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
Materials Science & Engr$190,053$172,743$175,535$174,607$172,505$164,874$164,856$163,471$157,883$156,303$155,919
Health Systems$206,169$161,667$296,258$263,908$247,068$259,353$236,763$182,995$219,924$221,326$203,647
Medical Physics$211,125$171,894$199,076$160,870$173,747$169,038$161,293$145,574$134,011$133,930$137,828
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
$92.3K$136.1K$179.9K$223.7K$267.5K$311.4KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngrMechanical EngineeringMathematicsPhysicsMaterials Science & EngrHealth SystemsMedical PhysicsServe, Learn, Sustain

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