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Data current — salary through FY2025; course schedules through Spring 2026.
← Georgia State Salary analytics Georgia State University compensation by fiscal year, taxonomy category, and top earners.
$544,047,787
Total payroll
Salary by category Category People Median Average Legal 9 $130,985 $132,909 Executive & Leadership 862 $100,000 $115,703 Information Technology 287 $72,837 $69,680 Teaching Faculty 2.6K $69,680 $72,054 Research 254 $59,241 $61,884
Salary distribution by faculty rank Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2025. Ranks come from the normalized title. For the same view across all four institutions, see cross-institution distributions .
Rank People 25th pct Median Mean 75th pct assistant professor 251 $77,569 $92,061 $105,067 $122,370 associate professor 331 $79,848 $94,142 $107,804 $117,674 professor 327 $99,815 $130,505 $150,348 $180,500 lecturer 115 $57,318 $68,520 $67,316 $79,984
Top earners 1 $860,000 2 $853,000 3 $572,750 4 $540,086 5 $505,000 6 $498,068 7 $475,000 Highest h-index (field-unadjusted) 1 110K cites h 150 2 34K cites h 95 3 30K cites
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