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$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
Manufacturing Leadership$264,910$247,125$153,359$138,796$136,714$123,946$150,972$164,113$138,483$174,000
Medical Physics$215,188$170,947$213,570$151,621$148,999$152,437$147,218$171,293$122,521$128,690$126,484
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
Applied Physiology$108,278$153,026$103,000$95,088$99,758$95,749$100,950$85,574$91,747$90,613$93,302
City Planning$114,474$125,185$97,466$96,076$87,062$79,560$67,075$73,199$94,192$83,348$89,507
$49.1K$101.2K$153.2K$205.2K$257.3K$309.3KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Vertically Integrated ProjectPublic PolicyServe, Learn, SustainManufacturing LeadershipMedical PhysicsApplied Systems EngineeringApplied PhysiologyCity Planning

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