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
Medical Physics$215,188$170,947$213,570$151,621$148,999$152,437$147,218$171,293$122,521$128,690$126,484
Literature, Media & Comm$119,324$113,485$103,000$100,150$95,817$95,819$85,878$89,877$92,500$84,624$83,159
Spanish$145,566$131,494$111,678$84,393$81,868$77,687$77,973$82,995$79,660$72,200$72,543
$60.8K$93.9K$127.1K$160.3K$193.5K$226.6KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Electrical & Computer EngrMechanical EngineeringMathematicsIndustrial & Systems EngrPhysicsMedical PhysicsLiterature, Media & CommSpanish

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