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
Vertically Integrated Project$166,168$164,028$159,383$148,213$134,516$139,356$138,396
Public Policy$151,007$138,571$127,744$121,078$110,993$110,305$127,293$120,686$124,447$127,445$110,656
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences$165,502$144,867$146,297$139,951$133,227$133,777$125,141$123,003$126,000$127,592$122,006
$95.8K$137.8K$179.8K$221.8K$263.8K$305.9KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngrMechanical EngineeringVertically Integrated ProjectPublic PolicyServe, Learn, SustainEarth and Atmospheric Sciences

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