← Kennesaw State
Salary analytics
Kennesaw State University compensation by fiscal year, taxonomy category, and top earners.
8K
Employees
$9,053
Median salary
$28,057
Average salary
$79,343
90th percentile
$223,644,289
Total payroll
$4,148,981
Total travel
Salary by category
| Category | People | Median | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Executive & Leadership | 563 | $76,869 | $86,484 |
| Legal | 6 | $76,429 | $87,130 |
| Healthcare | 3 | $47,864 | $89,087 |
| Information Technology | 246 | $46,554 | $45,135 |
| Public Safety | 87 | $45,500 | $44,476 |
| Engineering & Technical | 20 | $44,345 | $40,525 |
| Athletics | 66 | $43,129 | $49,773 |
| Teaching Faculty | 2.1K | $37,993 | $48,034 |
| Library | 57 | $31,909 | $33,849 |
| Research | 24 | $22,836 | $24,023 |
| Administrative & Professional | 1.5K | $21,358 | $22,019 |
| Facilities & Trades | 254 | $18,294 | $18,583 |
| Other | 8 | $6,401 | $6,671 |
| Students & Trainees | 3K | $2,129 | $4,286 |
| Affiliate & Status | 9 | $90 | $4,051 |
Salary distribution by faculty rank
Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2017. 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 | 235 | $64,064 | $74,019 | $78,090 | $86,845 |
| associate professor | 301 | $70,816 | $82,267 | $88,718 | $98,338 |
| professor | 222 | $87,332 | $106,575 | $112,216 | $127,553 |
| lecturer | 137 | $48,400 | $54,850 | $56,876 | $63,750 |
Top earners
- 1William Kenneth Harmon$308,820PROVOST
- 2Samuel S Olens$286,667PRESIDENT
- 3Kathy S Schwaig$269,838DEAN AC
- 4Vaughn Alexander Williams$269,014DIRECTOR DIV/DPT AD
- 5Gaia Giuseppina Marchisio$263,509ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
- 6Kathryn K Epps$256,929ASSOCIATE DEAN AC
- 7Brian L Bohannon$253,120COACH
- 8Divesh S Sharma$238,874PROFESSOR
- 9Dana R Hermanson$233,844PROFESSOR
- 10Jeffrey Stepakoff$231,750EXEC DIRECTOR COLLDIV/SCH AC
- 11Lectra Lawhorne$222,347CHIEF INFORMATION (IT) OFFICER
- 12Brett E Katzman$217,117DEPT CHAIR/HEAD AC
- 13Sheb Lee True$214,999PROFESSOR
- 14Roger Clinton Tutterow$213,690PROFESSOR
- 15Stacy Mcilraith Campbell$207,268ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
- 16Michael J Harders$205,244CHIEF DEVELOPMENT OFFICER
- 17James Tompkins IV$202,801PROFESSOR
- 18Michael S Salvador$201,604SENIOR LECTURER
- 19Traci A Carte$201,341DEPT CHAIR/HEAD AC
- 20Julie K Peterson$201,128CHIEF BUSINESS/FINANCE OFFICER
- 21Torsten Michael Pieper$200,738ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
- 22Steven D Olson$200,169LIMITED TERM FACULTY
- 23Amy Berry Henley$196,855ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
- 24Robin Cheramie Latino$196,177DEPT CHAIR/HEAD AC
- 25Jon A Preston$193,761DEAN AC
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