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
Vertically Integrated Project$166,306$163,487$159,217$148,213$134,516$138,732$138,396
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
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
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
$99.2K$140.5K$181.7K$223K$264.3K$305.6KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Mechanical EngineeringMathematicsVertically Integrated ProjectApplied Systems EngineeringServe, Learn, SustainNuclear & Radiological Engr

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