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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.
$302,356,643
Total payroll
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
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 1 $490,000 2 $353,750 3 $348,852 4 $338,000 5 $300,000 6 $294,409 7 $291,509 Highest h-index (field-unadjusted) 1 44K cites h 95 2 82K cites h 77 3 8
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