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Salary analytics
University of Georgia compensation by fiscal year, taxonomy category, and top earners.
25K
Employees
$16,500
Median salary
$28,648
Average salary
$75,712
90th percentile
$726,947,368
Total payroll
$18,430,000
Total travel
Salary by category
| Category | People | Median | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Executive & Leadership | 750 | $103,488 | $120,229 |
| Teaching Faculty | 2.3K | $91,481 | $91,663 |
| Legal | 1 | $72,100 | $72,100 |
| Athletics | 143 | $68,250 | $96,770 |
| Information Technology | 545 | $47,475 | $46,806 |
| Healthcare | 85 | $47,315 | $48,360 |
| Library | 133 | $43,925 | $46,190 |
| Engineering & Technical | 80 | $41,904 | $43,754 |
| Public Safety | 158 | $39,028 | $36,999 |
| Other | 374 | $36,000 | $32,663 |
| Research | 1.1K | $32,845 | $34,176 |
| Facilities & Trades | 3.9K | $25,045 | $25,913 |
| Administrative & Professional | 5.6K | $19,597 | $23,134 |
| Students & Trainees | 10K | $3,532 | $8,356 |
| Affiliate & Status | 81 | $0 | $7,348 |
Salary distribution by faculty rank
Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2016. 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 | 499 | $69,225 | $86,891 | $87,981 | $106,318 |
| associate professor | 567 | $81,878 | $95,947 | $100,955 | $112,928 |
| professor | 708 | $100,793 | $119,393 | $127,608 | $150,416 |
| lecturer | 197 | $52,635 | $62,750 | $64,800 | $76,561 |
Top earners
- 1Jere W Morehead$819,776PRESIDENT
- 2William G Mcgarity$575,000CHIEF ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATOR
- 3Pamela S Whitten$406,980VICE PRESIDENT
- 4Henry F Schaefer$398,335DEPARTMENT CHAIR/HEAD AC
- 5Benjamin C Ayers$385,350DEAN AC
- 6Tracy Q Rocker$385,000COACH
- 7Jason Alan Colquitt$371,208PROFESSOR
- 8Kelly Kenneth Kerner$349,650VICE PRESIDENT
- 9Jeffry M Netter$347,371DEPARTMENT CHAIR/HEAD AC
- 10James K Sherrer$331,250COACH
- 11Stephen P Baginski$330,044PROFESSOR
- 12Annette B Poulsen$327,957PROFESSOR
- 13Donald Leo$322,140DEAN AC
- 14Stefanie A Lindquist$322,140DEAN AC
- 15David E Shipley$318,579PROFESSOR
- 16Charlotte H Mason$318,063DEPARTMENT CHAIR/HEAD AC
- 17Sundar G Bharadwaj$316,337PROFESSOR
- 18John S Hulland$313,283PROFESSOR
- 19Dan T Coenen$311,141PROFESSOR
- 20John Harold Mulherin$307,682PROFESSOR
- 21Diane Marie Amann$306,994PROFESSOR
- 22Gregory H Robinson$303,304PROFESSOR
- 23Mark L Fox$300,000COACH
- 24Theodore Edward Christensen$300,000DEPARTMENT CHAIR/HEAD AC
- 25Mary Buckley Taylor$300,000COACH
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