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
Serve, Learn, Sustain$121,713$291,368$188,289$286,419$220,744$235,621$220,535
Medical Physics$215,188$170,947$213,570$151,621$148,999$152,437$147,218$171,293$122,521$128,690$126,484
Biological Sciences$146,167$137,505$138,910$137,395$130,959$126,954
Ivan Allen College$332,303$329,470$323,887$310,811$290,128$154,030$283,579$276,792$265,821
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
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
Aerospace Engineering$169,615$174,000$166,324$160,510$147,356$147,384$139,779$135,231$140,051$134,794$129,088
$0$71.5K$142.9K$214.4K$285.8K$357.3KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Vertically Integrated ProjectSociologyServe, Learn, SustainMedical PhysicsBiological SciencesIvan Allen CollegeApplied Systems EngineeringPublic Policy/Joint GSU PhDAerospace Engineering

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