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
Mathematics$142,889$150,822$138,877$129,276$127,278$124,301$122,186$115,812$118,328$114,595$113,414
Industrial & Systems Engr$175,036$170,000$171,548$160,833$162,692$153,809$159,067$159,603$142,465$147,523$137,737
Physics$152,581$155,174$147,387$136,533$131,169$121,023$117,439$119,085$115,399$111,248$106,188
Japanese$106,190$101,906$101,335$86,291$78,300$63,625$59,291$59,550$54,780$53,593$55,367
Applied Physiology$108,278$153,026$103,000$95,088$99,758$95,749$100,950$85,574$91,747$90,613$93,302
Economics$161,104$151,861$147,840$155,612$143,521$147,833$137,779$117,591$123,203$130,668$110,000
$43.1K$73.5K$103.9K$134.3K$164.7K$195.1KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceMechanical EngineeringMathematicsIndustrial & Systems EngrPhysicsJapaneseApplied PhysiologyEconomics

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