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Salary analytics
Kennesaw State University compensation by fiscal year, taxonomy category, and top earners.
9.4K
Employees
$14,100
Median salary
$38,316
Average salary
$101,739
90th percentile
$359,598,442
Total payroll
$4,383,095
Total travel
Salary by category
| Category | People | Median | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal | 6 | $146,831 | $126,314 |
| Executive & Leadership | 574 | $97,123 | $114,028 |
| Public Safety | 72 | $82,002 | $79,818 |
| Information Technology | 198 | $68,853 | $69,079 |
| Teaching Faculty | 2.4K | $68,620 | $65,431 |
| Research | 75 | $55,744 | $52,364 |
| Library | 42 | $49,928 | $52,309 |
| Administrative & Professional | 1.3K | $49,776 | $44,947 |
| Healthcare | 13 | $47,884 | $42,579 |
| Facilities & Trades | 617 | $28,069 | $28,706 |
| Athletics | 182 | $11,510 | $38,249 |
| Affiliate & Status | 80 | $4,708 | $8,473 |
| Students & Trainees | 3.7K | $2,765 | $6,264 |
| Engineering & Technical | 50 | $2,737 | $22,783 |
| Other | 1 | $61 | $61 |
Salary distribution by faculty rank
Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2025. Ranks come from the normalized title. For the same view across all four institutions, see cross-institution distributions.
| Rank | People | 25th pct | Median | Mean | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| assistant professor | 255 | $83,892 | $98,158 | $106,143 | $126,887 |
| associate professor | 292 | $92,227 | $102,755 | $111,570 | $126,448 |
| professor | 297 | $105,133 | $120,502 | $131,312 | $152,924 |
| lecturer | 248 | $70,874 | $79,503 | $79,444 | $91,855 |
Top earners
- 1Kathy S Schwaig$495,000PRESIDENT
- 2Jerry Mack$425,795HEAD COACH
- 3Antoine Pettway$424,861HEAD COACH
- 4Ivan Pulinkala$369,261PROVOST
- 5Brian L Bohannon$346,000HEAD COACH
- 6Robin Cheramie Latino$315,000DEAN AC
- 7Lance Burchett$307,608VICE PRESIDENT
- 8Adrian L Epps$305,000DEAN AC
- 9Karin Drotschmann Scarpinato$305,000EXEC CHIEF RESEARCH OFFICER
- 10Sheb Lee True$297,116VICE PROVOST
- 11Kojo Anzah Mensa-Wilmot$278,997PROFESSOR
- 12Sumanth Yenduri$278,000DEAN AC
- 13Heather Natalie Koopman$273,000DEAN AC
- 14Lawrence Earl Whitman$273,000DEAN AC
- 15Catherine E Kaukinen$273,000DEAN AC
- 16Pamela B Cole$272,000VICE PROVOST
- 17Dana R Hermanson$271,637PROFESSOR
- 18Patricia Chastain$270,738EXEC CHIEF BUS/FIN/ADV OFFICER
- 19Milton Overton Jr$268,550CHIEF ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATOR
- 20Leonard Anthony Jackson$262,084ASSISTANT PROFESSOR
- 21Monica Haavisto Swahn$260,000DEAN AC
- 22Khawaja Asjad Saeed$257,170INTERIM ASSO/ASST DEAN AC
- 23Benjamin P Scafidi$256,496PROFESSOR
- 24Aaron Kirk Streimish$256,000CHIEF INFORMATION (IT) OFFICER
- 25William Kenneth Harmon$255,845PROFESSOR
Research output
Kennesaw State faculty matched to an OpenAlex scholarly profile (all-time, field-unadjusted; a research-active subset). See the cross-institution citations & compensation and research intensity by discipline.
1K
Matched profiles
668K
Total citations
37K
Total works
4
Median h-index
47%
With ORCID
Highest h-index (field-unadjusted)
- 144K citesh 95
- 282K citesh 77
- 317K citesh 59
- 47.7K citesh 52
- 59.9K citesh 48
- 69K citesh 46
- 76K citesh 46
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- 97.1K citesh 43
- 1011K citesh 42