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
Honors Program$151,617$144,934$133,936$130,897$126,221$226,569$133,988$108,415$137,045$109,800$103,585
Microbiology$136,388$145,153$135,570$136,344$134,808$130,530$136,703$124,000$124,970$114,260$111,571
Political Science$127,313$124,370$107,645$113,026$102,349$101,016$105,775$103,147
Workforce Ed & Instruct Tech$116,821$114,728$112,958
Population Health$135,227$132,304$132,809$127,008$117,693$124,881$120,083$115,920$112,071$111,702$103,561
$91K$120.1K$149.2K$178.4K$207.5K$236.6KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
Honors ProgramMicrobiologyPolitical ScienceWorkforce Ed & Instruct TechPopulation Health

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