Academic Analysis
Georgia Southern

Salary analytics

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

6.9K
Employees
$10,000
Median salary
$29,192
Average salary
$80,296
90th percentile
$199,995,604
Total payroll
$394,905
Total travel

Salary by category

CategoryPeopleMedianAverage
Legal4$80,746$95,372
Executive & Leadership383$74,992$86,857
Other4$73,000$75,117
Teaching Faculty1.3K$70,450$65,564
Research8$68,633$85,974
Information Technology105$52,400$49,435
Engineering & Technical19$49,332$53,487
Library38$46,834$43,366
Athletics81$44,600$64,903
Public Safety70$41,250$38,781
Administrative & Professional976$35,003$33,907
Healthcare35$28,960$44,454
Facilities & Trades593$25,290$23,203
Affiliate & Status9$3,000$4,224
Students & Trainees3.2K$2,495$4,517

Salary distribution by faculty rank

Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2021. Ranks come from the normalized title. For the same view across all four institutions, see cross-institution distributions.

RankPeople25th pctMedianMean75th pct
assistant professor216$68,579$78,695$80,565$86,749
associate professor290$73,580$83,640$89,809$98,168
professor250$82,854$93,838$98,983$112,875
lecturer102$51,000$60,338$61,016$66,485

Top earners

  1. 1
    Chad K Lunsford
    HEAD COACH
    $688,587
  2. 2$444,510
  3. 3$306,000
  4. 4
    Jared Scott Benko
    CHIEF ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATOR
    $299,521
  5. 5
    Robert D Debesse
    TEMPORARY PROFESSIONAL
    $275,938
  6. 6$274,491
  7. 7$270,651
  8. 8
    Diana M Cone
    VICE PROVOST
    $263,300
  9. 9
    Robert L Whitaker
    CHIEF BUSINESS/FINANCE OFFICER
    $254,435
  10. 10$240,000
  11. 11
    Trip Clayton Addison
    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
    $232,749
  12. 12$231,916
  13. 13
    Brian A Burg
    HEAD COACH
    $230,000
  14. 14$226,045
  15. 15
    Stephanie A Hairston
    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
    $212,653
  16. 16
    Brian M Deloach
    CHIEF HOSPITAL ADMINISTRATOR
    $210,261
  17. 17
    Scot A Lingrell
    CHIEF ENROLLMENT SVCS OFFICER
    $210,000
  18. 18
    Patrick Justin Lancaster
    CLINICAL PHYSICIAN AD
    $210,000
  19. 19
    Janie Shay Little
    CHIEF STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICER
    $205,000
  20. 20$201,610
  21. 21$201,387
  22. 22
    Amy R Heaston
    INTERIM DEAN AC
    $195,000
  23. 23
    Justin J Janney
    ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT
    $192,917
  24. 24
    Ronald Stalnaker
    CHIEF INFORMATION (IT) OFFICER
    $192,384
  25. 25
    Gerard Burke
    DEPT CHAIR/HEAD AC
    $191,898