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$179,616$175,533$171,342$164,112$158,967$157,872$157,525$167,586$156,353$146,370$147,272
Electrical & Computer Engr$187,910$186,891$180,721$171,352$165,917$168,370$161,831$146,964$148,786$145,174$145,346
Mechanical Engineering$184,599$178,609$171,665$157,593$151,954$147,389$137,497$138,419$135,710$132,211$129,017
Mathematics$142,889$150,822$138,877$129,276$127,278$124,301$122,186$115,812$118,328$114,595$113,414
Physics$152,581$155,174$147,387$136,533$131,169$121,023$117,439$119,085$115,399$111,248$106,188
Psychology$154,897$170,012$146,421$142,903$145,520$134,876$129,962$128,092$136,402$131,435$126,300
Spanish$145,566$131,494$111,678$84,393$81,868$77,687$77,973$82,995$79,660$72,200$72,543
Civil and Environmental Engr$174,764$169,436$157,802$151,897$153,146$145,434$139,365$137,077$134,759$131,681$124,964
French$99,688$99,901$96,626$92,508$78,801$84,379$73,907$71,850$59,728$60,000$49,357
$38.3K$70.4K$102.6K$134.7K$166.8K$199KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngrMechanical EngineeringMathematicsPhysicsPsychologySpanishCivil and Environmental EngrFrench

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