Academic Analysis
West Georgia

Salary analytics

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

3.6K
Employees
$6,000
Median salary
$22,373
Average salary
$64,363
90th percentile
$79,626,388
Total payroll
$1,563,141
Total travel

Salary by category

CategoryPeopleMedianAverage
Executive & Leadership194$72,156$79,494
Legal2$71,756$71,756
Library15$60,550$67,050
Teaching Faculty584$56,532$52,571
Information Technology60$45,228$40,906
Public Safety38$43,349$39,118
Research2$42,414$42,414
Athletics35$41,254$51,071
Engineering & Technical15$40,812$41,124
Facilities & Trades260$22,920$22,953
Administrative & Professional725$17,591$20,098
Students & Trainees1.6K$1,710$3,312
Affiliate & Status3$0$0

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.

RankPeople25th pctMedianMean75th pct
assistant professor119$57,200$63,012$64,764$69,340
associate professor96$59,085$68,510$73,160$79,308
professor80$76,449$87,578$95,036$102,718
lecturer62$47,395$55,208$56,351$64,324

Top earners

  1. 1$314,866
  2. 2$288,000
  3. 3$202,008
  4. 4
    James R Sutherland
    CHIEF BUSINESS/FINANCE/ADMINISTRATIVE
    $190,008
  5. 5$189,000
  6. 6
    Adel M Abunawass
    DEPARTMENT CHAIR/HEAD AC
    $174,947
  7. 7$173,495
  8. 8
    Dong M Yu
    ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
    $170,868
  9. 9
    Douglas E Turner
    ASSOC/ASST DEAN AC
    $167,565
  10. 10
    Donadrian L Rice
    DEPARTMENT CHAIR/HEAD AC
    $160,550
  11. 11
    Leslie Townsend Cottrell
    DIRECTOR, DIVISION/DEPARTMENT AD
    $156,912
  12. 12$155,472
  13. 13
    James W Estes
    VICE PRESIDENT
    $153,000
  14. 14
    Scot A Lingrell
    VICE PRESIDENT
    $153,000
  15. 15
    James A Yoder
    PROFESSOR
    $152,577
  16. 16
    James R Colley
    DEPARTMENT CHAIR/HEAD AC
    $148,712
  17. 17$147,017
  18. 18$145,008
  19. 19
    Ronald W Best
    PROFESSOR
    $144,904
  20. 20
    Swarna D Dutt
    PROFESSOR
    $144,536
  21. 21
    Bruce M Bird
    PROFESSOR
    $143,018
  22. 22
    Daryl R Dickey
    CHIEF ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATOR
    $141,408
  23. 23
    Thomas W Gainey
    DEPARTMENT CHAIR/HEAD AC
    $140,384
  24. 24
    Linxiao Liu
    ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
    $138,860
  25. 25$138,331