Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2025	University of Kentucky	O'brien John M	Professor	$1,064,177.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Motiei-Langroudi Rouzbeh	Assistant Professor	$1,060,699.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Dornbos David	Assistant Professor	$1,045,059.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Mckinney Michael E	Assistant Professor	$1,044,966.92	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Flowers Coy A	Associate Professor	$1,038,167.96	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Evers Bernard M	Professor	$1,037,047.04	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Capilouto Eli I	President	$1,036,646.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Wright Raymond D	Professor	$1,033,547.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Inabnet William B	Professor	$1,028,467.67	University of Kentucky
2018	University of Louisville	Neimat Joseph S	Head Coach	$1,026,500.00	University of Louisville
2020	University of Louisville	Neimat Joseph S	Chairperson & Professor	$1,026,500.00	University of Louisville
2019	University of Louisville	Neimat Joseph S	Chairperson & Professor	$1,026,500.00	University of Louisville
2025	University of Kentucky	Patel Jitesh A	Professor	$1,025,371.63	University of Kentucky
2020	University of Kentucky	Barnhart Mitchell S	Athletics Director	$1,025,000.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	O'brien John M	Professor	$1,019,216.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Brgoch Morgan S	Assistant Professor	$1,016,381.04	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Van Horne Craig G	Professor	$1,015,903.86	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Hendrix Nancy W	Assistant Professor	$1,007,127.96	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Van Horne Craig G	Professor	$1,005,509.30	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Inabnet William B	Professor	$1,003,802.92	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Hofler Ryan C	Assistant Professor	$1,003,756.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Scangarello Richard R	Assistant Coach	$1,000,000.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Sekela Michael	Professor	$996,999.96	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Harned Michael E	Professor	$992,733.04	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Mallard Christopher J	Assistant Professor	$991,226.04	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Evers Bernard M	Professor	$984,454.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Badarudeen Sameer	Assistant Professor	$981,510.98	University of Kentucky
2019	University of Kentucky	Barnhart Mitchell S	Athletics Director	$975,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Selby Jeffrey B	Professor	$968,066.00	University of Kentucky
2018	University of Kentucky	Tibbs Phillip A	Professor	$966,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Farhadi Francis	Associate Professor	$964,550.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Badarudeen Sameer	Assistant Professor	$959,417.56	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Harned Michael E	Professor	$952,101.04	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Pittman Thomas	Professor	$950,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Fraser Justin	Professor	$946,995.00	University of Kentucky
2019	University of Kentucky	Karpf Michael	Professor	$945,962.00	University of Kentucky
2021	University of Kentucky	Karpf Michael	Professor	$945,962.00	University of Kentucky
2018	University of Kentucky	Karpf Michael	Vp Executive Health Affairs/Ukhc	$945,962.00	University of Kentucky
2020	University of Kentucky	Karpf Michael	Professor	$945,962.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Cassidy Ryan C	Professor	$944,662.62	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Patel Amit B	Associate Professor	$939,929.04	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Matuszewski Paul E	Associate Professor	$939,393.92	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Mallard Christopher J	Assistant Professor	$935,722.04	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Duncan Stephen T	Associate Professor	$935,551.96	University of Kentucky
2017	University of Kentucky	Karpf Michael	Vp Executive Health Affairs/Ukhc	$927,414.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Willis Chad B	Assistant Professor	$925,939.68	University of Kentucky
2021	University of Kentucky	Gran Eddie E	Coach Assistant Football	$925,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Sekela Michael	Professor	$925,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Van Horne Craig G	Professor	$925,000.00	University of Kentucky
