This study makes use of a data set detailing instances of public school superintendent turnover in Kentucky between 2014 and 2023. A quantitative research design was used to analyze salary changes based on a set of demographic and descriptive variables in the sample of 205 superintendent turnovers occurring during the identified decade. The analysis reveals that, overall, salaries for superintendents hired during the study period were lower than the salaries paid to their predecessors, especially when a female was hired into the role. The research also demonstrates that salary changes related to superintendent turnover in Appalachian and non-Appalachian school districts and among the eight geographically-assigned Kentucky Department of Education (KDE) educational cooperatives were proportionally consistent. The findings demonstrate that external hires and sitting superintendents were likely to receive a starting salary higher than the incumbent compared to internal hires and/or those from other school or district leadership positions or those hired from outside agencies. Suggestions for future quantitative and qualitative research are provided. Given the implications of the findings in this study, additional research with the assembled data set also holds promise.