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$178,367$175,533$171,675$163,311$158,967$157,628$159,117$166,048$158,136$147,594$147,272
Mechanical Engineering$183,487$174,855$171,728$157,246$152,373$147,389$137,497$136,600$134,960$131,662$129,280
Mathematics$143,688$150,822$138,980$129,593$127,742$125,620$123,039$116,517$119,984$115,184$115,519
Sociology$116,957$102,678$108,655$140,485$148,212$147,909$136,416$105,632$105,958$20,053$83,224
Vertically Integrated Project$166,168$164,028$159,383$148,213$134,516$139,356$138,396
Medical Physics$211,125$171,894$199,076$160,870$173,747$169,038$161,293$145,574$134,011$133,930$137,828
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
Literature, Media & Comm$121,810$113,100$103,000$99,788$92,906$95,597$84,269$89,877$93,930$86,601$86,652
Manufacturing Leadership$264,910$247,125$153,359$138,796$136,714$123,946$150,972$164,113$138,483$174,000
$0$62.6K$125.2K$187.8K$250.5K$313.1KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceMechanical EngineeringMathematicsSociologyVertically Integrated ProjectMedical PhysicsServe, Learn, SustainLiterature, Media & CommManufacturing Leadership

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