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
Medical Physics$215,188$170,947$213,570$151,621$148,999$152,437$147,218$171,293$122,521$128,690$126,484
Philosophy$132,000$124,050$121,306$123,145$108,663$109,012$114,581$101,413$105,425$98,239$97,500
Civil and Environmental Engr$174,764$169,436$157,802$151,897$153,146$145,434$139,365$137,077$134,759$131,681$124,964
History, Technology & Society$120,626$115,784$114,109$108,087$103,333$102,147$91,395$101,660$109,739$85,544$86,527
$75.2K$105.3K$135.3K$165.4K$195.5K$225.6KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceMechanical EngineeringMathematicsMedical PhysicsPhilosophyCivil and Environmental EngrHistory, Technology & Society

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