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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.
$250,531,481
Total payroll
Salary by category Category People Median Average Legal 7 $90,149 $96,746 Executive & Leadership 549 $77,341 $89,271 Public Safety 83 $54,513 $52,828 Engineering & Technical 14 $53,897 $59,256 Teaching Faculty 2.1K $52,538 $52,174
Salary distribution by faculty rank Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2020. 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 261 $70,450 $79,892 $84,451 $93,517 associate professor 283 $72,674 $83,643 $90,287 $97,192 professor 256 $88,608 $103,637 $112,193 $132,935 lecturer 161 $53,100 $60,491 $59,644 $66,228
Top earners 1 $493,901 2 $355,500 3 $350,025 4 $285,025 5 $266,884 6 $250,025 7 $250,025 Highest h-index (field-unadjusted) 1 44K cites h 95 2 82K cites h 77 3 8
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