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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.
$451,749,997
Total payroll
Salary by category Category People Median Average Legal 10 $103,334 $127,612 Executive & Leadership 693 $84,539 $103,664 Information Technology 322 $56,073 $54,529 Engineering & Technical 18 $52,235 $49,374 Library 77 $48,569 $46,610
Salary distribution by faculty rank Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2018. 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 300 $54,524 $69,895 $85,526 $96,096 associate professor 449 $66,330 $80,847 $93,903 $105,489 professor 244 $91,445 $122,521 $138,543 $171,491 lecturer 127 $43,982 $49,181 $51,481 $56,797
Top earners 1 $886,964 2 $594,952 3 $551,565 4 $529,683 5 $512,183 6 $490,910 7 $466,944 Highest h-index (field-unadjusted) 1 110K cites h 150 2 34K cites h 95 3 8
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