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
Cooperative Work Assignment$124,998$88,614$85,604$74,269$66,195$58,360$56,643$57,037$56,294$55,674$54,321
History$109,346$110,681$118,945$112,358$106,657$89,929$96,624$105,857$90,494$95,943$92,280
Medical Physics$211,125$171,894$199,076$160,870$173,747$169,038$161,293$145,574$134,011$133,930$137,828
$41.8K$78.2K$114.5K$150.9K$187.3K$223.7KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceMechanical EngineeringMathematicsIndustrial & Systems EngrPhysicsCooperative Work AssignmentHistoryMedical Physics

Add a department (FY2025)