Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2023	South Dakota State University	Bleakley Bruce H	Professor	$91,719.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Johnson Michelle L	Title Ix/Eo Coordinator	$91,714.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Sangster Juston		$91,699.96	University of South Dakota
2023	Northern State University	Blanchard Kenneth		$91,697.94	Northern State University
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Palmer Sally B		$91,692.89	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	Black Hills State University	Alsup John		$91,683.00	Black Hills State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Breuninger Scott C	Professor	$91,674.68	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	Davis Alan	Professor	$91,666.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Howe John M	Assoc Dean Of Student Services	$91,659.30	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota State University	White George W	Professor	$91,654.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Richards Erin	Director Of Financial Aid	$91,647.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota State University	Spear Debra J	Professor	$91,640.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Reinesch Mary L	Associate Professor/Director Of Clinical Education	$91,633.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Merkle Jean M	Dir. Eeo/Title Ix Coordinator	$91,600.00	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Sangster Juston A	Assistant Chief Of Police	$91,600.00	University of South Dakota
2024	University of South Dakota	Merkle Jean		$91,599.96	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Chang Young K	Assistant Professor/Precision Ag Automation Engineer	$91,590.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	O'neill Kari L	Program Manager-Extension Community Vitality	$91,584.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Khoda Kazi	Assistant Professor	$91,572.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota State University	Erickson Alan K	Professor	$91,572.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Kliche Donna V	Associate Professor	$91,554.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota State University	Leigh Larry M	Imaging Engineer Iii	$91,549.00	South Dakota State University
2021	Black Hills State University	Bentley Brandon		$91,548.00	Black Hills State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Won Kwanghee	Assistant Professor	$91,547.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Stenvig Thomas E	Associate Professor/Phd Program Coordinator	$91,544.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Druecker Scott A	Assistant Professor	$91,536.97	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Weist Paul D	Lecturer	$91,534.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Behr Carla M	Manager, Business Relationship	$91,531.20	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Gavin Jane E	Assistant Professor	$91,529.55	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Hultman Cassy M	Assistant Director Of Academic And Clinical Placements/Instructor	$91,527.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Auger Donald L	Professor	$91,525.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Huh Yung M	Professor/Interim Department Head	$91,520.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Cuevas Bruce D		$91,513.54	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota State University	Holm Jeff M	Senior Associate Ad-Facilities & Operations	$91,511.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Fahmy Hesham T	Associate Professor	$91,510.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Campbell Grant R	Assistant Professor	$91,466.76	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Clabo Darren	Assoc Prof Of Practice State Fire Meteorologist	$91,458.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Bowne Mary T	Professor	$91,450.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Messerli Mark	Associate Professor	$91,449.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Mahlum Jeffrey S	Director Of Network & Infrastructure Services	$91,433.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Goodman Shepherd Jewel	Assistant Professor	$91,417.91	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Merriman Janet E	Lecturer	$91,397.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Puthawala Michael A	Assistant Professor	$91,396.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Held Jeffrey E	Professor Emeritus Of Animal Science	$91,395.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Held Jeffrey E	Professor Emeritus Of Animal Science	$91,395.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Gunaje Jayarama B	Associate Professor	$91,392.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Diwakar Prasoon K	Assistant Professor	$91,383.81	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota State University	Patnoe Lacy A	Director Of Respiratory Care/Instructor	$91,380.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Thiex Natalie W	Associate Professor	$91,376.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Bauer Steven	Network Engineer	$91,373.68	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Day Jon	Database Systems Engineer	$91,373.68	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	Northern State University	Meyerink Monte		$91,366.36	Northern State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Brazeal Gregory P	Assistant Professor	$91,355.30	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Brazeal Gregory P	Assistant Professor	$91,355.30	University Center - Sioux Falls
2018	South Dakota State University	Trooien Todd	Professor	$91,349.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Trooien Todd P	Professor	$91,349.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Strunk Connie L	Extension Field Specialist Iii	$91,346.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Garren-Grubbs Theresa D	Clinical Assistant Professor	$91,344.00	South Dakota State University
2020	Black Hills State University	Marc Max		$91,341.00	Black Hills State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Mcgraw Gerald M	Assistant Professor	$91,326.87	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Winterboer Venita J	Lecturer	$91,313.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Rovai Maristela	Associate Professor/Extension Specialist - Dairy	$91,295.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Thompson Jennifer M	Registrar	$91,285.14	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Thompson Jennifer M	Registrar	$91,285.14	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Thompson Jennifer M	Registrar	$91,285.14	University Center - Sioux Falls
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Lalley Aaron J	Instructor	$91,283.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Whites Keith W	Assoc Prof/Spm Chair	$91,282.88	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota State University	Zhang Hankui	Assistant Professor	$91,281.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Fekrmandi Hadi	Assistant Professor	$91,279.28	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	South Dakota State University	Bonvallet Geoffrey A	Senior Lecturer	$91,271.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Dejong David A	Chair, Edad	$91,270.27	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Sun Yongchen	Associate Professor	$91,259.16	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	South Dakota State University	Chandrasekher Gudiseva	Associate Professor	$91,259.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Black Hills State University	Caldwell Catherine	Dir, Grants & Sponsored Prog	$91,258.00	Black Hills State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Kovacs Peter	Associate Professor	$91,248.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Bender Vickie M	Associate Director	$91,232.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Stone James J	Department Head	$91,215.48	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota State University	Peterson Janet M	Director Of Shared Services	$91,207.74	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Arneson-Meyer Lois L	Assistant Professor	$91,206.62	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota State University	Helmbolt Shawn M	Director-Admissions	$91,200.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Garry Byron G	Associate Professor	$91,167.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Zhou Yue	Assistant Professor	$91,155.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Zhou Yue	Assistant Professor	$91,155.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Jacobson Jeri	Head Women's Bb Coach	$91,134.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota State University	Rogers James M	Assistant Coach-Football	$91,133.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Sher Mazhar	Assistant Professor	$91,126.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Prasad Anamika	Associate Professor	$91,125.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Prasad Anamika	Associate Professor	$91,125.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Gonzalez Hernandez Jose L	Professor	$91,118.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Foster Neal R	Manager-Seed Cert Division	$91,111.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Bender Vickie M	Associate Director	$91,108.47	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	Black Hills State University	Bentley Brandon		$91,102.00	Black Hills State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Bauman Peter J	Extension Field Specialist Iii-Natural Resources & Wildlife	$91,101.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Mccormick Kelli	Sr Lecturer	$91,096.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota State University	Peterson Rebecca L	Director Of Housing & Residential Life	$91,091.00	South Dakota State University
2019	Lake Area Technical Institute	Terronez Troy		$91,087.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2024	South Dakota State University	Nleya Thandiwe M	Professor	$91,084.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Li Wanlong	Professor	$91,081.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Larscheid Stephanie H	Executive Director	$91,080.00	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Heiden Jared M	Dir, Budget	$91,080.00	University of South Dakota