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
Physics$152,581$155,174$147,387$136,533$131,169$121,023$117,439$119,085$115,399$111,248$106,188
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
History, Technology & Society$120,626$115,784$114,109$108,087$103,333$102,147$91,395$101,660$109,739$85,544$86,527
City Planning$114,474$125,185$97,466$96,076$87,062$79,560$67,075$73,199$94,192$83,348$89,507
Public Policy/Joint GSU PhD$173,741$183,827$127,762$120,976$110,993$120,490$118,483$145,387$170,962$192,020$183,635
$49.1K$101.2K$153.2K$205.2K$257.3K$309.3KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngrMathematicsPhysicsServe, Learn, SustainHistory, Technology & SocietyCity PlanningPublic Policy/Joint GSU PhD

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