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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.
$285,937,150
Total payroll
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
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 1 $467,886 2 $335,592 3 $330,000 4 $328,011 5 $322,500 6 $300,000 7 $270,200 Highest h-index (field-unadjusted) 1 44K cites h 95 2 82K cites h 77 3 8
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