Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2020	South Dakota State University	Mielke Barry A	Director Of Energy Systems/Interim Associate Vice President	$89,198.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Mckeown Cassandra L	Coord, Criminal Justice	$89,196.17	University of South Dakota
2024	University of South Dakota	Mikel Anneka		$89,192.34	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Doom Jeffrey J	Associate Professor	$89,187.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Glover Karl D	Professor	$89,181.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Heier Cori J	Lecturer	$89,177.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Northern State University	Pulis Eric		$89,171.65	Northern State University
2022	University of South Dakota	John Ranjeet	Assistant Professor	$89,166.18	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	John Ranjeet	Assistant Professor	$89,166.18	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	South Dakota State University	Semenchenko Anton	Research High Performance Computer Specialist	$89,165.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Ragsdale Chalon A	Professor	$89,161.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Bosch Taylor		$89,151.55	University of South Dakota
2019	University of South Dakota	Britten Hugh B		$89,148.59	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Mcknight Ryan M	Lecturer	$89,144.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Rops Brock C	Assist Dir, Ahec Clinical & Ed	$89,138.78	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Rops Brock C	Assist Dir, Ahec Clinical & Ed	$89,138.78	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Rops Brock C	Assist Dir, Ahec Clinical & Ed	$89,138.78	University Center - Sioux Falls
2024	University of South Dakota	Tassler Darla		$89,133.72	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Brennan Jameson R	Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist - Livestock Grazing	$89,131.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Bender Vickie M	Associate Director	$89,127.01	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Stolle Barbara A	Sim Oversight/Instructor	$89,119.80	University Center - Sioux Falls
2024	Northern State University	Monaghan-Geernaert Pamela		$89,118.90	Northern State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Rusche Warren C	Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist - Feedlot Management	$89,112.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Northern State University	Vanlaecken Joshua		$89,111.84	Northern State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Tjeerdsma Michelle R	Food & Families Program Director	$89,095.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Xu Lan	Professor	$89,085.00	South Dakota State University
2020	Lake Area Technical Institute	Wahl Scott		$89,079.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2018	South Dakota State University	Stenvig Thomas	Associate Professor/Phd Program Coordinator	$89,074.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Bayer Michelle A	Director-Multicultural Affairs	$89,067.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Ustunisik Gokce	Associate Professor	$89,065.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Ward Kevin	Assistant Professor	$89,064.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota State University	Graper David F	Professor Emeritus Of Horticulture Science	$89,058.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Herman Jade	Chief Of Staff	$89,040.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	University of South Dakota	Anderton Laura A	Dir, Human Resources	$89,039.00	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Anderton Laura A	Dir, Human Resources	$89,039.00	University Center - Sioux Falls
2025	South Dakota State University	Imre Gergely	Assistant Professor	$89,037.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Steele Nathaniel		$89,034.40	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Andersen Patricia	Director, Devereux Library	$89,034.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota State University	Smart Alexander J	Professor/Assistant Department Head	$89,033.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Smart Alexander J	Professor/Sr Program Leader-Anr	$89,033.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Wiebers Robin M	Assoc Dean, School Of Educ	$89,025.71	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Garry Byron G	Associate Professor	$89,015.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Braunstein Richard		$89,006.97	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota State University	Ameen Gazala	Assistant Professor	$89,003.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Suspitsyn Dmitry	Director Of Institutional Research	$89,000.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Callies Dannica L	Clinical Assistant Professor	$89,000.00	South Dakota State University
2019	Black Hills State University	Wolf Debra	Dir Ed & Outreach, Surf	$89,000.00	Black Hills State University
2019	Lake Area Technical Institute	Boyens Craig		$89,000.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2017	South Dakota State University	Hanson Jana M	Director Institutional Assessment/Adjunct Instructor	$89,000.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Johnson Ryan		$89,000.00	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Lichtenberg Michelle L	Assistant Professor	$89,000.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Akhbardeh Farhad	Assistant Professor	$89,000.00	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Hu Jue	Assistant Professor	$89,000.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	South Dakota State University	Lichtenberg Michelle L	Assistant Professor	$89,000.00	South Dakota State University
2021	Black Hills State University	Siebenthal Sharman		$89,000.00	Black Hills State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Hanson Jana	Director Institutional Assessment/Adjunct Instructor/Interim Director-Inst Res	$89,000.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Suspitsyn Dmitry	Director Of Institutional Research	$89,000.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Chen Mingyuan	Assistant Professor	$89,000.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Rebenitsch Lisa R	Assistant Professor	$88,999.96	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota State University	Kim Young Ae	Associate Professor	$88,989.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Geza Nisrani Mengistu		$88,988.90	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Martinez Caicedo David	Assistant Professor	$88,982.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2017	South Dakota State University	Rauber Joel D	Professor Emeritus Of Physics	$88,964.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Hansen Dane		$88,959.80	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Custis Tyler L	Assistant Professor	$88,956.87	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	White George W	Professor	$88,955.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Solanki Shyam	Assistant Professor	$88,938.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Carotta Christin L	Associate Professor	$88,929.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Holm Jeff M	Senior Associate Ad-Facilities & Operations	$88,929.00	South Dakota State University
2019	Lake Area Technical Institute	Heller Dennis		$88,917.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2022	Black Hills State University	Coble Donald		$88,910.00	Black Hills State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Peterson Gregory R	Professor	$88,907.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Singh Arun	Assistant Professor	$88,889.73	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Singh Arun	Assistant Professor	$88,889.73	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Singh Arun	Assistant Professor	$88,889.73	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Heglund Dan	Associate Professor	$88,889.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	University of South Dakota	Helmer Angela M	Professor	$88,883.93	University of South Dakota
2024	University of South Dakota	Helmer Angela		$88,883.91	University of South Dakota
2019	Black Hills State University	Bentley Brandon	Dir/Business Svs & Controller	$88,880.00	Black Hills State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Milbrandt Robert M	Senior Mechanical Engineer	$88,880.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Patnoe Lacy A	Director Of Respiratory Care/Instructor	$88,880.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Bertsch Gregory G	Instructor	$88,875.14	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Bertsch Gregory G	Instructor	$88,875.14	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	South Dakota State University	Brown Michael L	Professor Emeritus Of Fisheries Science	$88,871.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Brown Michael L	Professor Emeritus Of Fisheries Science	$88,871.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Pietri Cotty Jose E	Assistant Professor	$88,870.80	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Ladwig Adam L	Assistant Professor	$88,868.88	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Ladwig Adam L	Assistant Professor	$88,868.88	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Ladwig Adam L	Assistant Professor	$88,868.88	University Center - Sioux Falls
2023	South Dakota State University	Dubbelde Victoria F	Lecturer	$88,863.00	South Dakota State University
2018	Lake Area Technical Institute	Barrett Christina		$88,857.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2023	University of South Dakota	Hansen Dane S	Application/Business Project Manager	$88,849.83	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Rebenitsch Lisa R	Assistant Professor	$88,848.99	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	University of South Dakota	Tassler Darla J	Application/Business Project Manager	$88,848.69	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Bastemeyer Devin J	Director Of Aviation Operations	$88,839.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Wu Jixiang	Professor	$88,832.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Gu Xingyou	Professor	$88,825.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Dehaven Rodney	Head Coach-Track & Field	$88,810.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Prasad Anamika	Assistant Professor	$88,804.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Lippert Tyler J	Assistant Coach-Track & Field	$88,802.00	South Dakota State University