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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✕ | $166,306 | $163,487 | $159,217 | $148,213 | $134,516 | $138,732 | $138,396 | — | — | — | — |
| 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 | — | — | — |
| Linguistics✕ | $111,842 | $93,529 | $100,915 | $96,980 | $75,600 | $64,410 | $61,955 | $64,880 | $82,942 | $79,117 | $73,622 |
| 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 |
| Medical Physics✕ | $215,188 | $170,947 | $213,570 | $151,621 | $148,999 | $152,437 | $147,218 | $171,293 | $122,521 | $128,690 | $126,484 |
| Civil and Environmental Engr✕ | $174,764 | $169,436 | $157,802 | $151,897 | $153,146 | $145,434 | $139,365 | $137,077 | $134,759 | $131,681 | $124,964 |
| City Planning✕ | $114,474 | $125,185 | $97,466 | $96,076 | $87,062 | $79,560 | $67,075 | $73,199 | $94,192 | $83,348 | $89,507 |
| Physics✕ | $152,581 | $155,174 | $147,387 | $136,533 | $131,169 | $121,023 | $117,439 | $119,085 | $115,399 | $111,248 | $106,188 |
Vertically Integrated ProjectPublic PolicyServe, Learn, SustainLinguisticsApplied Systems EngineeringMedical PhysicsCivil and Environmental EngrCity PlanningPhysics