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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 |
| Sociology✕ | $116,957 | $102,678 | $108,655 | $140,485 | $148,212 | $147,909 | $136,416 | $105,632 | $105,958 | $20,053 | $83,224 |
| Serve, Learn, Sustain✕ | $121,713 | $291,368 | $188,289 | — | $286,419 | $220,744 | $235,621 | $220,535 | — | — | — |
| Applied Physiology✕ | $108,278 | $153,026 | $103,000 | $95,088 | $99,758 | $95,749 | $100,950 | $85,574 | $91,747 | $90,613 | $93,302 |
| Medical Physics✕ | $215,188 | $170,947 | $213,570 | $151,621 | $148,999 | $152,437 | $147,218 | $171,293 | $122,521 | $128,690 | $126,484 |
| Earth and Atmospheric Sciences✕ | $168,702 | $150,144 | $146,526 | $140,142 | $136,052 | $134,355 | $126,553 | $123,779 | $127,988 | $124,752 | $114,940 |
| Economics✕ | $161,104 | $151,861 | $147,840 | $155,612 | $143,521 | $147,833 | $137,779 | $117,591 | $123,203 | $130,668 | $110,000 |
| Biomed Engr/Joint Emory PKU✕ | $139,313 | $144,655 | $134,950 | $124,923 | $119,823 | $114,893 | $104,709 | $93,840 | $84,333 | $82,000 | $141,470 |
Computer ScienceMechanical EngineeringSociologyServe, Learn, SustainApplied PhysiologyMedical PhysicsEarth and Atmospheric SciencesEconomicsBiomed Engr/Joint Emory PKU