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
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
Public Policy/Joint GSU PhD$173,741$183,827$127,762$120,976$110,993$120,490$118,483$145,387$170,962$192,020$183,635
Vertically Integrated Project$166,168$164,028$159,383$148,213$134,516$139,356$138,396
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
Medical Physics$211,125$171,894$199,076$160,870$173,747$169,038$161,293$145,574$134,011$133,930$137,828
History, Technology & Society$120,626$115,784$114,109$108,087$103,333$103,111$91,395$101,660$109,739$85,544$86,527
$69.1K$116.8K$164.6K$212.3K$260.1K$307.8KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Computer ScienceServe, Learn, SustainPublic Policy/Joint GSU PhDVertically Integrated ProjectEarth and Atmospheric SciencesMedical PhysicsHistory, Technology & Society

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