Academic Analysis
UGA

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
History$124,300$106,836$100,435$99,607$92,600$93,952$93,392$84,980$88,560$78,521$74,642
Economics$198,267$181,292$164,598$178,578$178,815$152,655$162,256$139,354$153,204$131,393$94,000
Chemistry$131,704$134,613$130,715$130,774$132,626$142,833$135,390$116,122$134,096$113,944$114,117
Workforce Ed & Instruct Tech$116,821$114,728$112,958
Institute of Higher Education$186,607$224,613$188,827$187,930$179,523$184,782$163,480$136,239$149,847$136,510$108,245
$62.6K$97.4K$132.2K$167K$201.8K$236.6KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
HistoryEconomicsChemistryWorkforce Ed & Instruct TechInstitute of Higher Education

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