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
Electrical & Computer Engr$187,910$186,891$180,721$171,352$165,917$168,370$161,831$146,964$148,786$145,174$145,346
Mechanical Engineering$184,599$178,609$171,665$157,593$151,954$147,389$137,497$138,419$135,710$132,211$129,017
Mathematics$142,889$150,822$138,877$129,276$127,278$124,301$122,186$115,812$118,328$114,595$113,414
Applied Systems Engineering$180,652$177,007$171,887$145,735$120,566$147,675$116,107$178,924$183,985$168,795$172,372
Psychology$154,897$170,012$146,421$142,903$145,520$134,876$129,962$128,092$136,402$131,435$126,300
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
$107.5K$124.7K$142K$159.3K$176.6K$193.9KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Electrical & Computer EngrMechanical EngineeringMathematicsApplied Systems EngineeringPsychologyEarth and Atmospheric Sciences

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