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Data current — salary through FY2025; course schedules through Spring 2026.
← Kennesaw State Salary analytics Kennesaw State University compensation by fiscal year, taxonomy category, and top earners.
$223,644,289
Total payroll
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
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 1 $308,820 2 $286,667 3 $269,838 4 $269,014 5 $263,509 6 $256,929 7 $253,120 Highest h-index (field-unadjusted) 1 44K cites h 95 2 82K cites h 77 3 17K cites
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