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
Medical Physics$211,125$171,894$199,076$160,870$173,747$169,038$161,293$145,574$134,011$133,930$137,828
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences$165,502$144,867$146,297$139,951$133,227$133,777$125,141$123,003$126,000$127,592$122,006
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
Economics$157,753$151,744$147,054$158,271$142,709$147,833$137,779$117,591$123,203$130,754$111,143
Public Policy$151,007$138,571$127,744$121,078$110,993$110,305$127,293$120,686$124,447$127,445$110,656
College of Architecture$204,887$108,442$105,443$105,443$139,825$127,083$126,550$103,777$124,447$105,465$90,741
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
$74.7K$121.2K$167.8K$214.3K$260.9K$307.4KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceMedical PhysicsEarth and Atmospheric SciencesServe, Learn, SustainEconomicsPublic PolicyCollege of ArchitectureApplied Systems Engineering

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