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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.
$330,489,916
Total payroll
Salary by category Category People Median Average Legal 9 $98,440 $105,453 Executive & Leadership 501 $84,000 $100,934 Teaching Faculty 1.9K $60,439 $65,139 Information Technology 229 $54,379 $54,340 Library 63 $50,795 $44,863
Salary distribution by faculty rank Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2015. 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 344 $67,205 $78,866 $90,517 $99,975 associate professor 322 $72,139 $87,912 $98,309 $115,594 professor 245 $100,050 $130,056 $149,373 $177,991 lecturer 155 $49,953 $55,750 $58,388 $63,032
Top earners 1 $1,070,604 2 $982,423 3 $452,018 4 $415,672 5 $398,900 6 $390,000 7 $384,000 Highest h-index (field-unadjusted) 1 110K cites h 150 2 34K cites h 95 3 8
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