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
Medical Physics$211,125$171,894$199,076$160,870$173,747$169,038$161,293$145,574$134,011$133,930$137,828
Manufacturing Leadership$264,910$247,125$153,359$138,796$136,714$123,946$150,972$164,113$138,483$174,000
Sociology$116,957$102,678$108,655$140,485$148,212$147,909$136,416$105,632$105,958$20,053$83,224
Civil and Environmental Engr$172,536$160,676$157,269$151,847$152,869$145,216$139,365$136,433$133,331$132,090$125,848
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
Applied Systems Engineering$180,652$177,007$171,887$145,735$120,566$147,675$116,107$172,360$183,985$168,795$172,372
$0$62.6K$125.2K$187.8K$250.5K$313.1KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceMechanical EngineeringMedical PhysicsManufacturing LeadershipSociologyCivil and Environmental EngrServe, Learn, SustainApplied Systems Engineering

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