Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2021	South Dakota State University	Arends Robin F	Aprn Program Director/Clinical Associate Professor	$115,000.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Sadovnikova Anna	Assistant Professor	$115,000.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	John Ranjeet		$114,989.63	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Shearer Christopher R	Assistant Professor	$114,982.45	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Summers Cliff	Professor	$114,974.62	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University of South Dakota	Summers Cliff	Nolop Professor	$114,974.62	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	Metzger Lloyd	Professor-Alfred Chair	$114,971.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Fernandes Yohaan		$114,927.54	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Pyeatt Larry	Associate Professor	$114,894.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	University of South Dakota	Newland Lisa		$114,814.04	University of South Dakota
2019	University of South Dakota	Flores Jose D		$114,808.53	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Hoppe Adam D	Professor	$114,802.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Hendrickx Lori D	Professor	$114,767.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Northern State University	Casanova Jodi		$114,764.98	Northern State University
2022	Black Hills State University	Song Wei		$114,762.00	Black Hills State University
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Kammer Sean M	Professor	$114,752.65	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University of South Dakota	Kammer Sean M	Professor	$114,752.65	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Boyd Elizabeth A	Professor	$114,736.59	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Boyd Elizabeth A	Professor	$114,736.59	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University of South Dakota	Slade Mark R	State Director Sbdc	$114,722.28	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	O'neill Kelsey	Associate Vice President Of Hr	$114,688.99	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	University of South Dakota	Brunick Michelle		$114,631.80	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Gruhn Kyle	Dir,It Operations&Development	$114,620.86	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Messersmith Jessica J	Associate Professor	$114,610.88	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Wu Yajun	Professor & Assistant Department Head	$114,557.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Cuperus Donald L	Director Sd Mep	$114,548.28	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Chase Christopher	Professor	$114,539.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Montoya Thomas	Associate Department Head Associate Professor	$114,539.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	Northern State University	Day Blake		$114,528.02	Northern State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Hansen Lori A	Associate Academic Dean	$114,526.65	University of South Dakota
2019	University of South Dakota	Hansen Lori A		$114,526.65	University of South Dakota
2019	University of South Dakota	Yip Yewmun		$114,522.12	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Anderson William T	Assistant Professor	$114,522.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Knutson Ryan E	Assistant Vice President-Technology	$114,520.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Knutson Ryan E	Assistant Vice President-Technology	$114,520.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	An Wenfeng	Professor/Markl Faculty Scholar In Cancer Research	$114,493.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Leibold Julie	Lecturer	$114,492.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Nold Rosemarie A	Assistant Department Head/Professor	$114,467.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Carlson Nicole L	Instructor	$114,446.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Caspers-Graper Mary	Department Head/Professor	$114,440.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Mohan Maneesha S	Alfred Chair-Dairy Manufacturing/Associate Professor	$114,435.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Shearer Christopher	Associate Professor	$114,431.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Romkes Albert	Associate Professor	$114,411.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	Black Hills State University	Mcmeel Padraic	Director Of Athletics	$114,398.00	Black Hills State University
2024	Northern State University	Cundy Mary		$114,390.46	Northern State University
2024	Lake Area Technical Institute	Terronez Troy		$114,386.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2023	University of South Dakota	Jiang Chaoyang	Graduate Coordinator/Professor	$114,377.55	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota State University	Diersen Matthew A	Professor/Extension Specialist-Risk & Business Management	$114,368.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Muthukumarappan Kasiviswanathan	Distinguished Professor/Interim Department Head	$114,357.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Northern State University	Bostian Susan		$114,334.98	Northern State University
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Gilcrease Patrick C	Professor	$114,304.96	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Birrenkott Cassandra	Associate Professor	$114,304.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Johnson Roger W	Professor - 9	$114,250.53	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Robinson Marc J	Assoc Prof/Assoc Dh/Wvc Prof	$114,245.28	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Karlsson Christer	Associate Professor	$114,235.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	Northern State University	Fredrick Kay		$114,213.48	Northern State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Holler Larry D	Professor Emeritus Of Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences	$114,204.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Huh Yung M	Professor	$114,175.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Shende Rajesh V	Professor	$114,167.02	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University of South Dakota	Tiahrt Thomas W	Poet Professorship	$114,160.26	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Swanson David L	Professor	$114,154.05	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Brickey Andrea J	Assoc Professor/Asst Dept Hd	$114,152.48	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	University of South Dakota	Zimney Kory J	Phd Hs Program Director	$114,126.43	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota State University	Nepal Madhav	Professor	$114,117.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Hodges Neal H	Network Engineer	$114,098.31	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2018	South Dakota State University	Turnipseed E	Assistant Department Head/Professor	$114,090.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Turnipseed E B	Assistant Department Head/Professor	$114,090.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Zhou Ruanbao	Professor	$114,081.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Olive Leslie A	Director-Campus Planning	$114,063.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Stetler Larry D	Professor	$114,027.80	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Capehart William J		$114,018.82	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	Northern State University	Nora George		$114,010.15	Northern State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Rahman Shafiqur	Professor	$114,006.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Christofferson Cabot-Ann	Research Scientist Iv, Doe Project Office L2 Manager	$114,000.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	University of South Dakota	Ikiugu Moses N	Professor	$113,999.54	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Robinson Marc J	Prof/Assoc Dept Head	$113,995.80	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota State University	Zhang Xiaoyang	Professor/Senior Research Scientist	$113,975.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Leibiger Carol		$113,971.12	University of South Dakota
2022	University of South Dakota	Weinandt Mandie R	Director Of Ctl	$113,970.00	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Mosterd Eric J	Interim Director Of Ctl	$113,960.31	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Beck Dwayne L	Manager/Professor	$113,956.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Robbins Christopher B	Assistant Professor	$113,946.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Naber Allison		$113,944.55	University of South Dakota
2024	Northern State University	Haller Elizabeth		$113,937.63	Northern State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Katzenstein Kurt	Associate Professor	$113,929.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota State University	O'brien Jamie L	Professor	$113,920.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Larochelle Pierre	Department Head	$113,882.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Larochelle Pierre	Professor	$113,882.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Smith Steve J	Professor	$113,869.35	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota State University	Pillatzki Angela E	Assistant Professor	$113,824.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Bheemasetti Tejo V	Assistant Professor	$113,822.66	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	University of South Dakota	Hanus Bartlomiej T		$113,783.21	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Hall Clifford A	Professor	$113,778.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Shahbazi Khosro	Associate Professor	$113,773.27	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota State University	Doom Jeffrey J	Associate Professor	$113,770.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Klinkefus Charles R	Associate Coach-Men's Basketball	$113,766.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Dey Moul	Professor	$113,726.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Fong Hao	Professor	$113,706.65	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University of South Dakota	Cwach Michelle L	Avp, Comm & Marketing	$113,700.09	University of South Dakota
2018	South Dakota State University	Carlson Nicole	Instructor	$113,700.00	South Dakota State University