Academic Analysis
West Georgia

Salary analytics

University of West Georgia compensation by fiscal year, taxonomy category, and top earners.

3.2K
Employees
$12,427
Median salary
$34,311
Average salary
$93,877
90th percentile
$109,280,432
Total payroll
$947,643
Total travel

Salary by category

CategoryPeopleMedianAverage
Legal2$143,932$143,933
Executive & Leadership214$95,720$100,720
Information Technology60$70,200$70,002
Research3$63,333$65,027
Healthcare3$62,716$106,760
Public Safety38$58,492$49,928
Engineering & Technical15$54,669$55,652
Administrative & Professional391$49,920$47,535
Athletics55$48,880$52,335
Library17$42,578$51,660
Facilities & Trades223$34,681$31,821
Teaching Faculty824$33,065$51,521
Other2$7,700$7,700
Students & Trainees1.3K$3,174$6,046
Affiliate & Status1$0$0

Salary distribution by faculty rank

Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2025. Ranks come from the normalized title. For the same view across all four institutions, see cross-institution distributions.

RankPeople25th pctMedianMean75th pct
assistant professor80$70,741$88,236$81,636$99,261
associate professor91$77,438$93,520$94,533$110,961
professor125$95,412$103,885$109,671$122,332
lecturer33$62,555$76,049$75,085$92,373

Top earners

  1. 1$296,769
  2. 2$255,000
  3. 3
    Scott E Mcelroy
    CHIEF BUSINESS/FINANCE OFFICER
    $244,280
  4. 4
    Andre Letwan Fortune
    CHIEF STUDENT AFFAIRS OFFICER
    $236,104
  5. 5
    Joel C Taylor
    DIRECTOR DIV/DPT AD
    $235,500
  6. 6$227,000
  7. 7
    Jason D Carmichael
    CHIEF ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATOR
    $199,063
  8. 8
    Eric Alan Heine
    PHYSICIAN AD
    $198,285
  9. 9
    Renee J Butler
    INTERIM DEAN AD
    $198,000
  10. 10$197,837
  11. 11$195,189
  12. 12
    Ralitsa Akins
    VICE PROVOST
    $190,000
  13. 13
    Agnieszka Chwialkowska
    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
    $188,425
  14. 14
    Bruce M Bird
    PROFESSOR
    $183,879
  15. 15$181,722
  16. 16$180,250
  17. 17
    Kristina Marie Carman
    CHIEF LEGAL AFFAIRS OFFICER
    $179,542
  18. 18
    Brian A Mosier
    ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT
    $179,000
  19. 19
    David G Buckman
    ASSOC/ASST DEAN AC
    $177,952
  20. 20$176,935
  21. 21
    Ronald W Best
    PROFESSOR
    $175,022
  22. 22$173,178
  23. 23$172,620
  24. 24
    Linxiao Liu
    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
    $172,108
  25. 25
    Allyson D Bretch
    CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
    $172,000