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
Industrial & Systems Engr$175,036$170,000$171,548$160,833$162,692$153,809$159,067$159,603$142,465$147,523$137,737
Physics$152,581$155,174$147,387$136,533$131,169$121,023$117,439$119,085$115,399$111,248$106,188
Ivan Allen College$332,303$329,470$323,887$310,811$290,128$154,030$283,579$276,792$265,821
Vertically Integrated Project$166,306$163,487$159,217$148,213$134,516$138,732$138,396
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
$88.1K$140.6K$193K$245.5K$297.9K$350.4KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Electrical & Computer EngrMechanical EngineeringMathematicsIndustrial & Systems EngrPhysicsIvan Allen CollegeVertically Integrated ProjectPublic Policy/Joint GSU PhD

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