Academic Analysis
Kennesaw State

Salary analytics

Kennesaw State University compensation by fiscal year, taxonomy category, and top earners.

7.7K
Employees
$9,472
Median salary
$27,416
Average salary
$76,907
90th percentile
$210,088,031
Total payroll
$3,330,640
Total travel

Salary by category

CategoryPeopleMedianAverage
Healthcare2$107,663$107,663
Legal6$83,001$100,994
Executive & Leadership596$78,196$87,388
Information Technology236$44,648$43,363
Engineering & Technical18$41,012$44,017
Athletics65$38,535$52,979
Public Safety94$38,096$38,712
Library54$35,700$34,054
Research12$33,397$27,871
Teaching Faculty2K$28,907$43,935
Facilities & Trades171$25,806$28,410
Administrative & Professional1.5K$20,728$21,055
Other11$4,050$11,595
Students & Trainees2.9K$2,245$4,141
Affiliate & Status10$0$2,223

Salary distribution by faculty rank

Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2016. Ranks come from the normalized title. For the same view across all four institutions, see cross-institution distributions.

RankPeople25th pctMedianMean75th pct
assistant professor628$8,211$17,589$35,193$64,402
associate professor302$67,907$78,285$81,279$92,406
professor214$76,700$92,922$93,710$116,770
lecturer191$47,760$55,800$58,049$66,659

Top earners

  1. 1
    Daniel S Papp
    PRESIDENT
    $367,699
  2. 2$291,231
  3. 3$265,199
  4. 4
    Kathryn K Epps
    ASSOC/ASST DEAN AC
    $263,964
  5. 5$254,805
  6. 6$242,760
  7. 7
    Randy C Hinds
    CHIEF BUSINESS/FINANCE/ADMINISTRATIVE
    $236,293
  8. 8$217,600
  9. 9
    Brett E Katzman
    DEPARTMENT CHAIR/HEAD AC
    $216,178
  10. 10
    Richard M Franza
    ASSOC/ASST DEAN AC
    $207,491
  11. 11
    Vaughn Alexander Williams
    DIRECTOR, DIVISION/DEPARTMENT AD
    $207,322
  12. 12
    Jeffrey Stepakoff
    DIRECTOR, COLLEGE/DIVISION/SCHOOL AC
    $206,250
  13. 13$202,052
  14. 14
    Flora Devine
    CHIEF LEGAL AFFAIRS OFFICER
    $200,932
  15. 15
    Sheb Lee True
    DEPARTMENT CHAIR/HEAD AC
    $198,866
  16. 16
    Richard Corhen
    DIRECTOR, DIVISION/DEPARTMENT AD
    $196,249
  17. 17
    Rodney Bossert
    ASSOC/ASST VICE PRESIDENT
    $195,092
  18. 18$192,541
  19. 19
    Robin Cheramie Latino
    DEPARTMENT CHAIR/HEAD AC
    $188,220
  20. 20
    Richard R Clune
    ASSOC/ASST DEPT CHAIR/DIRECTOR/HEAD AC
    $186,831
  21. 21
    Louis John Grabowski
    DIRECTOR, DIVISION/DEPARTMENT AD
    $185,500
  22. 22
    Charles J Amlaner Jr
    VICE PRESIDENT
    $185,000
  23. 23
    Gaia Giuseppina Marchisio
    DIRECTOR, COLLEGE/DIVISION/SCHOOL AC
    $183,976
  24. 24
    Lucy F Ackert
    PROFESSOR
    $183,818
  25. 25
    Ron R Koger
    CHIEF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS OFFICER
    $183,600

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)

  1. 144K citesh 95
  2. 282K citesh 77
  3. 317K citesh 59
  4. 47.7K citesh 52
  5. 59.9K citesh 48
  6. 69K citesh 46
  7. 76K citesh 46
  8. 86.7K citesh 45
  9. 97.1K citesh 43
  10. 1011K citesh 42