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
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
Medical Physics$215,188$170,947$213,570$151,621$148,999$152,437$147,218$171,293$122,521$128,690$126,484
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences$168,702$150,144$146,526$140,142$136,052$134,355$126,553$123,779$127,988$124,752$114,940
Civil and Environmental Engr$174,764$169,436$157,802$151,897$153,146$145,434$139,365$137,077$134,759$131,681$124,964
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
Public Policy$145,516$139,841$122,622$116,063$111,000$110,900$128,183$120,686$124,447$136,094$112,103
Computational Mod, Sim, & Data$178,367$162,365$176,804$163,167$179,287$153,912$282,059$220,066$209,288$187,107$174,142
Philosophy$132,000$124,050$121,306$123,145$108,663$109,012$114,581$101,413$105,425$98,239$97,500
$82K$127K$171.9K$216.9K$261.9K$306.9KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Vertically Integrated ProjectApplied Systems EngineeringMedical PhysicsEarth and Atmospheric SciencesCivil and Environmental EngrServe, Learn, SustainPublic PolicyComputational Mod, Sim, & DataPhilosophy

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