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
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
Internship$142,489$114,000$97,550$80,893$73,030$58,899$57,255$57,037$56,294$55,337$54,266
Aerospace Engineering$170,167$172,899$166,324$161,838$147,072$147,384$138,138$135,404$140,051$134,573$129,088
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
$43.6K$74.5K$105.4K$136.3K$167.2K$198.1KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngrMechanical EngineeringMathematicsIndustrial & Systems EngrInternshipAerospace EngineeringEarth and Atmospheric Sciences

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