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Salary analytics
Kennesaw State University compensation by fiscal year, taxonomy category, and top earners.
8.2K
Employees
$9,120
Median salary
$23,756
Average salary
$65,368
90th percentile
$195,580,204
Total payroll
$3,136,056
Total travel
Salary by category
| Category | People | Median | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Executive & Leadership | 648 | $62,822 | $73,944 |
| Legal | 8 | $56,260 | $70,405 |
| Engineering & Technical | 23 | $40,347 | $38,149 |
| Information Technology | 244 | $38,859 | $36,717 |
| Research | 14 | $38,657 | $27,773 |
| Healthcare | 1 | $38,574 | $38,574 |
| Athletics | 70 | $37,255 | $46,095 |
| Public Safety | 97 | $27,357 | $32,311 |
| Library | 59 | $25,638 | $25,963 |
| Teaching Faculty | 2.3K | $24,480 | $36,391 |
| Administrative & Professional | 1.6K | $16,779 | $18,383 |
| Facilities & Trades | 281 | $13,721 | $17,382 |
| Other | 8 | $7,472 | $13,643 |
| Students & Trainees | 2.8K | $1,785 | $3,469 |
| Affiliate & Status | 17 | $0 | $14 |
Salary distribution by faculty rank
Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2015. 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 | 628 | $6,279 | $14,688 | $34,892 | $64,336 |
| associate professor | 291 | $63,866 | $76,004 | $78,696 | $88,037 |
| professor | 204 | $71,604 | $92,991 | $91,456 | $117,724 |
| lecturer | 192 | $46,246 | $54,487 | $55,624 | $66,369 |
Top earners
- 1Daniel S Papp$397,788PRESIDENT
- 2William Kenneth Harmon$284,702PROVOST
- 3Kathy S Schwaig$260,716DEAN AC
- 4Dana R Hermanson$249,984PROFESSOR
- 5Brian L Bohannon$249,143COACH
- 6Kathryn K Epps$241,340ASSOC/ASST DEAN AC
- 7Robert Keith Tudor$209,025DEPARTMENT CHAIR/HEAD AC
- 8Neal Philip Mero$205,263PROFESSOR
- 9Joseph F Hair$202,901PROFESSOR
- 10Linda M Noble$201,401VICE CHANCELLOR
- 11Richard M Franza$198,115ASSOC/ASST DEAN AC
- 12Ralph J Rascati$197,850ASSOC/ASST VICE PRESIDENT
- 13Randy C Hinds$196,517CHIEF BUSINESS/FINANCE/ADMINISTRATIVE
- 14Richard Corhen$196,249DIRECTOR, DIVISION/DEPARTMENT AD
- 15Vaughn Alexander Williams$195,142DIRECTOR, DIVISION/DEPARTMENT AD
- 16Joseph H Astrachan$193,211DEPARTMENT CHAIR/HEAD AC
- 17Brett E Katzman$192,978DEPARTMENT CHAIR/HEAD AC
- 18Roger Clinton Tutterow$192,500PROFESSOR
- 19Richard R Clune$191,055ASSOC/ASST DEPT CHAIR/DIRECTOR/HEAD AC
- 20Christopher C Hanks$190,000DIRECTOR, COLLEGE/DIVISION/SCHOOL AC
- 21Lucy F Ackert$189,622PROFESSOR
- 22Divesh S Sharma$186,584ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
- 23Sheb Lee True$183,246DEPARTMENT CHAIR/HEAD AC
- 24Robin Cheramie Latino$182,846DEPARTMENT CHAIR/HEAD AC
- 25Amy Berry Henley$178,527ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
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
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- 1011K citesh 42