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
Mechanical Engineering$184,599$178,609$171,665$157,593$151,954$147,389$137,497$138,419$135,710$132,211$129,017
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences$168,702$150,144$146,526$140,142$136,052$134,355$126,553$123,779$127,988$124,752$114,940
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
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
Intl Executive MBA$274,635$280,114$318,473$281,313$283,311$293,269$281,669$292,857$287,315$271,691$253,437
Russian$153,227$128,002$127,572$57,788$80,860$72,867$58,500$41,472$47,000$37,000$37,000
$14.5K$79.8K$145.1K$210.4K$275.7K$341KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceMechanical EngineeringEarth and Atmospheric SciencesApplied Systems EngineeringPublic PolicyServe, Learn, SustainIntl Executive MBARussian

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