Academic Analysis
Georgia Tech

Department & college salaries

Median compensation of instructors who taught in each unit, by fiscal year. Attribution is by teaching activity, so this reflects teaching-faculty pay, not a unit’s full payroll.

Median salary by department
UnitFY2025FY2024FY2023FY2022FY2021FY2020FY2019FY2018FY2017FY2016FY2015
Computer Science$178,367$175,533$171,675$163,311$158,967$157,628$159,117$166,048$158,136$147,594$147,272
Electrical & Computer Engr$187,475$185,909$181,356$171,049$163,208$166,753$160,397$145,403$148,849$144,483$144,418
Industrial & Systems Engr$174,946$170,000$171,627$160,833$162,692$153,809$159,067$157,932$142,465$148,702$135,840
Physics$151,142$145,659$147,387$136,075$131,169$123,083$117,879$119,237$115,399$111,248$107,367
Medical Physics$211,125$171,894$199,076$160,870$173,747$169,038$161,293$145,574$134,011$133,930$137,828
Accounting$288,405$230,093$268,850$254,231$268,115$260,915$245,393$240,639$225,570$218,167$211,556
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
$92.6K$135.3K$178K$220.7K$263.4K$306.1KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngrIndustrial & Systems EngrPhysicsMedical PhysicsAccountingServe, Learn, Sustain

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