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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.
$477,576,761
Total payroll
Salary by category Category People Median Average Legal 13 $106,121 $146,687 Executive & Leadership 702 $88,914 $108,997 Information Technology 306 $58,583 $57,095 Engineering & Technical 18 $54,316 $56,137 Athletics 76 $54,207 $78,916
Salary distribution by faculty rank Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2020. 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 260 $58,258 $74,796 $85,882 $100,376 associate professor 436 $69,950 $83,368 $96,986 $106,094 professor 252 $98,278 $131,094 $150,103 $182,588 lecturer 131 $47,470 $53,107 $53,075 $60,001
Top earners 1 $2,806,507 2 $700,834 3 $575,000 4 $550,800 5 $503,291 6 $501,686 7 $499,823 Highest h-index (field-unadjusted) 1 110K cites h 150 2 34K cites h 95 3 8
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