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Data current — salary through FY2025; course schedules through Spring 2026.
← Kennesaw State Salary analytics Kennesaw State University compensation by fiscal year, taxonomy category, and top earners.
$359,598,442
Total payroll
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
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 1 $495,000 2 $425,795 3 $424,861 4 $369,261 5 $346,000 6 $315,000 7 $307,608 Highest h-index (field-unadjusted) 1 44K cites h 95 2 82K cites h 77 3 8
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