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
Music$109,900$113,140$97,353$110,502$89,216$86,000$84,530$104,159$102,487$85,976$82,990
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
Biological Sciences$146,167$137,505$138,910$137,395$130,959$126,954
Materials Science & Engr$188,204$171,528$174,795$167,760$173,225$161,117$161,076$160,369$166,961$154,498$155,919
Bldg Construction-Professional$141,469$158,625$137,898$140,386$148,953$116,343$103,044$140,514
$66.3K$114.7K$163K$211.4K$259.7K$308KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceMechanical EngineeringMathematicsMusicServe, Learn, SustainBiological SciencesMaterials Science & EngrBldg Construction-Professional

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