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
Literature, Media & Comm$119,324$113,485$103,000$100,150$95,817$95,819$85,878$89,877$92,500$84,624$83,159
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
Public Policy$145,516$139,841$122,622$116,063$111,000$110,900$128,183$120,686$124,447$136,094$112,103
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
$66.5K$114.8K$163.1K$211.4K$259.7K$308KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngrMechanical EngineeringLiterature, Media & CommServe, Learn, SustainVertically Integrated ProjectPublic PolicyEarth and Atmospheric Sciences

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