Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2017	University of Kentucky	Ryan Stephen J	Clinical Faculty	$242,000.00	University of Kentucky
2018	University of Kentucky	Ryan Stephen J	Professor	$242,000.00	University of Kentucky
2020	University of Kentucky	Ryan Stephen J	Professor	$242,000.00	University of Kentucky
2017	University of Kentucky	Smith Kevin H	Clinical Faculty	$242,000.00	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Alagusundaramoorthy Sayee Sundar	Assistant Professor	$242,000.00	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Marks Sarah T	Assistant Professor	$241,992.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Al Nimri Fadi W	Assistant Professor	$241,981.68	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Brass Daniel J	Professor	$241,881.92	University of Kentucky
2021	University of Kentucky	Wilcock Donna M	Professor	$241,846.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	O'connor William N	Professor	$241,839.38	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Moser Debra K	Professor	$241,796.00	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Cassone Vincent	Professor	$241,784.25	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Kuwabara Ko	Associate Professor	$241,722.21	University of Kentucky
2019	Northern Kentucky University	Hardcastle Valerie Hardcastle	Exec Director, Inst. Health Innovation	$241,649.96	Northern Kentucky University
2019	University of Louisville	Appakalai Balamurugan N	Assoc Professor	$241,639.00	University of Louisville
2018	University of Louisville	Appakalai Balamurugan N	Assoc Professor	$241,639.00	University of Louisville
2020	University of Louisville	Appakalai Balamurugan N	Assoc Professor	$241,639.00	University of Louisville
2024	University of Kentucky	Zia Haris	Assistant Professor	$241,635.75	University of Kentucky
2017	University of Kentucky	Rohr Jurgen	Regular Faculty	$241,625.00	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Heck Sarah E	Chief Hosp Administrative Officer/Ukhc	$241,582.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Aung Zabu Myint	Assistant Professor	$241,550.41	University of Kentucky
2025	Department for Public Health	Neese Lyndsey	Medical Specialist Iii	$241,500.00	Kentucky Personnel Cabinet
2022	University of Kentucky	Doerning Bernard J	Animal Care Services Officer	$241,494.00	University of Kentucky
2018	University of Kentucky	Vail Ann	Professor	$241,442.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Lower Fritz E	Professor	$241,430.04	University of Kentucky
2023	Eastern Kentucky University	Bowes John Patrick	Assoc Dean, Class	$241,374.00	Eastern Kentucky University
2025	University of Kentucky	Kanga Jamshed F	Professor	$241,347.52	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Seales William B	Professor	$241,329.75	University of Kentucky
2019	University of Louisville	Klein Jon B	Professor	$241,299.00	University of Louisville
2018	University of Louisville	Klein Jon B	Assoc Professor	$241,299.00	University of Louisville
2020	University of Louisville	Klein Jon B	Professor	$241,299.00	University of Louisville
2025	University of Kentucky	Crafton Amanda	App Nurse Anesthetist/Ukhc	$241,292.39	University of Kentucky
2020	University of Kentucky	Hoellein Andrew R	Professor	$241,250.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Helfer Daniel	Assistant Professor	$241,249.96	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Roeschley Aaron T	Assistant Professor	$241,200.00	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Setser Jessica L	Assistant Professor	$241,164.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Rueckert Justin A	Assistant Professor	$241,143.92	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Perry Dwan R	Assiociate Professor	$241,140.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Min James Y	Assistant Professor	$241,139.92	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Miller Craig S	Professor	$241,123.38	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Voss Stephen R	Professor	$241,092.08	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Louisville	Sherwood Leslie C	Asst Vp	$241,067.00	University of Louisville
2024	University of Louisville	Sherwood Leslie C	Asst Vp	$241,067.00	University of Louisville
2023	University of Louisville	Sherwood Leslie C	Asst Vp	$241,067.00	University of Louisville
2021	University of Louisville	Sherwood Leslie C	Asst Vp	$241,067.00	University of Louisville
2022	University of Louisville	Sherwood Leslie C	Asst Vp	$241,067.00	University of Louisville
2023	University of Kentucky	Curran Frances M	Assistant Professor	$241,000.00	University of Kentucky
2019	University of Kentucky	Kingston Brian J	Assistant Professor	$241,000.00	University of Kentucky
