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
Sociology$116,957$102,678$108,655$140,485$148,212$147,909$136,416$105,632$105,958$20,053$83,224
Ivan Allen College$332,303$329,470$323,887$310,811$290,128$154,030$283,579$276,792$265,821
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
Industrial Design$123,034$116,106$103,257$96,667$92,145$96,130$78,700$62,369$61,627$63,075$67,700
$0$71.5K$142.9K$214.4K$285.8K$357.3KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngrMechanical EngineeringMathematicsSociologyIvan Allen CollegeMedical PhysicsServe, Learn, SustainIndustrial Design

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