Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2025	University of Kentucky	Key Jamie L	Assistant Professor	$399,371.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Leung Steve W	Professor	$399,355.96	University of Kentucky
2020	University of Louisville	Smith Jason W	Assoc Professor	$399,301.00	University of Louisville
2018	University of Louisville	Smith Jason W	Asst Coach	$399,301.00	University of Louisville
2019	University of Louisville	Smith Jason W	Assoc Professor	$399,301.00	University of Louisville
2025	University of Kentucky	Zinner Ralph G	Professor	$399,000.12	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Smith Christopher P	Assistant Professor	$398,959.54	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Landers Cheri D	Professor	$398,947.95	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Lee James T	Associate Professor	$398,864.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Tucker Andrea M	Assistant Professor	$398,850.04	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Miller Justin D	Dean	$398,717.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Vidrine Rhea M	Assistant Professor	$398,688.25	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Gibbs Richard D	Associate Professor	$398,676.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Dwoskin Linda P	Professor	$398,585.36	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	De Beer Frederick C	Professor	$398,400.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	De Beer Frederick C	Professor	$398,400.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Gibson Amanda C	Assistant Professor	$398,170.96	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Franco-Watkins Ana M	Dean	$398,150.04	University of Kentucky
2021	University of Kentucky	Hobbs Stephen B	Associate Professor	$397,834.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Studeny Scott R	Assistant Professor	$397,658.92	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Ignaszewski Maya T	Assistant Professor	$397,637.70	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Seales William B	Professor	$397,578.54	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Ganesh Halemane	Associate Professor	$397,500.00	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Bhakta Avinash S	Associate Professor	$397,267.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Cox Nancy M	Temporary Professional Administrator	$397,223.95	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Newcomb Melissa R	Associate Professor	$397,217.00	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Lephart Scott M	Dean	$397,127.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Stephenson Laura F	Temporary Professional Administrator	$397,110.48	University of Kentucky
2019	University of Kentucky	Walker Janet L	Professor	$396,786.00	University of Kentucky
2017	University of Kentucky	Arnett Donna K	Dean	$396,664.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Kao Chien-Ting	Assistant Professor	$396,512.11	University of Kentucky
2018	University of Louisville	Roberts Craig S	Assoc Professor	$396,463.00	University of Louisville
2019	University of Louisville	Roberts Craig S	Chairperson & Professor	$396,463.00	University of Louisville
2020	University of Louisville	Roberts Craig S	Chairperson & Professor	$396,463.00	University of Louisville
2024	University of Kentucky	Gottschalk Ginny L	Associate Professor	$396,415.96	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Galuppo Monticelli Roberto R	Assistant Professor	$396,400.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Liu Kunlei	Professor	$396,218.24	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	West Kimberly A	Associate Professor	$396,201.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Chaudry Tariq E	Assistant Professor	$396,050.43	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Van Eldik Linda J	Professor	$395,997.92	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Douthitt Key C	Associate Professor	$395,934.04	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Setser Jessica L	Assistant Professor	$395,607.82	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Rush Craig R	Professor	$395,604.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Morse Matthew R	App Nurse Anesthetist/Ukhc	$395,505.82	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Causholli Monika	Professor	$395,305.05	University of Kentucky
2021	University of Kentucky	Azbell Christopher H	Assistant Professor	$395,215.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Perry John A	Philanthropy Principal Executive Dir	$395,173.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Mckinney Katherine M	Professor	$395,029.27	University of Kentucky
2021	University of Kentucky	Gabriel Gaby E	Associate Professor	$395,000.00	University of Kentucky
2022	Murray State University	Mcmahon Matthew J	Head Men's Basketball Coach	$395,000.00	Murray State University
2019	University of Kentucky	Shah Malay B	Associate Professor	$395,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	Murray State University	Mcmahon Matthew J	Head Men's Basketball Coach	$395,000.00	Murray State University
2023	University of Kentucky	Fragneto Regina Y	Professor	$395,000.00	University of Kentucky
2024	Murray State University	Prohm Steven M		$395,000.00	Murray State University
2018	University of Kentucky	Buchheit Rudolph G	Dean	$395,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Pandalai Prakash	Associate Professor	$395,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Murphy John T	Professor	$395,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Mclarney John T	Professor	$395,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Gewirtz Amy S	Professor	$395,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Nguyen Dung	Associate Professor	$395,000.00	University of Kentucky
2020	University of Kentucky	Shah Malay B	Associate Professor	$395,000.00	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Bylund Jason R	Associate Professor	$395,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Klimkina Oksana	Professor	$395,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Rose Gregory L	Professor	$395,000.00	University of Kentucky
2025	Murray State University	Prohm Steven M	Head Men's Basketball Coach	$395,000.00	Murray State University
2023	University of Kentucky	Pekez Marijeta	Assistant Professor	$394,500.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Vincent Evan L	Assistant Professor	$394,481.96	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Miller Justin D	Dean	$394,259.55	University of Kentucky
2020	University of Kentucky	Gallion Holly H	Professor	$394,167.00	University of Kentucky
2021	University of Kentucky	Gallion Holly H	Professor	$394,167.00	University of Kentucky
2019	University of Kentucky	Gallion Holly H	Professor	$394,167.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Rosenau Jens	Associate Professor	$394,100.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Sawaya Boutros P	Professor	$394,000.00	University of Kentucky
2018	University of Kentucky	Valentino Joseph	Professor	$394,000.00	University of Kentucky
2017	University of Kentucky	Valentino Joseph	Special Faculty	$394,000.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Dutch Rebecca	Professor	$393,849.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	The Tama S	Assistant Professor	$393,738.67	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Nandavaram Sravanthi	Assistant Professor	$393,569.05	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Dhar Sanjay	Professor	$393,531.87	University of Kentucky
2020	University of Kentucky	Montgomery Christopher	Professor	$393,500.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Elwert Nicholas C	Assistant Professor	$393,420.08	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Severyn Nicholas T	Assistant Professor	$393,380.32	University of Kentucky
2020	University of Kentucky	Kamineni Srinath	Associate Professor	$393,000.00	University of Kentucky
2019	University of Kentucky	Kamineni Srinath	Associate Professor	$393,000.00	University of Kentucky
2018	University of Kentucky	Kamineni Srinath	Associate Professor	$393,000.00	University of Kentucky
2017	University of Kentucky	Kamineni Srinath	Clinical Faculty	$393,000.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Sites Jeremy P	Assistant Professor	$392,552.48	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Turner Julie K	Vice President For Student Success	$392,509.32	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Turner Julie K	Vice President For Student Success	$392,509.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Casale Anthony J	Professor	$392,399.00	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Montgomery-Yates Ashley A	Associate Professor	$392,250.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Hardesty David M	Professor	$392,053.34	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Kajimura Chinelati Rogerio Marcio	Assistant Professor	$391,971.63	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Mardis Matthew H	Assistant Professor	$391,856.01	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Herceg Dorian	Avp Enterprise Strat & Org Perf/Ukhc	$391,853.67	University of Kentucky
2021	University of Kentucky	Ormanoski Margaret H	Associate Professor	$391,667.00	University of Kentucky
2019	University of Kentucky	Claypool Joseph	Vp Associate Clinical Network Dev/Ukhc	$391,598.00	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Hourigan Jon	Associate Professor	$391,506.00	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Fritz Mark A	Assistant Professor	$391,491.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Wheelock Brittany N	Assistant Professor	$391,433.04	University of Kentucky