2021	University of Kentucky	Twist Katherine E	Associate Professor	$241,000.00	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Twist Katherine E	Associate Professor	$241,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Kato Hirotaka	Assistant Professor	$241,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Twist Katherine E	Associate Professor	$241,000.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Webb Angela K	Professor	$240,989.04	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Gao Tianyan	Professor	$240,975.96	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Robinson Megan M	Associate Professor	$240,855.00	University of Kentucky
2019	Murray State University	Durr David W	Professor/Bauernfeind Endowed Chair	$240,787.24	Murray State University
2020	University of Louisville	Farber Darren M	Assoc Professor Term	$240,786.00	University of Louisville
2018	University of Louisville	Farber Darren M	Professor	$240,786.00	University of Louisville
2019	University of Louisville	Farber Darren M	Assoc Professor Term	$240,786.00	University of Louisville
2024	University of Kentucky	Xu Ren	Professor	$240,785.54	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Smith Wilburn J	Associate Professor	$240,585.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Aycinena Juan C	Associate Professor	$240,574.00	University of Kentucky
2024	Kentucky Community & Technical College System	Feeney Gregory J	President/Ceo	$240,570.09	Kentucky Community & Technical College System
2019	University of Kentucky	Bauer John A	Professor	$240,533.00	University of Kentucky
2020	University of Kentucky	Bauer John A	Professor	$240,533.00	University of Kentucky
2021	University of Kentucky	Bauer John A	Professor	$240,533.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Larrow Daniel W	Assistant Professor	$240,493.20	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Garvey Aaron M	Associate Professor	$240,478.40	University of Kentucky
2022	University of Kentucky	Campbell Jeness J	Associate Chief Revenue Officer/Ukhc	$240,465.00	University of Kentucky
2021	University of Kentucky	Campbell Jeness J	Associate Chief Revenue Officer/Ukhc	$240,465.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Kanga Jamshed F	Professor	$240,464.04	University of Kentucky
2017	University of Kentucky	Cassone Vincent	Regular Faculty	$240,456.75	University of Kentucky
2021	University of Kentucky	Short Roger B	Compliance Ofcr Chief/Uk Healthcare/Ukhc	$240,451.00	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Low Samantha C	Nurse Clinical/Prn Pool/On-Call/Ukhc	$240,420.16	University of Kentucky
2019	University of Kentucky	Ziebart David	Professor	$240,405.75	University of Kentucky
2020	University of Kentucky	Ziebart David	Professor	$240,405.75	University of Kentucky
2021	University of Kentucky	Ziebart David	Professor	$240,405.75	University of Kentucky
2018	University of Kentucky	Lineberry Gene T	Assoc. Provost For Faculty Advancement	$240,393.00	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Abney Richard A	App Nurse Anesthetist/Ukhc	$240,334.82	University of Kentucky
2021	University of Kentucky	Stone Dan N	Professor	$240,328.50	University of Kentucky
2019	University of Kentucky	Stone Dan N	Professor	$240,328.50	University of Kentucky
2020	University of Kentucky	Stone Dan N	Professor	$240,328.50	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Rudy David W	Professor	$240,286.49	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Utamsingh Pooja D	Assistant Professor	$240,192.41	University of Kentucky
2025	University of Kentucky	Gustafson Alison	Professor	$240,134.72	University of Kentucky
2024	University of Kentucky	Roeschley Aaron T	Assistant Professor	$240,000.04	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Wang Shanhong	Controller	$240,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Fulks Lauren E	Assistant Professor	$240,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Norris Christopher M	Professor	$240,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Ferguson Victor C	Assistant Professor	$240,000.00	University of Kentucky
2023	University of Kentucky	Sweigart Joseph R	Associate Professor	$240,000.00	University of Kentucky
2018	University of Kentucky	King Richard D	Associate Professor	$240,000.00	University of Kentucky
2018	University of Kentucky	Krem Maxwell M	Assistant Professor	$240,000.00	University of Kentucky
2018	University of Louisville	Mardis James M	Assoc Professor Term	$240,000.00	University of Louisville
2019	University of Louisville	Porter Melissa B	Assoc Professor Term	$240,000.00	University of Louisville
2019	University of Louisville	Begany James T	Vice Provost	$240,000.00	University of Louisville
2020	University of Kentucky	Sanger Matthew E	Executive Director And Chief Of Staff	$240,000.00	University of Kentucky
2020	University of Louisville	Porter Melissa B	Assoc Professor Term	$240,000.00	University of Louisville
2020	University of Louisville	Demarco Paul J	Acting Vice Provost/Dean	$240,000.00	University of Louisville
2021	University of Kentucky	Bollinger Christopher R	Professor	$240,000.00	University of Kentucky