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
Physics$151,142$145,659$147,387$136,075$131,169$123,083$117,879$119,237$115,399$111,248$107,367
Linguistics$111,842$93,529$100,915$96,980$75,600$64,410$61,955$64,880$82,942$79,117$73,622
Korean$116,820$106,336$103,168$91,811$81,838$78,598$71,604$99,554$95,566$42,466$39,329
Manufacturing Leadership$264,910$247,125$153,359$138,796$136,714$123,946$150,972$164,113$138,483$174,000
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
$21.3K$73.6K$126K$178.3K$230.6K$283KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngrMechanical EngineeringMathematicsPhysicsLinguisticsKoreanManufacturing LeadershipEarth and Atmospheric Sciences

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