Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2021	University of South Dakota	Tweedy Ann E	Associate Professor	$108,245.65	University of South Dakota
2020	Lake Area Technical Institute	Stiles Diane		$108,228.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2024	University of South Dakota	Wesner Jeff		$108,213.77	University of South Dakota
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Shahbazi Khosro	Associate Professor	$108,212.30	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Mei Dongming	Professor	$108,210.56	University Center - Sioux Falls
2024	University of South Dakota	Moore Tyler		$108,201.19	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Gilley David P	Associate Professor	$108,197.51	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	Lake Area Technical Institute	Butts Michael		$108,197.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2018	South Dakota State University	Langelett George	Professor	$108,196.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Langelett George L	Professor	$108,196.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Naber Allison J	Associate Professor	$108,175.21	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Bender Vickie	Associate Director	$108,173.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota State University	Garry Byron G	Associate Professor	$108,168.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Sackreiter Kevin G	Executive Director- Cetl/Assistant Professor	$108,168.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Stone James	Department Head	$108,167.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Stone James	Professor	$108,167.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	University of South Dakota	Larscheid Stephanie H	Executive Director	$108,146.32	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Kurtz Anna D	Director Of Enterprise Applications	$108,132.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Dosch Adam J	Computer & Information Research Scientist	$108,057.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Dosch Adam	Computer & Information Research Scientist	$108,057.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Kaushik Radhey	Assistant Department Head/Professor	$108,052.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Kaushik Radhey S	Assistant Department Head/Professor	$108,052.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Chong Yura	Controller	$108,047.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Zhao Yanxiao	Assistant Professor	$108,045.36	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University of South Dakota	Heiden Jared M	Dir, Budget	$108,041.00	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota State University	Fenster Charles B	Professor	$108,024.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Welch Bridget K	Associate Professor, Research	$108,000.00	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Welch Bridget K	Associate Professor, Research	$108,000.00	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Welch Bridget K	Associate Professor, Research	$108,000.00	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Lounsbery Nicole B	Director Of Graduate School	$108,000.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Mccormick Kelli A	Sr Lecturer	$107,991.94	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota State University	Miller Tyler M	Professor/Assoc Director	$107,965.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Elliott Matthew S	Associate Professor	$107,958.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Carreon Garciduenas Maria D	Assistant Professor	$107,955.52	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	Northern State University	Bostian Susan		$107,926.48	Northern State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Laporte Kyle J	Professor	$107,922.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Baye Jordan F	Assistant Professor	$107,915.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Chandrasekher Gudiseva	Associate Professor	$107,902.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Ting Francis C	Professor	$107,901.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Ting Francis	Professor	$107,901.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Turner Robert		$107,854.94	University of South Dakota
2024	University of South Dakota	Jackson Bryant		$107,848.96	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Roberts Jerilyn C	Assoc Vp For Fac, Rsk & Srvs	$107,847.79	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Jorgensen Lindsey E	Associate Professor	$107,823.15	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Jorgensen Lindsey E	Associate Professor	$107,823.15	University Center - Sioux Falls
2020	University of South Dakota	Struckman-Johnson Cynthia J	Professor	$107,819.22	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Flores Jose D	Professor	$107,817.61	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University of South Dakota	Flores Jose D	Professor	$107,817.61	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Heiberger Amy L	Associate Professor	$107,805.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Geza Nisrani Mengistu	Associate Professor	$107,797.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota State University	Van Klompenburg Emily J	Assistant Professor	$107,777.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Berendse Joseph A	Assistant Professor	$107,777.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Fairholm Matthew R	Professor/Coord, Grad Programs	$107,763.87	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University of South Dakota	Fairholm Matthew R	Professor/Coord, Grad Programs	$107,763.87	University of South Dakota
2019	University of South Dakota	Cleveland Tracy L		$107,763.66	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Jackson Bryant M	Chief Of Police	$107,749.00	University of South Dakota
2023	Northern State University	Peterson John		$107,747.00	Northern State University
2025	South Dakota State University	White George W	Professor	$107,723.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Hawkins-Taylor Chamika	Assistant Professor	$107,722.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Zhao Yanxiao		$107,719.77	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Corey Robert L	Associate Dept Head/Professor	$107,718.56	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Corey Robert L	Associate Dept Head/Professor	$107,718.56	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	South Dakota State University	Killefer John	Professor	$107,691.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Braunstein Richard	Professor	$107,688.81	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Daniel Jeremy S	Assistant Professor	$107,677.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Ball Jennifer O	Assistant Professor	$107,677.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Wang Zhenqiang		$107,670.91	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Koster Karen L	Professor	$107,655.37	University of South Dakota
2022	University of South Dakota	Rose Laura A	Associate Professor	$107,648.17	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Rose Laura A	Associate Professor	$107,648.17	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Lubbers Charles A	Professor	$107,629.43	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Lubbers Charles A	Professor	$107,629.43	University of South Dakota
2021	University of South Dakota	Weinandt Mandie R	Instructor	$107,625.00	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Mckey Michael A	Assistant Profesor	$107,623.20	University of South Dakota
2024	University of South Dakota	Bernstrauch Rodney		$107,614.68	University of South Dakota
2018	South Dakota State University	Holbeck Michael	Associate Vp-Finance & Budget	$107,614.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Holbeck Michael S	Associate Vp-Finance & Budget	$107,614.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Brandenburger Thomas A	Associate Professor	$107,586.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Koodali Ranjit T		$107,584.91	University of South Dakota
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Benjamin Kenneth M		$107,569.51	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota State University	Rahman Shafiqur	Professor	$107,568.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Mcgill Sarah A	Assistant Professor	$107,564.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Johnson Roger W	Professor - 9	$107,557.62	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	South Dakota State University	Holm Jeff M	Senior Associate Ad-Facilities & Operations	$107,549.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Kuehl Rebecca A	Associate Director/Professor	$107,543.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Forbes-Hurd Scout A	Assistant Professor/Experiential Ed Coord & Cont Ed/Health Systems Appe Coord	$107,535.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Davis Joshua E	Offensive Coordinator/Assist Fb Coach	$107,532.00	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	Gutierrez Michael A	Department Head/Librarian	$107,524.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Ghabchi Rouzbeh	Associate Professor	$107,518.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Pyeatt Larry D	Associate Professor	$107,506.12	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Larson Christine L	Kemp Endowed Professor Of Honors Calculus	$107,502.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Fahmy Hesham T	Associate Professor	$107,500.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Thorson Kip M	Associate Librarian/Head Of Public Services	$107,500.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Collinsworth Kelly E	Interim Associate Dean	$107,500.00	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	O'brien Jamie L	Professor	$107,498.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Baugh Lee A		$107,484.63	University of South Dakota
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Benning Jennifer L	Associate Professor	$107,479.76	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota State University	Emery Karin A	Assistant Dean/Assistant Professor	$107,465.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Law David A	Director Of Project Management & Engineering	$107,446.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Simons Raluca M	Professor/Dir Dmhi	$107,440.82	University of South Dakota