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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.
$417,139,072
Total payroll
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
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 1 $977,788 2 $570,604 3 $513,512 4 $456,413 5 $401,700 6 $399,200 7 $393,700 Highest h-index (field-unadjusted) 1 110K cites h 150 2 34K cites h 95 3 8
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