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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
| Unit | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 | FY2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 | — | — | — |
| Literature, Media & Comm✕ | $119,324 | $113,485 | $103,000 | $100,150 | $95,817 | $95,819 | $85,878 | $89,877 | $92,500 | $84,624 | $83,159 |
| Philosophy✕ | $132,000 | $124,050 | $121,306 | $123,145 | $108,663 | $109,012 | $114,581 | $101,413 | $105,425 | $98,239 | $97,500 |
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