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
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
Manufacturing Leadership$264,910$247,125$153,359$138,796$136,714$123,946$150,972$164,113$138,483$174,000
Sociology$116,957$102,678$108,655$140,485$148,212$147,909$136,416$105,632$105,958$20,053$83,224
Public Policy/Joint GSU PhD$173,741$183,827$127,762$120,976$110,993$120,490$118,483$145,387$170,962$192,020$183,635
Medical Physics$215,188$170,947$213,570$151,621$148,999$152,437$147,218$171,293$122,521$128,690$126,484
Accounting$288,405$230,093$268,850$254,231$268,115$260,915$245,393$240,639$225,570$218,167$211,556
Management of Technology$258,721$327,399$302,032$237,171$247,307$259,777$281,669$250,770$289,026$257,622$262,807
$0$70.4K$140.8K$211.2K$281.6K$352KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Vertically Integrated ProjectApplied Systems EngineeringServe, Learn, SustainManufacturing LeadershipSociologyPublic Policy/Joint GSU PhDMedical PhysicsAccountingManagement of Technology

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