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
Physics$151,142$145,659$147,387$136,075$131,169$123,083$117,879$119,237$115,399$111,248$107,367
Applied Physiology$108,278$165,033$103,000$101,680$99,840$98,124$103,662$86,383$91,747$94,749$95,223
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
Manufacturing Leadership$264,910$247,125$153,359$138,796$136,714$123,946$150,972$164,113$138,483$174,000
City Planning$114,474$127,556$97,049$96,076$86,658$79,560$63,966$73,199$94,192$82,629$89,507
$45.8K$98.5K$151.3K$204K$256.8K$309.6KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngrMechanical EngineeringPhysicsApplied PhysiologyServe, Learn, SustainManufacturing LeadershipCity Planning

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