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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.
$242,929,632
Total payroll
Salary by category Category People Median Average Executive & Leadership 582 $75,050 $85,651 Legal 7 $67,619 $87,842 Teaching Faculty 2.1K $51,200 $50,938 Public Safety 86 $48,668 $46,613 Engineering & Technical 15 $48,663 $52,158
Salary distribution by faculty rank Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2019. 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 252 $67,923 $75,760 $80,187 $87,557 associate professor 281 $73,450 $82,932 $89,967 $95,724 professor 247 $87,221 $103,650 $110,406 $129,668 lecturer 158 $51,502 $57,675 $58,828 $65,128
Top earners 1 $466,629 2 $390,550 3 $309,804 4 $304,526 5 $250,199 6 $240,287 7 $238,600 Highest h-index (field-unadjusted) 1 44K cites h 95 2 82K cites h 77 3 8
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