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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.
$331,729,486
Total payroll
Salary by category Category People Median Average Legal 4 $176,500 $181,235 Executive & Leadership 560 $93,608 $107,439 Public Safety 72 $80,001 $70,467 Teaching Faculty 2.4K $64,576 $61,659 Information Technology 198 $62,856 $64,118
Salary distribution by faculty rank Total pay per person in each academic rank, FY2024. 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 275 $82,047 $94,700 $101,498 $119,385 associate professor 279 $86,676 $97,566 $105,389 $117,425 professor 295 $96,759 $113,534 $121,003 $140,455 lecturer 217 $69,100 $76,696 $76,827 $85,650
Top earners 1 $493,000 2 $388,797 3 $363,000 4 $346,000 5 $307,785 6 $306,334 7 $303,075 Highest h-index (field-unadjusted) 1 44K cites h 95 2 82K cites h 77 3 8
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