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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.
$441,219,202
Total payroll
Salary by category Category People Median Average Legal 10 $102,150 $125,179 Executive & Leadership 663 $84,000 $100,312 Engineering & Technical 15 $56,238 $57,147 Information Technology 360 $53,113 $49,324 Athletics 77 $51,500 $74,491
Salary distribution by faculty rank Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2017. 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 340 $55,434 $70,960 $85,225 $96,666 associate professor 432 $66,769 $79,791 $94,980 $108,135 professor 231 $91,471 $120,033 $139,277 $170,541 lecturer 130 $42,632 $50,163 $52,301 $58,142
Top earners 1 $984,580 2 $598,250 3 $578,640 4 $505,430 5 $466,111 6 $443,200 7 $441,941 Highest h-index (field-unadjusted) 1 110K cites h 150 2 34K cites h 95 3 8
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