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
Sociology$116,957$102,678$108,655$140,485$148,212$147,909$136,416$105,632$105,958$20,053$83,224
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
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
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
Biological Sciences$146,167$137,505$138,910$137,395$130,959$126,954
Public Policy$145,516$139,841$122,622$116,063$111,000$110,900$128,183$120,686$124,447$136,094$112,103
Mechanical Engineering$184,599$178,609$171,665$157,593$151,954$147,389$137,497$138,419$135,710$132,211$129,017
$0$62.6K$125.2K$187.8K$250.5K$313.1KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Vertically Integrated ProjectSociologyApplied Systems EngineeringMedical PhysicsServe, Learn, SustainEarth and Atmospheric SciencesBiological SciencesPublic PolicyMechanical Engineering

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