2018	University of Kentucky	Barnhart Mitchell S	Athletics Director	$925,000.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Oates Mary Elizabeth	Professor	$919,806.88	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Flowers Coy A	Associate Professor	$909,920.96	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Patel Jitesh A	Professor	$909,540.71	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Inabnet William B	Professor	$908,419.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Blackburn Peter	Associate Professor	$907,300.74	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	London-Bounds Tessa	Assistant Professor	$903,300.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Loebe Matthias	Professor	$903,000.00	University of Kentucky
2019	University of Kentucky	Payne Kenneth	Coach Assistant Basketball	$900,000.00	University of Kentucky
2018	University of Kentucky	Sekela Michael	Professor	$900,000.00	University of Kentucky
2020	University of Kentucky	Marrow Vince C	Coach Assistant Football	$900,000.00	University of Kentucky
2021	University of Kentucky	Sekela Michael	Professor	$900,000.00	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Sekela Michael	Professor	$900,000.00	University of Kentucky
2019	University of Kentucky	Sekela Michael	Professor	$900,000.00	University of Kentucky
2021	University of Kentucky	Marrow Vince C	Coach Assistant Football	$900,000.00	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Scangarello Richard R	Coach Assistant Football	$900,000.00	University of Kentucky
2018	University of Kentucky	Payne Kenneth	Coach Assistant Basketball	$900,000.00	University of Kentucky
2021	University of Kentucky	White Bradley M	Coach Assistant Football	$900,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Antigua Orlando R	Coach Assistant Basketball	$900,000.00	University of Kentucky
2020	University of Kentucky	Sekela Michael	Professor	$900,000.00	University of Kentucky
2020	University of Kentucky	Gran Eddie E	Coach Assistant Football	$900,000.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Mingione Nicholas J	Head Coach/Baseball	$896,666.63	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Duncan Stephen T	Associate Professor	$893,678.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Brown Joseph A	Assistant Professor	$890,816.04	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Louisville	Bendapudi Neelima M	Special Advisor To Uofl	$883,750.00	University of Louisville
2021	University of Louisville	Bendapudi Neelima M	Special Advisor To Uofl	$883,750.00	University of Louisville
2022	University of Louisville	Bendapudi Neelima M	Special Advisor To Uofl	$883,750.00	University of Louisville
2024	University of Louisville	Bendapudi Neelima M	Special Advisor To Uofl	$883,750.00	University of Louisville
2023	University of Louisville	Bendapudi Neelima M	Special Advisor To Uofl	$883,750.00	University of Louisville
2019	University of Louisville	Alsoufi Bahaaldin	Assoc Professor	$880,000.00	University of Louisville
2020	University of Louisville	Alsoufi Bahaaldin	Assoc Professor	$880,000.00	University of Louisville
2018	University of Louisville	Alsoufi Bahaaldin	Chairperson & Professor	$880,000.00	University of Louisville
2022	University of Kentucky	Antigua Orlando R	Coach Assistant Basketball	$875,000.00	University of Kentucky
2020	University of Kentucky	White Bradley M	Coach Assistant Football	$875,000.00	University of Kentucky
2019	University of Kentucky	Gran Eddie E	Coach Assistant Football	$875,000.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Cassidy Ryan C	Professor	$874,105.96	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Collins Craig C	Vp Sr Health Affairs/Cfo Ukhc/Ukhc	$870,001.86	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Blackburn Peter	Associate Professor	$864,932.61	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Stone Austin V	Associate Professor	$863,371.00	University of Kentucky
2021	University of Kentucky	Duncan Stephen T	Associate Professor	$861,588.00	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Inabnet William B	Professor	$860,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Evers Bernard M	Professor	$859,044.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Bush Matthew L	Professor	$858,176.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Gilbert Peter N	Svp & Chief Operations Officer/Ukhc	$857,360.74	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Van Horne Craig G	Professor	$855,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Gilbert Peter N	Svp & Chief Operations Officer/Ukhc	$852,800.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Griffith Charles H	Dean	$850,289.11	University of Kentucky
2021	University of Louisville	Mcclellan Brown Bryan T	Assoc Head Coach	$850,000.00	University of Louisville
2021	University of Kentucky	Inabnet William B	Professor	$850,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Louisville	Mcclellan Brown Bryan T	Assoc Head Coach	$850,000.00	University of Louisville
2018	University of Louisville	Tyra Vincent J	Assoc Professor	$850,000.00	University of Louisville