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
Political Science$127,313$124,370$107,645$113,026$102,349$101,016$105,775$103,147
Genetics$148,100$144,222$148,252$135,213$130,063$134,672$136,852$109,927$129,134$114,651$114,400
Chemistry$131,704$134,613$130,715$130,774$132,626$142,833$135,390$116,122$134,096$113,944$114,117
School of Computing$125,000$128,276$118,834$132,978
Biochem and Molecular Bio$155,158$154,239$153,676$155,583$153,885$144,422$148,350$127,620$144,132$130,996$116,603
$68.2K$86.9K$105.7K$124.5K$143.3K$162.1KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
HistoryPolitical ScienceGeneticsChemistrySchool of ComputingBiochem and Molecular Bio

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