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
Mathematics$142,889$150,822$138,877$129,276$127,278$124,301$122,186$115,812$118,328$114,595$113,414
Physics$152,581$155,174$147,387$136,533$131,169$121,023$117,439$119,085$115,399$111,248$106,188
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
Medical Physics$215,188$170,947$213,570$151,621$148,999$152,437$147,218$171,293$122,521$128,690$126,484
Public Policy/Joint GSU PhD$173,741$183,827$127,762$120,976$110,993$120,490$118,483$145,387$170,962$192,020$183,635
Linguistics$111,842$93,529$100,915$96,980$75,600$64,410$61,955$64,880$82,942$79,117$73,622
Vertically Integrated Project$166,306$163,487$159,217$148,213$134,516$138,732$138,396
Korean$116,820$106,336$103,168$91,811$81,838$78,598$71,604$99,554$95,566$42,466$39,329
$19.2K$77.6K$136.1K$194.6K$253.1K$311.5KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceMathematicsPhysicsServe, Learn, SustainMedical PhysicsPublic Policy/Joint GSU PhDLinguisticsVertically Integrated ProjectKorean

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