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
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
Georgia Tech Lorraine$125,289$207,017$230,066$219,725$198,071$197,188$192,738$174,759$76,863
Vertically Integrated Project$166,306$163,487$159,217$148,213$134,516$138,732$138,396
Applied Systems Engineering$180,652$177,007$171,887$145,735$120,566$147,675$116,107$178,924$183,985$168,795$172,372
Public Policy$145,516$139,841$122,622$116,063$111,000$110,900$128,183$120,686$124,447$136,094$112,103
Biomed Engr/Joint Emory PKU$139,313$144,655$134,950$124,923$119,823$114,893$104,709$93,840$84,333$82,000$141,470
$59.7K$109.5K$159.2K$209K$258.8K$308.5KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngrMechanical EngineeringServe, Learn, SustainGeorgia Tech LorraineVertically Integrated ProjectApplied Systems EngineeringPublic PolicyBiomed Engr/Joint Emory PKU

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