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$179,616$175,533$171,342$164,112$158,967$157,872$157,525$167,586$156,353$146,370$147,272
Electrical & Computer Engr$187,910$186,891$180,721$171,352$165,917$168,370$161,831$146,964$148,786$145,174$145,346
Mathematics$142,889$150,822$138,877$129,276$127,278$124,301$122,186$115,812$118,328$114,595$113,414
Industrial & Systems Engr$175,036$170,000$171,548$160,833$162,692$153,809$159,067$159,603$142,465$147,523$137,737
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences$168,702$150,144$146,526$140,142$136,052$134,355$126,553$123,779$127,988$124,752$114,940
Accounting$288,405$230,093$268,850$254,231$268,115$260,915$245,393$240,639$225,570$218,167$211,556
Medical Physics$215,188$170,947$213,570$151,621$148,999$152,437$147,218$171,293$122,521$128,690$126,484
Linguistics$111,842$93,529$100,915$96,980$75,600$64,410$61,955$64,880$82,942$79,117$73,622
$43.8K$96.4K$148.9K$201.4K$254K$306.5KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngrMathematicsIndustrial & Systems EngrEarth and Atmospheric SciencesAccountingMedical PhysicsLinguistics

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