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Salary analytics
Georgia State University compensation by fiscal year, taxonomy category, and top earners.
15K
Employees
$10,667
Median salary
$27,910
Average salary
$73,046
90th percentile
$417,139,072
Total payroll
$6,820,842
Total travel
Salary by category
| Category | People | Median | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal | 10 | $97,863 | $103,367 |
| Executive & Leadership | 678 | $79,985 | $95,836 |
| Information Technology | 360 | $49,200 | $44,783 |
| Research | 107 | $45,634 | $47,684 |
| Teaching Faculty | 3K | $42,731 | $53,620 |
| Library | 115 | $36,384 | $36,588 |
| Other | 140 | $35,233 | $29,264 |
| Public Safety | 248 | $34,584 | $36,233 |
| Affiliate & Status | 85 | $29,000 | $41,806 |
| Healthcare | 33 | $28,541 | $33,109 |
| Facilities & Trades | 654 | $24,856 | $26,171 |
| Engineering & Technical | 48 | $18,339 | $28,661 |
| Administrative & Professional | 3.5K | $13,995 | $23,302 |
| Athletics | 6 | $5,756 | $4,821 |
| Students & Trainees | 6K | $4,100 | $8,155 |
Salary distribution by faculty rank
Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2016. 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 | 442 | $54,485 | $73,197 | $81,525 | $91,047 |
| associate professor | 481 | $65,914 | $81,162 | $92,992 | $105,188 |
| professor | 299 | $88,576 | $119,915 | $141,788 | $172,604 |
| lecturer | 206 | $43,713 | $54,324 | $56,249 | $63,774 |
Top earners
- 1Viswanathan Kumar$977,788PROFESSOR
- 2Mark Becker$570,604PRESIDENT
- 3Arun Rai$513,512PROFESSOR
- 4Nathan Bennett$456,413ASSOC/ASST DEAN AC
- 5Risa Ileen Palm$401,700CHIEF ACADEMIC AFFAIRS OFFICER
- 6Omesh Kini$399,200PROFESSOR
- 7Vikas Agarwal$393,700PROFESSOR
- 8Richard Douglas Phillips$384,950DEAN AC
- 9Minghui Zou$379,184ASSOC/ASST VICE PRESIDENT
- 10Salih Tamer Cavusgil$374,662PROFESSOR
- 11Lars Mathiassen$372,981PROFESSOR
- 12Glenn William Harrison$372,216PROFESSOR
- 13Martin Francis Grace$362,059PROFESSOR
- 14William Joseph Long$357,567PROFESSOR
- 15Jian-Dong Li$353,729DIRECTOR, DIVISION/DEPARTMENT AD
- 16Jerry Joseph Rackliffe$343,755CHIEF BUSINESS/FINANCE/ADMINISTRATIVE
- 17Harley E Ryan$342,769ASSOC/ASST DEAN AC
- 18James C Cox$337,905PROFESSOR
- 19Irene M Duhaime$335,426PROFESSOR
- 20Todd J Maurer$333,962ASSOC/ASST DEAN AC
- 21Ajay Subramanian$329,265PROFESSOR
- 22Balasubramaniam Ramesh$325,950DEPARTMENT CHAIR/HEAD AC
- 23Michael Paul Eriksen$325,501DEAN AC
- 24Sanjay Srivastava$316,333ASSOC/ASST DEAN AC
- 25Timothy M Renick$310,850VICE PROVOST
Research output
Georgia State faculty matched to an OpenAlex scholarly profile (all-time, field-unadjusted; a research-active subset). See the cross-institution citations & compensation and research intensity by discipline.
1.5K
Matched profiles
2.1M
Total citations
75K
Total works
5
Median h-index
48%
With ORCID
Highest h-index (field-unadjusted)
- 1110K citesh 150
- 234K citesh 95
- 330K citesh 80
- 419K citesh 79
- 526K citesh 78
- 621K citesh 75
- 723K citesh 74
- 819K citesh 73
- 921K citesh 72
- 1018K citesh 67