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
Mechanical Engineering$183,487$174,855$171,728$157,246$152,373$147,389$137,497$136,600$134,960$131,662$129,280
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
Applied Systems Engineering$180,652$177,007$171,887$145,735$120,566$147,675$116,107$172,360$183,985$168,795$172,372
Internship$142,489$114,000$97,550$80,893$73,030$58,899$57,255$57,037$56,294$55,337$54,266
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
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
$35.3K$90.3K$145.3K$200.3K$255.3K$310.3KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngrMechanical EngineeringIndustrial & Systems EngrPhysicsApplied Systems EngineeringInternshipPublic Policy/Joint GSU PhDServe, Learn, Sustain

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