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
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences$165,502$144,867$146,297$139,951$133,227$133,777$125,141$123,003$126,000$127,592$122,006
Manufacturing Leadership$264,910$247,125$153,359$138,796$136,714$123,946$150,972$164,113$138,483$174,000
Music$109,900$113,140$100,358$110,502$89,216$90,226$83,597$104,159$102,487$85,976$82,990
Medical Physics$211,125$171,894$199,076$160,870$173,747$169,038$161,293$145,574$134,011$133,930$137,828
$68.4K$110.6K$152.8K$195.1K$237.3K$279.5KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngrMechanical EngineeringMathematicsEarth and Atmospheric SciencesManufacturing LeadershipMusicMedical Physics

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