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Salary analytics
University of Georgia compensation by fiscal year, taxonomy category, and top earners.
26K
Employees
$16,746
Median salary
$29,817
Average salary
$78,223
90th percentile
$776,083,772
Total payroll
$18,759,984
Total travel
Salary by category
| Category | People | Median | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Executive & Leadership | 752 | $106,124 | $124,986 |
| Teaching Faculty | 2.4K | $96,036 | $97,410 |
| Legal | 9 | $95,285 | $111,264 |
| Athletics | 138 | $67,969 | $103,878 |
| Other | 16 | $59,440 | $55,481 |
| Information Technology | 555 | $47,831 | $47,182 |
| Healthcare | 79 | $46,538 | $50,523 |
| Engineering & Technical | 81 | $41,023 | $44,153 |
| Public Safety | 153 | $40,268 | $39,425 |
| Library | 157 | $39,930 | $43,659 |
| Research | 1.4K | $38,208 | $40,007 |
| Facilities & Trades | 3.3K | $24,489 | $22,335 |
| Administrative & Professional | 6.7K | $20,473 | $25,388 |
| Students & Trainees | 10K | $3,573 | $8,640 |
| Affiliate & Status | 91 | $0 | $11,613 |
Salary distribution by faculty rank
Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2017. 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 | 407 | $81,132 | $96,030 | $105,876 | $118,037 |
| associate professor | 514 | $87,774 | $103,625 | $112,140 | $123,288 |
| professor | 613 | $110,961 | $131,682 | $146,631 | $164,983 |
| lecturer | 137 | $58,427 | $67,830 | $76,785 | $89,000 |
Top earners
- 1Jere W Morehead$743,647PRESIDENT
- 2William G Mcgarity$575,000CHIEF ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATOR
- 3Henry F Schaefer$438,768DEPT CHAIR/HEAD AC
- 4Pamela S Whitten$418,937SR. VICE PRESIDENT
- 5Kirby Paul Smart$400,000COACH
- 6Benjamin C Ayers$398,868DEAN AC
- 7Jeffry M Netter$395,052DEPT CHAIR/HEAD AC
- 8Jason Alan Colquitt$387,003PROFESSOR
- 9Annette B Poulsen$377,285PROFESSOR
- 10Stephen P Baginski$376,398PROFESSOR
- 11Melvin G Tucker$375,000ASSISTANT COACH
- 12James A Chaney$375,000ASSISTANT COACH
- 13Gregory H Robinson$364,939PROFESSOR
- 14John S Hulland$364,093PROFESSOR
- 15Kelly Kenneth Kerner$363,300VICE PRESIDENT
- 16Frank Lee Heflin$350,736PROFESSOR
- 17Samuel D Pittman$350,000ASSISTANT COACH
- 18Theodore Edward Christensen$342,698DEPT CHAIR/HEAD AC
- 19Henry J Munneke$342,514DEPT CHAIR/HEAD AC
- 20Richard T Watson$337,726PROFESSOR
- 21Elena Karahanna$332,834PROFESSOR
- 22Jennifer J Gaver$332,377PROFESSOR
- 23Donald Leo$331,804DEAN AC
- 24Diane Marie Amann$327,204ASSOCIATE DEAN AC
- 25John Harold Mulherin$325,684PROFESSOR
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