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
Physics$152,581$155,174$147,387$136,533$131,169$121,023$117,439$119,085$115,399$111,248$106,188
Biology$160,816$143,755$152,324$144,527$138,531$134,045$132,614$136,575$128,836$128,859$113,861
College of Architecture$90,622$213,750$70,158$159,431$112,966$102,620$130,381$105,465$81,831
Bldg Construction-Professional$141,469$158,625$137,898$140,386$148,953$116,343$103,044$140,514
$58.7K$92K$125.3K$158.6K$191.9K$225.2KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceMechanical EngineeringMathematicsPhysicsBiologyCollege of ArchitectureBldg Construction-Professional

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