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Teaching load vs. pay
Median salary of instructors grouped by how many weekly contact hours they taught in FY2015at Georgia State University. This dataset uniquely pairs what people are paid with how much they teach — research-heavy faculty teach little and earn more; instructors who carry a full teaching load often earn less.
0 (no scheduled hrs)
$101,724 · n=37
0–3 hrs/wk
$11,750 · n=277
3–6 hrs/wk
$20,500 · n=236
6–9 hrs/wk
$96,838 · n=192
9–12 hrs/wk
$73,601 · n=176
12–15 hrs/wk
$70,654 · n=156
15–18 hrs/wk
$75,433 · n=129
18+ hrs/wk
$71,809 · n=563
Weekly contact hours are summed across the sections a person taught that fiscal year (Fall maps to the next FY); salary is their total that year. Only instructors matched to a salary record appear, so coverage follows each institution’s linkage rate. “0 hours” is research/independent-study sections with no scheduled meeting.