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
Microbiology$136,388$145,153$135,570$136,344$134,808$130,530$136,703$124,000$124,970$114,260$111,571
Genetics$148,100$144,222$148,252$135,213$130,063$134,672$136,852$109,927$129,134$114,651$114,400
Workforce Ed & Instruct Tech$116,821$114,728$112,958
Political Science$127,313$124,370$107,645$113,026$102,349$101,016$105,775$103,147
Public Admin and Policy$144,895$149,000$134,461$133,470$129,779$143,870$136,444$211,034
$92.2K$117.7K$143.3K$168.8K$194.3K$219.8KFY2015FY2016FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025
MicrobiologyGeneticsWorkforce Ed & Instruct TechPolitical SciencePublic Admin and Policy

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