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Salary analytics
Kennesaw State University compensation by fiscal year, taxonomy category, and top earners.
8.9K
Employees
$12,300
Median salary
$33,794
Average salary
$90,827
90th percentile
$302,356,643
Total payroll
$3,483,161
Total travel
Salary by category
| Category | People | Median | Average |
|---|---|---|---|
| Legal | 5 | $134,993 | $116,572 |
| Executive & Leadership | 554 | $85,411 | $99,598 |
| Public Safety | 81 | $66,192 | $59,618 |
| Teaching Faculty | 2.3K | $63,000 | $59,199 |
| Information Technology | 189 | $55,588 | $56,315 |
| Healthcare | 20 | $51,800 | $47,838 |
| Library | 59 | $42,573 | $42,125 |
| Administrative & Professional | 1.4K | $39,170 | $35,141 |
| Research | 73 | $39,074 | $40,240 |
| Athletics | 108 | $37,068 | $46,365 |
| Facilities & Trades | 570 | $25,529 | $26,859 |
| Engineering & Technical | 33 | $2,641 | $20,808 |
| Students & Trainees | 3.6K | $2,611 | $5,632 |
| Affiliate & Status | 30 | $2,400 | $4,428 |
| Other | 1 | $20 | $20 |
Salary distribution by faculty rank
Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2023. 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 | 306 | $75,519 | $88,398 | $93,127 | $104,410 |
| associate professor | 270 | $79,742 | $91,614 | $98,277 | $110,967 |
| professor | 281 | $92,819 | $107,566 | $116,986 | $134,065 |
| lecturer | 217 | $64,799 | $71,499 | $72,141 | $80,250 |
Top earners
- 1Kathy S Schwaig$490,000PRESIDENT
- 2Ivan Pulinkala$353,750PROVOST
- 3Kojo Anzah Mensa-Wilmot$348,852DEAN AC
- 4Brian L Bohannon$338,000HEAD COACH
- 5Robin Cheramie Latino$300,000DEAN AC
- 6Brett E Katzman$294,409PROFESSOR
- 7Phaedra Shaffer Corso$291,509VICE PRESIDENT
- 8Sheb Lee True$277,116ASSOC/ASST PROVOST
- 9Ian Ferguson$270,010DEAN AC
- 10Lance Burchett$263,838VICE PRESIDENT
- 11Aaron D Howell$260,115CHIEF BUSINESS/FINANCE OFFICER
- 12Andrew Phillip Payne$259,589DEAN AC
- 13Monica Haavisto Swahn$255,010DEAN AC
- 14Pamela B Cole$255,000ASSOCIATE VICE PRESIDENT
- 15Patricia Chastain$255,000CHIEF OPERATIONS OFFICER
- 16Sumanth Yenduri$255,000DEAN AC
- 17Adrian L Epps$255,000DEAN AC
- 18Dana R Hermanson$253,767PROFESSOR
- 19Milton Overton Jr$247,400CHIEF ATHLETICS ADMINISTRATOR
- 20Melih Madanoglu$246,246PROFESSOR
- 21Roger Clinton Tutterow$246,076PROFESSOR
- 22Catherine E Kaukinen$245,000DEAN AC
- 23Benjamin P Scafidi$240,584PROFESSOR
- 24Octavia Blue$227,800HEAD COACH
- 25Khawaja Asjad Saeed$227,000DEPT 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
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- 97.1K citesh 43
- 1011K citesh 42