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$166,168$164,028$159,383$148,213$134,516$139,356$138,396
Applied Systems Engineering$180,652$177,007$171,887$145,735$120,566$147,675$116,107$172,360$183,985$168,795$172,372
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
Economics$157,753$151,744$147,054$158,271$142,709$147,833$137,779$117,591$123,203$130,754$111,143
Earth and Atmospheric Sciences$165,502$144,867$146,297$139,951$133,227$133,777$125,141$123,003$126,000$127,592$122,006
Medical Physics$211,125$171,894$199,076$160,870$173,747$169,038$161,293$145,574$134,011$133,930$137,828
Philosophy$132,000$124,050$121,306$123,145$108,663$109,012$114,581$101,413$105,425$100,882$97,500
$82K$127K$171.9K$216.9K$261.9K$306.9KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Vertically Integrated ProjectApplied Systems EngineeringServe, Learn, SustainEconomicsEarth and Atmospheric SciencesMedical PhysicsPhilosophy

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