Cross-institution comparison
Average compensation by fiscal year across all covered institutions, from the same Open Georgia salary source, so the figures are directly comparable. Showing all salaried employees, including part-time and student workers, so figures run well below full-time faculty pay.
| Fiscal year | Georgia Tech | UGA | Georgia State | Kennesaw State | Georgia Southern | West Georgia | Georgia Gwinnett | Valdosta State | Augusta |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FY2025 | $52,905 | $42,115 | $37,544 | $38,316 | $33,888 | $34,311 | $48,210 | $33,607 | $73,561 |
| FY2024 | $50,119 | $40,278 | $36,205 | $36,366 | $32,267 | $32,396 | $44,784 | $32,491 | $72,932 |
| FY2023 | $48,000 | $38,675 | $35,081 | $33,794 | $30,663 | $30,722 | $42,814 | $30,932 | $68,668 |
| FY2022 | $47,195 | $37,705 | $33,972 | $33,919 | $30,215 | $29,600 | $45,761 | $29,701 | $64,294 |
| FY2021 | $47,061 | $36,958 | $35,364 | $33,676 | $29,192 | $28,124 | $46,966 | $28,537 | $64,016 |
| FY2020 | $44,036 | $33,556 | $30,935 | $29,586 | $26,590 | $25,396 | $41,455 | $26,068 | $62,126 |
| FY2019 | $41,283 | $31,253 | $29,044 | $28,739 | $24,747 | $23,641 | $40,097 | $25,315 | $57,530 |
| FY2018 | $42,062 | $30,592 | $28,868 | $28,628 | $24,303 | $23,617 | $40,098 | $25,709 | $56,837 |
| FY2017 | $41,486 | $29,817 | $28,523 | $28,057 | $23,647 | $22,267 | $39,273 | $24,406 | $54,355 |
| FY2016 | $40,523 | $28,648 | $27,910 | $27,416 | $22,598 | $23,141 | $37,246 | $24,624 | $54,329 |
| FY2015 | $39,562 | $27,139 | $27,127 | $23,756 | $21,872 | $22,373 | $36,849 | $24,076 | — |
All analyses
Compensation & careers
Assistant / associate / full professor pay, by discipline.
How far full-professor pay sits above assistant pay.
Top-decile ÷ bottom-decile salary spread.
Median year-over-year raise for people who stayed.
Where recent hires' pay lands vs. incumbents.
Years between ranks and the salary jump at promotion.
Administrator median vs. professor median over time.
Median salary by weekly contact hours taught.
Reimbursed employee travel by institution and year.
Research, grants & impact
Citations and h-index against salary — indicative.
Which fields carry the grants and citations.
Does federal grant-getting track higher faculty pay?
NSF HERD totals — Defense vs. NIH funding profiles.
Faculty with private-sector or founder experience.
Teaching & facilities
Institutional money & structure
All employees covers everyone in the Open Georgia salary export, including part-time and student workers, so it reflects the whole payroll rather than instructors. Per-department teaching salary is on each institution’s department page.