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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
| Unit | FY2025 | FY2024 | FY2023 | FY2022 | FY2021 | FY2020 | FY2019 | FY2018 | FY2017 | FY2016 | FY2015 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vertically Integrated Project✕ | $166,168 | $164,028 | $159,383 | $148,213 | $134,516 | $139,356 | $138,396 | — | — | — | — |
| Medical Physics✕ | $211,125 | $171,894 | $199,076 | $160,870 | $173,747 | $169,038 | $161,293 | $145,574 | $134,011 | $133,930 | $137,828 |
| Sociology✕ | $116,957 | $102,678 | $108,655 | $140,485 | $148,212 | $147,909 | $136,416 | $105,632 | $105,958 | $20,053 | $83,224 |
| Serve, Learn, Sustain✕ | $121,713 | $291,368 | $188,289 | — | $286,419 | $220,744 | $235,621 | $220,535 | — | — | — |
| 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 |
| Linguistics✕ | $111,842 | $93,529 | $100,915 | $96,980 | $75,600 | $64,410 | $61,955 | $64,880 | $82,942 | $79,117 | $73,622 |
| Psychology✕ | $166,180 | $165,899 | $147,462 | $149,295 | $145,520 | $134,876 | $129,398 | $128,092 | $136,402 | $127,056 | $122,920 |
| Mechanical Engineering✕ | $183,487 | $174,855 | $171,728 | $157,246 | $152,373 | $147,389 | $137,497 | $136,600 | $134,960 | $131,662 | $129,280 |
Vertically Integrated ProjectMedical PhysicsSociologyServe, Learn, SustainEarth and Atmospheric SciencesLinguisticsPsychologyMechanical Engineering