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Salary analytics
Kennesaw State University compensation by fiscal year, taxonomy category, and top earners.
7.6K
Employees
$15,496
Median salary
$33,676
Average salary
$87,394
90th percentile
$256,748,240
Total payroll
$127,660
Total travel
Salary by category
| Category | People | Median | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal | 6 | $114,078 | $99,324 |
| Executive & Leadership | 489 | $79,500 | $94,037 |
| Healthcare | 12 | $61,542 | $64,627 |
| Teaching Faculty | 2.3K | $55,298 | $54,523 |
| Public Safety | 82 | $51,278 | $49,235 |
| Information Technology | 159 | $50,117 | $47,996 |
| Research | 45 | $47,591 | $42,830 |
| Library | 57 | $46,348 | $42,393 |
| Athletics | 91 | $38,560 | $45,904 |
| Administrative & Professional | 1.4K | $34,197 | $30,369 |
| Facilities & Trades | 381 | $22,724 | $23,587 |
| Engineering & Technical | 17 | $19,511 | $35,803 |
| Affiliate & Status | 7 | $15,639 | $15,740 |
| Students & Trainees | 2.7K | $2,135 | $5,750 |
| Other | 4 | $1,778 | $1,667 |
Salary distribution by faculty rank
Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2021. 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 | 297 | $73,450 | $80,933 | $86,983 | $96,372 |
| associate professor | 283 | $76,453 | $85,898 | $92,106 | $103,235 |
| professor | 274 | $88,489 | $105,698 | $113,672 | $128,682 |
| lecturer | 166 | $56,174 | $62,120 | $61,686 | $67,176 |
Top earners
- 1Pamela Whitten$493,876PRESIDENT
- 2Brian L Bohannon$358,000HEAD COACH
- 3Kathy S Schwaig$350,000PROVOST
- 4Kojo Anzah Mensa-Wilmot$332,197DEAN AC
- 5Robin Cheramie Latino$295,000DEAN AC
- 6Phaedra Shaffer Corso$285,000VICE PRESIDENT
- 7Ian Ferguson$265,000DEAN AC
- 8Brett E Katzman$259,201INTERIM ASSO/ASST DEAN AC
- 9Aaron D Howell$255,200CHIEF BUSINESS/FINANCE OFFICER
- 10Brian N Rutherford$253,445PROFESSOR
- 11William Kenneth Harmon$251,939PROFESSOR
- 12Lance Burchett$250,000VICE PRESIDENT
- 13Patricia Chastain$250,000CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER
- 14Melih Madanoglu$248,132PROFESSOR
- 15Dana R Hermanson$244,666PROFESSOR
- 16Jeffrey Stepakoff$243,145EXEC DIRECTOR COLLDIV/SCH AC
- 17Milton Overton Jr$239,200CHIEF ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATOR
- 18Sheb Lee True$234,966VICE PROVOST
- 19Benjamin P Scafidi$232,682PROFESSOR
- 20Roger Clinton Tutterow$232,493PROFESSOR
- 21Pamela B Cole$228,025ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT
- 22Brenda R Stopher$227,325VICE PRESIDENT
- 23Andrew Phillip Payne$225,000DEAN AC
- 24Lucy F Ackert$220,593PROFESSOR
- 25Steven Wilbur Smalt$217,640DEPT CHAIR/HEAD 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
- 76K citesh 46
- 86.7K citesh 45
- 97.1K citesh 43
- 1011K citesh 42