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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.

Georgia Tech
FY2025 avg$52,905
People31K
Course sections549K
UGA
FY2025 avg$42,115
People46K
Course sections483K
Georgia State
FY2025 avg$37,544
People25K
Course sections290K
Kennesaw State
FY2025 avg$38,316
People15K
Course sections165K
Average salary by institution
Fiscal yearGeorgia TechUGAGeorgia StateKennesaw State
FY2025$52,905$42,115$37,544$38,316
FY2024$50,119$40,278$36,205$36,366
FY2023$48,000$38,675$35,081$33,794
FY2022$47,195$37,705$33,972$33,919
FY2021$47,061$36,958$35,364$33,676
FY2020$44,036$33,556$30,935$29,586
FY2019$41,283$31,253$29,044$28,739
FY2018$42,062$30,592$28,868$28,628
FY2017$41,486$29,817$28,523$28,057
FY2016$40,523$28,648$27,910$27,416
FY2015$39,562$27,139$27,127$23,756
$21.4K$28.2K$34.9K$41.7K$48.5K$55.2KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Georgia TechUGAGeorgia StateKennesaw State

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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.