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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 | — | — | — | — |
| 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 | — | — | — |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Public Policy✕ | $145,516 | $139,841 | $122,622 | $116,063 | $111,000 | $110,900 | $128,183 | $120,686 | $124,447 | $136,094 | $112,103 |
| Computational Mod, Sim, & Data✕ | $178,367 | $162,365 | $176,804 | $163,167 | $179,287 | $153,912 | $282,059 | $220,066 | $209,288 | $187,107 | $174,142 |
| French✕ | $99,688 | $99,901 | $96,626 | $92,508 | $78,801 | $84,379 | $73,907 | $71,850 | $59,728 | $60,000 | $49,357 |
Vertically Integrated ProjectSociologyServe, Learn, SustainPublic Policy/Joint GSU PhDMedical PhysicsApplied Systems EngineeringPublic PolicyComputational Mod, Sim, & DataFrench