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Salary analytics
University of Georgia compensation by fiscal year, taxonomy category, and top earners.
25K
Employees
$15,244
Median salary
$27,139
Average salary
$71,820
90th percentile
$686,095,303
Total payroll
$16,833,885
Total travel
Salary by category
| Category | People | Median | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Executive & Leadership | 733 | $98,632 | $115,097 |
| Teaching Faculty | 2.3K | $86,868 | $87,000 |
| Athletics | 131 | $60,000 | $94,200 |
| Legal | 1 | $57,008 | $57,008 |
| Information Technology | 540 | $45,222 | $44,601 |
| Library | 134 | $41,108 | $42,705 |
| Engineering & Technical | 85 | $40,425 | $43,075 |
| Healthcare | 99 | $37,020 | $41,278 |
| Other | 386 | $31,511 | $28,397 |
| Public Safety | 181 | $30,164 | $29,611 |
| Research | 1.1K | $29,938 | $31,403 |
| Facilities & Trades | 4.1K | $23,458 | $23,304 |
| Administrative & Professional | 5.2K | $21,291 | $23,109 |
| Students & Trainees | 10K | $3,393 | $7,999 |
| Affiliate & Status | 64 | $0 | $1,319 |
Salary distribution by faculty rank
Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2015. 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 | 506 | $65,535 | $82,995 | $83,642 | $99,158 |
| associate professor | 563 | $80,190 | $91,835 | $95,851 | $107,139 |
| professor | 730 | $92,314 | $112,526 | $117,456 | $141,714 |
| lecturer | 183 | $51,524 | $61,545 | $61,147 | $72,996 |
Top earners
- 1Jere W Morehead$745,994PRESIDENT
- 2Michael F Adams$676,931PRESIDENT
- 3William G Mcgarity$550,000CHIEF ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATOR
- 4Mark A Richt$400,000COACH
- 5Andrew G Landers$400,000COACH
- 6Pamela S Whitten$388,000VICE PRESIDENT
- 7Henry F Schaefer$385,917DEPARTMENT CHAIR/HEAD AC
- 8Benjamin C Ayers$367,400DEAN AC
- 9Jeremy E Pruitt$362,500COACH
- 10Jason Alan Colquitt$339,708PROFESSOR
- 11Kelly Kenneth Kerner$333,400VICE PRESIDENT
- 12Daniel C Feldman$333,012ASSOC/ASST DEAN AC
- 13Stephen P Baginski$330,623DIRECTOR, DIVISION/DEPARTMENT AD
- 14Jeffry M Netter$328,955DEPARTMENT CHAIR/HEAD AC
- 15Tracy Q Rocker$322,754COACH
- 16Rebecca H White$318,522PROFESSOR
- 17John S Hulland$308,722PROFESSOR
- 18Linda S Bamber$307,323PROFESSOR
- 19Donald Leo$306,800DEAN AC
- 20Stefanie A Lindquist$306,800DEAN AC
- 21Sundar G Bharadwaj$302,000PROFESSOR
- 22John Harold Mulherin$300,766PROFESSOR
- 23Mark L Fox$300,000COACH
- 24Scott Stricklin$300,000COACH
- 25Annette B Poulsen$297,939PROFESSOR
Research output
UGA faculty matched to an OpenAlex scholarly profile (all-time, field-unadjusted; a research-active subset). See the cross-institution citations & compensation and research intensity by discipline.
2.3K
Matched profiles
6M
Total citations
179K
Total works
12
Median h-index
60%
With ORCID
Highest h-index (field-unadjusted)
- 191K citesh 128
- 272K citesh 127
- 350K citesh 126
- 458K citesh 116
- 551K citesh 116
- 6111K citesh 105
- 734K citesh 103
- 848K citesh 100
- 934K citesh 100
- 1041K citesh 98