Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2021	South Dakota State University	Elverson Cynthia A	Assistant Academic Dean/Associate Professor	$106,500.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Mcgill Sarah A	Assistant Professor	$106,499.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Alexander David		$106,479.78	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Smith Steve	Department Head	$106,461.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Smith Steve	Professor	$106,461.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota State University	Bleakley Bruce H	Professor	$106,460.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Jorgensen Lindsey E	Chair, Communication Disorders	$106,456.44	University of South Dakota
2017	South Dakota State University	Hawkins-Taylor Chamika	Assistant Professor	$106,442.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Hawkins-Taylor Chamika	Assistant Professor	$106,442.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Druecker Scott A	Assistant Professor	$106,440.16	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	O'brien Jamie L	Professor	$106,434.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Anderson Robert	Associate Professor	$106,433.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	Black Hills State University	Sarver Shane	Professor, Biology	$106,431.00	Black Hills State University
2023	Northern State University	Fredrick Kay		$106,416.46	Northern State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Mcgough Jeffrey	Department Head	$106,409.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Mcgough Jeffrey	Professor	$106,409.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2018	South Dakota State University	Ball Jennifer	Assistant Professor	$106,402.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Middendorf Alex W	Assistant Professor	$106,402.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Ball Jennifer O	Assistant Professor	$106,402.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Daniel Jeremy	Assistant Professor	$106,402.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Daniel Jeremy S	Assistant Professor	$106,402.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Huber Victor C	Associate Professor	$106,366.87	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Jones Amy J	Director Of Campus Maintenance	$106,366.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Teets Donald A	Professor - 9	$106,351.98	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Moore Molly E	Assoc Vp For Enrollment Mgmt	$106,327.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Hoppe Adam D	Professor/Interim Associate Dean Of Research	$106,303.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Davidson Jeanne R	Librarian/Department Head-Public Services	$106,298.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Van Der Sluis Everhardus	Professor	$106,274.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Van Der Sluis Everhardus	Professor	$106,274.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Koromyslova Ekaterina A	Associate Professor	$106,269.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Tweedy Ann E	Associate Professor	$106,260.00	University of South Dakota
2021	University of South Dakota	Lio Yuhlong	Professor	$106,250.56	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Lio Yuhlong	Professor	$106,250.56	University Center - Sioux Falls
2019	South Dakota State University	Mucciante Michele R	University Veterinarian	$106,200.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Jin Hailong	Associate Professor	$106,178.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Martin David W	Director	$106,149.57	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Tukkaraja Purushotham	Assistant Professor - 9	$106,116.97	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	South Dakota State University	Gonda Michael G	Professor	$106,107.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Rex Brian T	Department Head/Associate Professor	$106,103.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Jasthi Bharat K		$106,101.60	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota State University	Ingemansen Jack A	Superintendent-Foundation Seed Stock	$106,101.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Rezvani Khosrow	Associate Professor	$106,099.36	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Cross William	Professor	$106,098.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	Northern State University	Haller Elizabeth		$106,085.68	Northern State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Sharaf El Din Tamer A	Assistant Professor	$106,084.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Miller Matthew W	Safety Consultant	$106,077.96	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Leigh Larry M	Imaging Engineer Iii	$106,071.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Callies Dannica L	Clinical Assistant Professor	$106,070.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Letcher Todd M	Associate Professor	$106,051.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Anderson William T	Assistant Professor	$106,050.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Sexton Peter J	Manager-Se Research Farm/Associate Professor	$106,045.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Zhang Xiaoyang	Professor/Senior Research Scientist	$106,015.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Patnoe Lacy A	Director Of Respiratory Care/Lecturer	$106,009.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Dixon Mark D	Professor	$106,004.76	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Oey Graham D	Assistant General Counsel	$106,000.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Vant Hul Brianna J	Assistant Professor	$106,000.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Collinsworth Matt D		$106,000.00	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota State University	Nelsen April A	Clinical Assistant Professor	$105,992.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Julius Chad A	Director-Research Cyberinfrast	$105,992.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Michael Semhar K	Associate Professor	$105,931.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Park Kunsoon	Associate Professor	$105,918.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Lake Area Technical Institute	Kalahar Julie		$105,915.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2021	South Dakota State University	Fenster Charles B	Professor	$105,915.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Karlsson Christer	Associate Professor	$105,902.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Hall Clifford A	Professor	$105,901.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Michna Gregory J	Associate Professor	$105,891.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Li Xu	Associate Professor	$105,890.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Hanson Ryan L	Asst Prof/Coord	$105,888.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Corey Robert L	Associate Dept Head/Professor	$105,887.38	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	University of South Dakota	Mei Dongming	Professor	$105,823.94	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota State University	Chidaushe Mavhu S	It Security Engineer	$105,772.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Clabo Darren	Assoc Prof Of Practice State Fire Meteorologist	$105,768.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota State University	Kemp Dan C	Professor	$105,755.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Dey Moul	Professor	$105,754.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Kim Young Ae		$105,751.71	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Kim Young Ae	Professor	$105,751.69	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Akowuah Francis	Assistant Professor	$105,745.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota State University	Watrel Robert H	Associate Professor/Department Head	$105,715.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Tiahrt Thomas W	Assoc Prof Decision Sciences	$105,707.63	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Winter Carole A	Assoc Prof Hsad	$105,700.26	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Winter Carole A	Assoc Prof Hsad	$105,700.26	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Teets Donald A	Professor - 9	$105,696.99	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Shuman Kelli R	Vp Of Hr/Title Ix Coord	$105,692.52	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2017	Lake Area Technical Institute	Stacey Darrell		$105,675.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Caudle Kyle	Professor	$105,674.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Johansen Travis J	Ath Fb Asst Coach/Defens Coord	$105,664.00	University Center - Sioux Falls
2023	University of South Dakota	Wiebers Robin M	Lecturer	$105,655.72	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Diersen Matthew A	Professor/Extension Specialist-Risk & Business Management	$105,653.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Wang Hongmin		$105,652.27	University of South Dakota
2024	University of South Dakota	Thon Ronald		$105,636.28	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Masterlark Timothy L	Professor	$105,632.01	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Vijayan Pillai Viju	Assistant Professor	$105,617.00	South Dakota State University
2023	Northern State University	Mehlhoff Monte		$105,603.02	Northern State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Pithan Anne T	Chair, Nursing	$105,600.00	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota State University	Logue Brian A	Professor	$105,591.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Sander Joel F	Associate Prof/Phys Grad Coord	$105,564.37	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Sander Joel F	Associate Prof/Phys Grad Coord	$105,564.37	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	South Dakota State University	Young Alan J	Professor	$105,555.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Biel Darla S	Assistant Director, Cpcm	$105,549.95	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Biel Darla S	Assistant Director, Cpcm	$105,549.95	University Center - Sioux Falls