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
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
Public Policy$145,516$139,841$122,622$116,063$111,000$110,900$128,183$120,686$124,447$136,094$112,103
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
Accounting$288,405$230,093$268,850$254,231$268,115$260,915$245,393$240,639$225,570$218,167$211,556
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
Health Systems$206,169$161,667$296,258$263,908$247,068$259,353$236,763$182,995$219,924$221,326$203,647
Aerospace Engineering$169,615$174,000$166,324$160,510$147,356$147,384$139,779$135,231$140,051$134,794$129,088
$96.1K$139.1K$182.1K$225.1K$268.1K$311.1KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Vertically Integrated ProjectMedical PhysicsEarth and Atmospheric SciencesPublic PolicyServe, Learn, SustainAccountingApplied Systems EngineeringHealth SystemsAerospace Engineering

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