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
Physics$152,581$155,174$147,387$136,533$131,169$121,023$117,439$119,085$115,399$111,248$106,188
Vertically Integrated Project$166,306$163,487$159,217$148,213$134,516$138,732$138,396
Public Policy$145,516$139,841$122,622$116,063$111,000$110,900$128,183$120,686$124,447$136,094$112,103
Aerospace Engineering$169,615$174,000$166,324$160,510$147,356$147,384$139,779$135,231$140,051$134,794$129,088
Chemical & Biomolecular Engr$188,976$177,279$176,902$172,091$152,442$158,323$149,885$150,410$140,846$145,584$134,828
$99.6K$118.8K$138K$157.2K$176.4K$195.6KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngrMathematicsIndustrial & Systems EngrPhysicsVertically Integrated ProjectPublic PolicyAerospace EngineeringChemical & Biomolecular Engr

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