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
Mathematics$143,688$150,822$138,980$129,593$127,742$125,620$123,039$116,517$119,984$115,184$115,519
Computational Mod, Sim, & Data$178,367$162,365$176,804$163,167$172,695$153,912$262,550$220,066$209,288$185,239$174,142
Medical Physics$211,125$171,894$199,076$160,870$173,747$169,038$161,293$145,574$134,011$133,930$137,828
Public Policy$151,007$138,571$127,744$121,078$110,993$110,305$127,293$120,686$124,447$127,445$110,656
Internship$142,489$114,000$97,550$80,893$73,030$58,899$57,255$57,037$56,294$55,337$54,266
$37.6K$85.9K$134.2K$182.6K$230.9K$279.2KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngrMechanical EngineeringMathematicsComputational Mod, Sim, & DataMedical PhysicsPublic PolicyInternship

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