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
Mechanical Engineering$183,487$174,855$171,728$157,246$152,373$147,389$137,497$136,600$134,960$131,662$129,280
Mathematics$143,688$150,822$138,980$129,593$127,742$125,620$123,039$116,517$119,984$115,184$115,519
Industrial & Systems Engr$174,946$170,000$171,627$160,833$162,692$153,809$159,067$157,932$142,465$148,702$135,840
Physics$151,142$145,659$147,387$136,075$131,169$123,083$117,879$119,237$115,399$111,248$107,367
Chemistry$169,902$162,500$151,753$142,785$134,231$136,449$127,038$123,160$133,935$129,393$126,960
Ivan Allen College$332,303$329,470$323,887$310,811$290,128$154,030$283,579$276,792$265,821
Medical Physics$211,125$171,894$199,076$160,870$173,747$169,038$161,293$145,574$134,011$133,930$137,828
$89.4K$141.6K$193.7K$245.9K$298.1K$350.3KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceMechanical EngineeringMathematicsIndustrial & Systems EngrPhysicsChemistryIvan Allen CollegeMedical Physics

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