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
Mechanical Engineering$184,599$178,609$171,665$157,593$151,954$147,389$137,497$138,419$135,710$132,211$129,017
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
Medical Physics$215,188$170,947$213,570$151,621$148,999$152,437$147,218$171,293$122,521$128,690$126,484
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
Vertically Integrated Project$166,306$163,487$159,217$148,213$134,516$138,732$138,396
French$99,688$99,901$96,626$92,508$78,801$84,379$73,907$71,850$59,728$60,000$49,357
Applied Physiology$108,278$153,026$103,000$95,088$99,758$95,749$100,950$85,574$91,747$90,613$93,302
$30K$86.1K$142.3K$198.4K$254.6K$310.7KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngrMechanical EngineeringEarth and Atmospheric SciencesMedical PhysicsServe, Learn, SustainVertically Integrated ProjectFrenchApplied Physiology

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