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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.
$457,381,092
Total payroll
Salary by category Category People Median Average Legal 11 $109,160 $158,387 Executive & Leadership 705 $83,066 $101,498 Information Technology 310 $56,595 $56,314 Engineering & Technical 16 $52,834 $51,262 Library 83 $50,000 $45,845
Salary distribution by faculty rank Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2019. 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 282 $55,409 $69,286 $84,597 $98,165 associate professor 433 $66,690 $81,305 $93,534 $104,424 professor 249 $94,306 $123,978 $141,542 $167,243 lecturer 140 $43,488 $50,114 $48,570 $56,004
Top earners 1 $965,234 2 $606,253 3 $540,000 4 $491,023 5 $488,049 6 $475,259 7 $442,392 Highest h-index (field-unadjusted) 1 110K cites h 150 2 34K cites h 95 3 8
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