Academic Analysis
Georgia Southern

Salary analytics

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

8.5K
Employees
$7,716
Median salary
$24,303
Average salary
$71,418
90th percentile
$207,598,769
Total payroll
$4,170,800
Total travel

Salary by category

CategoryPeopleMedianAverage
Executive & Leadership411$72,800$83,791
Legal2$69,844$69,844
Teaching Faculty1.5K$64,760$59,266
Other3$57,200$74,656
Library38$50,245$47,228
Research13$48,718$69,453
Healthcare29$48,426$59,654
Information Technology133$48,173$45,339
Engineering & Technical14$46,732$45,558
Athletics83$46,667$58,020
Public Safety83$33,310$29,947
Administrative & Professional1.1K$29,408$27,681
Facilities & Trades873$23,187$20,844
Affiliate & Status22$6,917$16,460
Students & Trainees4.2K$2,231$3,893

Salary distribution by faculty rank

Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2018. Ranks come from the normalized title. For the same view across all four institutions, see cross-institution distributions.

RankPeople25th pctMedianMean75th pct
assistant professor335$65,000$73,493$77,765$87,125
associate professor274$70,038$79,205$84,338$92,188
professor195$78,633$89,841$95,909$108,541
lecturer120$48,819$55,156$56,305$63,004

Top earners

  1. 1$441,131
  2. 2
    Chad K Lunsford
    HEAD COACH
    $419,313
  3. 3
    Tyson J Summers
    TEMPORARY PROFESSIONAL
    $281,600
  4. 4
    Thomas Michael Kleinlein
    EXEC CHIEF ATHLETIC ADMIN
    $278,564
  5. 5$264,651
  6. 6$254,720
  7. 7
    Diana M Cone
    INTERIM PROVOST
    $250,000
  8. 8$248,194
  9. 9
    Robert L Whitaker
    VICE PRESIDENT
    $247,025
  10. 10
    Trip Clayton Addison
    VICE PRESIDENT
    $246,000
  11. 11
    Bryan J Cook
    TEMPORARY PROFESSIONAL
    $243,112
  12. 12$241,976
  13. 13$221,045
  14. 14
    Teresa Elaine Thompson
    ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT
    $213,333
  15. 15
    Chad Alan Asplund
    PHYSICIAN AD
    $210,120
  16. 16
    Brian M Deloach
    EXEC CHIEF HOSPITAL ADMINIST
    $204,021
  17. 17
    Allissa Ann Lee
    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
    $197,926
  18. 18
    Timothy A Pearson
    DIRECTOR COLL/DIV/SCH AC
    $197,282
  19. 19$196,784
  20. 20
    Mark D Hanna
    PROFESSOR
    $196,488
  21. 21$196,287
  22. 22
    Georj Lemont Lewis
    CHIEF STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICER
    $195,306
  23. 23
    William H Wells
    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
    $194,473
  24. 24
    Steven A Stewart
    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
    $192,179
  25. 25$188,693