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Salary analytics
Kennesaw State University compensation by fiscal year, taxonomy category, and top earners.
8.4K
Employees
$13,400
Median salary
$33,919
Average salary
$90,999
90th percentile
$285,937,150
Total payroll
$1,698,343
Total travel
Salary by category
| Category | People | Median | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal | 4 | $138,204 | $132,346 |
| Executive & Leadership | 539 | $82,742 | $96,041 |
| Public Safety | 85 | $60,740 | $55,382 |
| Teaching Faculty | 2.3K | $60,200 | $57,995 |
| Information Technology | 174 | $53,282 | $52,339 |
| Research | 58 | $49,767 | $46,812 |
| Healthcare | 17 | $48,927 | $50,615 |
| Library | 61 | $37,976 | $37,125 |
| Administrative & Professional | 1.4K | $35,352 | $32,961 |
| Athletics | 109 | $33,597 | $45,026 |
| Facilities & Trades | 433 | $26,226 | $24,980 |
| Affiliate & Status | 13 | $3,557 | $8,997 |
| Engineering & Technical | 34 | $2,558 | $20,307 |
| Students & Trainees | 3.2K | $2,217 | $5,378 |
| Other | 1 | $405 | $405 |
Salary distribution by faculty rank
Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2022. 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 | 299 | $79,679 | $88,165 | $95,271 | $106,950 |
| associate professor | 270 | $81,435 | $91,453 | $98,866 | $108,591 |
| professor | 282 | $93,926 | $110,634 | $118,715 | $134,673 |
| lecturer | 214 | $60,775 | $67,622 | $67,739 | $75,239 |
Top earners
- 1Kathy S Schwaig$467,886PRESIDENT
- 2Kojo Anzah Mensa-Wilmot$335,592DEAN AC
- 3Ivan Pulinkala$330,000INTERIM PROVOST
- 4Brian L Bohannon$328,011HEAD COACH
- 5Phaedra Shaffer Corso$322,500VICE PRESIDENT
- 6Robin Cheramie Latino$300,000DEAN AC
- 7Ian Ferguson$270,200DEAN AC
- 8Brett E Katzman$269,323ASSOCIATE DEAN AC
- 9Sheb Lee True$260,616ASSOC/ASST PROVOST
- 10Aaron D Howell$260,400CHIEF BUSINESS/FINANCE OFFICER
- 11Adrian L Epps$255,200DEAN AC
- 12Patricia Chastain$255,200CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER
- 13Monica Haavisto Swahn$255,200DEAN AC
- 14Lance Burchett$255,000VICE PRESIDENT
- 15Dana R Hermanson$251,392PROFESSOR
- 16Pamela B Cole$250,200ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT
- 17Jeffrey Stepakoff$248,145EXEC DIRECTOR COLLDIV/SCH AC
- 18Melih Madanoglu$247,663PROFESSOR
- 19Roger Clinton Tutterow$246,954PROFESSOR
- 20Milton Overton Jr$244,413CHIEF ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATOR
- 21Brian N Rutherford$244,396PROFESSOR
- 22Benjamin P Scafidi$241,189PROFESSOR
- 23William Kenneth Harmon$238,856PROFESSOR
- 24Sumanth Yenduri$235,177DEAN AC
- 25Timothy P Blumentritt$233,281ASSOCIATE DEAN 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