Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Capehart William J	Associate Professor	$92,304.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	University of South Dakota	Bagu Edward T		$92,302.07	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Kunza Lisa	Associate Professor	$92,301.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota State University	Fourney Robert S	Associate Professor	$92,289.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Diddle Laura D	Professor	$92,287.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Wolfswinkel Sandra A	Director Planning & Constructi	$92,286.84	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota State University	Stromer Allyson M	Lecturer	$92,274.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Callies Dannica L	Clinical Assistant Professor	$92,265.00	South Dakota State University
2023	Northern State University	Manhart Grant		$92,264.05	Northern State University
2020	Lake Area Technical Institute	Heggelund Jennifer		$92,258.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Dirienzo Amy	Director Camp	$92,250.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Caudle Kyle	Professor	$92,244.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	Black Hills State University	Siebenthal Sharman	Professor, Education	$92,239.00	Black Hills State University
2023	Black Hills State University	Siebenthal Sharman	Professor, Education	$92,239.00	Black Hills State University
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Lalley Aaron J	Instructor	$92,232.96	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota State University	Seo Junwon	Associate Professor	$92,228.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Rusche Warren C	Assistant Professor/Ext Spec	$92,228.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Foerster Becka J	Lecturer	$92,221.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Rose Laura A		$92,216.79	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Warren Hailie A	Creative Director For Visual Storytelling	$92,209.02	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Rebenitsch Lisa R	Assistant Professor	$92,201.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota State University	Pedersen Scott C	Professor	$92,198.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Moradi Rekabdarkolaee Hossein	Assistant Professor	$92,195.00	South Dakota State University
2023	Northern State University	Howard Jeffrey		$92,175.35	Northern State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Wingate Steven N	Professor	$92,170.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Cross William M		$92,162.96	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota State University	Christensen Cody J	Associate Professor	$92,157.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Western Dakota Tech	Loverich James S	Architectural And Engineering Technology	$92,151.26	Western Dakota Tech
2024	Northern State University	Fischbach Kami		$92,146.02	Northern State University
2017	Lake Area Technical Institute	Brandsrud Bradley		$92,140.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2020	University of South Dakota	Thon Ronald A	Sr Project Mechanical Engineer	$92,133.23	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Mcnaughton Laura J	Chief Of Staff/Dir Gov Relat	$92,130.00	University of South Dakota
2021	University of South Dakota	Sun Haoran	Professor	$92,118.82	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Wu Yajun	Assistant Department Head/Professor	$92,116.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Novotny Jennifer	Senior Director-Student Activities	$92,108.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Hale Jeffrey S	Director-Residential Life	$92,108.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Douglas Carl C	Senior Director-Trio Program/Multicultural Affairs	$92,108.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Novotny Jennifer L	Senior Director-Student Activities	$92,108.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Douglas Carl	Senior Director-Trio Program/Multicultural Affairs	$92,108.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Allard Ivy	Sr Lecturer	$92,079.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Fischer Bradley A	Mts Business Advisor	$92,060.95	University Center - Sioux Falls
2025	South Dakota State University	Underwood Keith R	Associate Professor	$92,056.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Michna Gregory J	Associate Professor	$92,048.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Michna Gregory	Associate Professor	$92,048.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Norris Debra S	Senior Lecturer	$92,031.33	University of South Dakota
2018	South Dakota State University	Jennings Samuel	Dean Of Students	$92,030.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Jennings Samuel A	Dean Of Students	$92,030.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Gonzalez Hernandez Jose L	Core Research Support Faciltiies Director/Professor	$92,029.00	South Dakota State University
2020	Black Hills State University	Bailey Adam		$92,022.00	Black Hills State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Haksgaard Hannah C		$92,017.00	University of South Dakota
2019	University of South Dakota	Devries Nathan G		$92,014.20	University of South Dakota
2019	University of South Dakota	Flack John G		$92,014.20	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Diwakar Prasoon	Assistant Professor	$92,002.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Brentlinger Ann	Dir Of Marketing & Comm	$92,000.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota State University	Uecker Tobias W	Dean Of Students	$92,000.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Erickson Jason	Assoc Dir Technology Srvcs	$92,000.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	South Dakota State University	Tarafder Solaiman	Assistant Professor	$92,000.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Karki David	Assistant Professor	$92,000.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Jawdhari Akram R	Assistant Professor	$92,000.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Rice George J		$92,000.00	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	Brandt Kevin L	Assistant Vice President For Research Cyberinfrastructure	$92,000.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Sandager Ellen M	Director Of Undergraduate Admissions	$92,000.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Carlson Brett	Assistant Professor	$91,999.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota State University	Redlin Meredith M	Professor	$91,983.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Tolle Charles R	Associate Professor	$91,982.97	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Arneson-Meyer Lois L	Assistant Professor	$91,982.33	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	Black Hills State University	Nielsen Juliana		$91,973.53	Black Hills State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Peterson Lindsey		$91,957.49	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Jewell Melody E	Senior Lecturer	$91,944.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Dubey Saurav	Assistant Professor	$91,942.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota State University	Mayeux Jack J	Temporary Instructor	$91,941.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Bly Anthony G	Extension Field Specialist Iii-Soils	$91,921.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Subramanian Senthil	Professor	$91,919.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Mockler Gina		$91,916.07	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Hunsley-Mctighe Amy L	Instructor	$91,895.91	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Schnee Richard	Professor	$91,892.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Schnee Richard	Department Head	$91,892.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Baylor Mindy R	Director, Fm Bus Operations	$91,891.40	University Center - Sioux Falls
2017	South Dakota State University	Braaten Norman O	Research Compliance Coordinator	$91,886.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Xu Lan	Professor	$91,885.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Beutler Holly L	Financial & Data Specialist	$91,875.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Beckman Steven L	Manager-Davis Dairy Plant	$91,875.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Johnson Ryan	Director Of Research Computing	$91,868.00	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Olson Kenneth C	Professor/Extension Specialist-Beef	$91,849.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Gnimpieba Zohim Etienne	Research Assistant Professor	$91,844.83	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Singh Arun	Assistant Professor	$91,842.50	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Hales Patrick D	Associate Professor/Assistant Director-K-12 Education	$91,841.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Jepsen Eric M	Professor/Coord Ungrad Study	$91,833.83	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Janaswamy Srinivas	Associate Professor	$91,833.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Zimney Kory J		$91,823.11	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Tan Songxin	Associate Professor	$91,822.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Kindle Karen J	Associate Professor	$91,811.99	University of South Dakota
2021	University of South Dakota	Sun Yongchen	Chair-Physics	$91,808.74	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Heard Carly A	Assist Dean, Student Success And Accred	$91,802.40	University of South Dakota
2019	University of South Dakota	Thiex Travis J		$91,800.00	University of South Dakota
2021	University of South Dakota	Hoefelmeyer James D	Professor	$91,794.58	University of South Dakota
2023	Northern State University	Dolan Amy		$91,789.09	Northern State University
2021	Black Hills State University	Marc Max		$91,789.00	Black Hills State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Lio Biying		$91,766.48	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Vacek Shelie L	Associate Lib & Head Of Whsic	$91,729.08	University of South Dakota