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
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
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
Public Policy$145,516$139,841$122,622$116,063$111,000$110,900$128,183$120,686$124,447$136,094$112,103
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
Spanish$145,566$131,494$111,678$84,393$81,868$77,687$77,973$82,995$79,660$72,200$72,543
$54.7K$105.5K$156.4K$207.2K$258.1K$308.9KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Vertically Integrated ProjectPublic Policy/Joint GSU PhDApplied Systems EngineeringServe, Learn, SustainPublic PolicyMedical PhysicsAccountingSpanish

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