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
Physics$151,142$145,659$147,387$136,075$131,169$123,083$117,879$119,237$115,399$111,248$107,367
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
Medical Physics$211,125$171,894$199,076$160,870$173,747$169,038$161,293$145,574$134,011$133,930$137,828
Computational Science & Engr$178,367$175,533$176,804$177,411$179,287$182,434$171,765$188,550$184,981$183,592$173,021
Industrial Design$123,034$116,106$103,257$96,667$92,145$96,130$78,700$62,369$61,627$63,075$67,700
$43.2K$96.5K$149.8K$203.1K$256.4K$309.7KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceElectrical & Computer EngrPhysicsServe, Learn, SustainEarth and Atmospheric SciencesMedical PhysicsComputational Science & EngrIndustrial Design

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