,653$59,681
Affiliate & Status619$61,504$60,251
Library25$54,080$56,976
Engineering & Technical9$52,000$57,116
Healthcare319$49,996$68,854
Research627$47,500$46,745
Administrative & Professional1.9K$46,270$48,225
Athletics23$44,508$52,339
Facilities & Trades311$35,496$35,131
Other197$4,451$11,639
Students & Trainees1.2K$2,540$8,607

Salary distribution by faculty rank

Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2025. Ranks come from the normalized title. For the same view across all four institutions, see cross-institution distributions.

RankPeople25th pctMedianMean75th pct
assistant professor513$90,000$118,000$174,141$240,766
associate professor325$112,327$158,734$222,183$315,315
professor296$152,741$209,445$265,504$340,357
lecturer58$52,062$58,897$62,219$65,678

Top earners

  1. 1$1,622,815
  2. 2
    Richard Lee
    PROFESSOR
    $1,215,315
  3. 3
    Fernando Luis Vale Diaz
    DEPT CHAIR/HEAD AC
    $1,045,261
  4. 4
    William Daniel Jordan Jr
    DEPT CHAIR/HEAD AC
    $907,459
  5. 5
    David C Hess
    VICE PRESIDENT
    $863,611
  6. 6$845,315
  7. 7$830,017
  8. 8
    David Henry Hunter
    DEPT CHAIR/HEAD AC
    $814,187
  9. 9$798,789
  10. 10$797,982
  11. 11
    Martha Kennedy Terris
    DEPT CHAIR/HEAD AC
    $737,441
  12. 12
    John Thomas Barrett
    DEPT CHAIR/HEAD AC
    $735,315
  13. 13
    Jorge Eduardo Cortes
    DIRECTOR DIV/DPT AD
    $734,596
  14. 14$726,515
  15. 15
    Annette Johnson
    DEPT CHAIR/HEAD AC
    $709,023
  16. 16$704,387
  17. 17
    Sharad A Ghamande
    DEPT CHAIR/HEAD AC
    $703,441
  18. 18$694,315
  19. 19$688,718
  20. 20$677,315
  21. 21$669,482
  22. 22$669,096
  23. 23
    Steffen E Meiler
    DEPT CHAIR/HEAD AC
    $661,873
  24. 24
    Steven E Brooks
    DEPT CHAIR/HEAD AC
    $657,845
  25. 25
    Stilianos E Kountakis
    DEPT CHAIR/HEAD AC
    $653,122