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
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
Psychology$154,897$170,012$146,421$142,903$145,520$134,876$129,962$128,092$136,402$131,435$126,300
Nuclear & Radiological Engr$172,833$171,273$156,197$158,206$173,747$173,246$178,922$178,877$145,056$150,640$127,944
$99.9K$118.1K$136.3K$154.5K$172.7K$190.9KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Mechanical EngineeringMathematicsIndustrial & Systems EngrPhysicsPsychologyNuclear & Radiological Engr

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