Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2022	University of South Dakota	Jordre Becca D	Professor	$116,261.94	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Jordre Becca D	Professor	$116,261.94	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Jordre Becca D	Professor	$116,261.94	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Lande Micah J	Asst Prof-E.R.Stensaas Ch	$116,256.44	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota State University	Langelett George L	Professor	$116,256.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Trenhaile Jay	Department Head/Professor	$116,198.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Bai Xinhua	Professor	$116,169.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Van Der Sluis Everhardus	Professor	$116,119.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Black Hills State University	Debeaumont Ronald	Professor, Economics	$116,075.00	Black Hills State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Brozel Volker S	Professor	$116,074.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Masterlark Timothy	Professor	$116,039.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota State University	Carlson Nicole L	Instructor	$116,036.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Ge Xijin	Professor	$116,034.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Chong Yura	Controller	$116,001.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Masterlark Timothy L	Professor	$115,983.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Johnson Roger	Professor	$115,961.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Kost Curtis K	Associate Professor	$115,925.59	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Kost Curtis K	Associate Professor	$115,925.59	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Kost Curtis K	Associate Professor	$115,925.59	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Yip Yewmun	Associate Professor	$115,896.39	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Sexton Peter J	Manager-Se Research Farm/Associate Professor	$115,847.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Allard Ivy N	Senior Lecturer/Bm It Program	$115,825.09	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	University of South Dakota	Pietri Cotty Jose		$115,807.62	University of South Dakota
2022	University of South Dakota	Struckman-Johnson Cynthia J	Professor	$115,687.58	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Struckman-Johnson Cynthia J	Professor	$115,687.58	University Center - Sioux Falls
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Weiss John M		$115,680.03	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	Lake Area Technical Institute	Stacey Darrell		$115,676.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Sykes Andrew G	Professor	$115,675.27	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Sykes Andrew G	Professor	$115,675.27	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Jarchow Meghann E	Chair, Sustainability & Enviro	$115,671.18	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Letcher Todd M	Associate Professor	$115,610.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Miller Erin E	Assistant Professor	$115,605.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Peterson Douglas A	Chair, Psychology	$115,600.01	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Caspers-Graper Mary	Professor Emerita	$115,584.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Pithan Anne T	Chair, Nursing	$115,568.66	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Pithan Anne T	Chair, Nursing	$115,568.66	University Center - Sioux Falls
2025	South Dakota State University	Wang Tong	Associate Profr/Ext Specialist	$115,563.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Winter Robb M	Department Head	$115,560.50	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	University of South Dakota	Karges Joy R		$115,559.33	University of South Dakota
2023	Northern State University	Bockorny Kristi		$115,551.96	Northern State University
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Crawford Grant A		$115,550.46	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Moore Molly	Assoc Vp For Enrollment Mgmt	$115,540.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Martin David W	Director	$115,534.50	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	Northern State University	Shannahan Daniel		$115,484.56	Northern State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Ingemansen Jack A	Superintendent-Foundation Seed Stock	$115,473.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Gu Xingyou	Professor	$115,446.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Johnson W C	Distinguished Professor Emeritus Of Ecology/Temporary Instructor	$115,424.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Northern State University	Wieland William		$115,423.29	Northern State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Zalud Garreth	Professor	$115,415.29	University of South Dakota
2017	South Dakota State University	Peters Stacy J	Associate Professor	$115,377.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Peters Stacy	Professor	$115,377.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Gent Stephen P	Professor/Director-North Central Regional Sun Grant Center	$115,342.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Simmons Matthew E		$115,341.09	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Simmons Matthew E	Associate Dean, Ssom Rc Campus	$115,341.09	University of South Dakota
2024	Northern State University	Peterson John		$115,336.63	Northern State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Meyer Brittney	Associate Professor	$115,322.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Benjamin Kenneth M	Associate Professor	$115,283.22	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	University of South Dakota	Feller Lisa M	Assoc Prof/Dir Regulatory Aff	$115,281.93	University of South Dakota
2022	University of South Dakota	Rezvani Khosrow	Associate Professor	$115,281.22	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Rezvani Khosrow	Associate Professor	$115,281.22	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Rezvani Khosrow	Associate Professor	$115,281.22	University Center - Sioux Falls
2017	South Dakota State University	Kappes John	Associate Professor	$115,261.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Kappes John	Associate Professor	$115,261.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Crawford Grant A	Dir Amp/Assoc Prof Met Engr	$115,242.75	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota State University	Zhou Ruanbao	Professor	$115,222.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Knudsen David E	Professor	$115,221.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Sander Joel F	Physics Graduate Coordinator/Associate Professor	$115,220.16	University of South Dakota
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Stetler Larry D	Professor	$115,206.03	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2018	South Dakota State University	Hayes William	Associate Professor	$115,149.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Hayes William J	Associate Professor	$115,149.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Hanus Bartlomiej T	Assistant Prof. Decision Scien	$115,148.61	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota State University	Clay Sharon A	Distinguished Professor	$115,126.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Tan Songxin	Associate Professor	$115,123.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Capehart William	Assoc Professor	$115,110.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Kerby Jacob L	Professor	$115,101.94	University Center - Sioux Falls
2023	South Dakota State University	Gu Zhengrong	Professor	$115,077.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Schweinle Iii William E		$115,072.16	University of South Dakota
2021	University of South Dakota	Wasley Emery L	Assist Vp, Human Resources	$115,061.74	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Huckabee Gregory M	Associate Professor	$115,022.07	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University of South Dakota	Huckabee Gregory M	Associate Professor	$115,022.07	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Liu Yanguang	Asst. Professor Of Finance	$115,000.00	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University of South Dakota	Liu Yi	Asst. Professor Of Ds	$115,000.00	University of South Dakota
2019	University of South Dakota	Kinnamon Eric S		$115,000.00	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Bobbit Jesse M	Assistant Coach-Football	$115,000.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Yang Xue	Visiting Asst. Professor	$115,000.00	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Qi Junjian	Hohbach Endowed Assistant Professor	$115,000.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Black Hills State University	Hart Melissa	Director Of Human Resources	$115,000.00	Black Hills State University
2024	Black Hills State University	Hawkins Scott	Assistant Professor, Accounting	$115,000.00	Black Hills State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Kelley Bruce C		$115,000.00	University of South Dakota
2017	South Dakota State University	Sadovnikova Anna	Assistant Professor	$115,000.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Hua Meiying		$115,000.00	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Dambiinyam Enerel	Librarian And Head Of Technical Services	$115,000.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Miller Matthew L	Professor	$115,000.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Richard Kacie K	Director-Finance & Budget	$115,000.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Kjerstad Mcknight Brittany J	Assistant Professor	$115,000.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Olson Ryan T	Assistant Coach-Football Off Coord	$115,000.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Snow Ethan L	Assistant Professor	$115,000.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Liu Yanguang	Asst. Professor Of Finance	$115,000.00	University of South Dakota
2021	University of South Dakota	Williamson Leanne M	Head Coach - W Volleyball	$115,000.00	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Peterson Derek D	Assistant Vice President-Business Services	$115,000.00	South Dakota State University