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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
| Unit | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 | FY2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Sociology✕ | $116,957 | $102,678 | $108,655 | $140,485 | $148,212 | $147,909 | $136,416 | $105,632 | $105,958 | $20,053 | $83,224 |
| 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 |
| Manufacturing Leadership✕ | $264,910 | $247,125 | $153,359 | $138,796 | $136,714 | $123,946 | $150,972 | $164,113 | $138,483 | $174,000 | — |
| Biology✕ | $160,816 | $143,755 | $152,324 | $144,527 | $138,531 | $134,045 | $132,614 | $136,575 | $128,836 | $128,859 | $113,861 |
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