Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2025	South Dakota State University	Conlee Janice L	Lecturer	$88,795.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Kowalski Robert	Department Head	$88,789.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota State University	Edwards Laura M	Ext Climate Field Special. Iii	$88,789.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Kowalski Robert	Professor	$88,789.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Hong Haiping	Research Scientist Iv	$88,782.01	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University of South Dakota	Johnson Stephen K	Assoc Prof/Bus&Public Pol Lib	$88,776.45	University of South Dakota
2021	University of South Dakota	Ganschow Darby D	Director, Auxiliary Services	$88,775.39	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Pattison James S	Assistant Professor	$88,766.50	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Pattison James S	Assistant Professor	$88,766.50	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Pattison James S	Assistant Professor	$88,766.50	University Center - Sioux Falls
2024	University of South Dakota	Leedom Matthew		$88,760.76	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Leedom Matthew J	Assistant Professor	$88,760.71	University of South Dakota
2021	University of South Dakota	Jarchow Meghann E	Chair, Sustainability & Enviro	$88,759.39	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Wesner Jeff S	Associate Professor	$88,754.10	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Wesner Jeff S	Associate Professor	$88,754.10	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota State University	Schievelbein Danielle M	Assistant Professor	$88,751.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Mccausland Gwen M	Director-Sd Agricultural Heritage Museum	$88,750.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Shires Madalyn K	Assistant Prof/Ext Plant Patho	$88,750.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Mourlam Daniel J	Associate Professor	$88,746.47	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Jensen Dean H	Associate Professor	$88,746.03	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2018	South Dakota State University	Tan Songxin	Associate Professor	$88,737.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Tan Songxin	Associate Professor	$88,737.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Lucchesi Roxanne N	Professor	$88,733.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Logue Cathy J	Coord, Student Prof Sup	$88,728.93	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Ni Zhen	Assistant Professor	$88,719.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Ni Zhen	Assistant Professor	$88,719.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Ni Zhen	Assistant Professor	$88,719.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Waldien Trevor	Assistant Professor	$88,715.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	Lake Area Technical Institute	Heggelund Jennifer		$88,710.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2023	South Dakota State University	Vondruska Judy A	Senior Lecturer	$88,708.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Dougherty Kareen H		$88,705.67	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Elliott Matthew S	Associate Professor/Extension Specialist-Agribusiness	$88,702.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Mcmaine John T	Griffith Chair-Ag & Water Resources/Director/Assistant Professor/Extn Specialist	$88,690.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Wai Sebastian T	Assistant Professor	$88,689.18	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Wai Sebastian T	Assistant Professor	$88,689.18	University Center - Sioux Falls
2018	South Dakota State University	Phelps Brady	Professor	$88,665.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Phelps Brady J	Professor	$88,665.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Chidaushe Mavhu S	It Security Engineer	$88,661.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Pelzel Heidi A	Lecturer	$88,652.00	South Dakota State University
2019	Black Hills State University	Hansen Corinne	Dir, Univ & Community Relation	$88,639.00	Black Hills State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Miller Tyler M	Associate Academic Director/Associate Professor	$88,625.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Thornburg Shannon	Senior Lecturer	$88,625.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Sun Yongchen	Associate Professor	$88,621.30	University Center - Sioux Falls
2023	University of South Dakota	Abdellatif Musheera A	Associate Professor	$88,612.15	University of South Dakota
2017	South Dakota State University	Seefeldt Teresa M	Acting Assistant Dean/Associate Professor	$88,602.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Seefeldt Teresa	Associate Dean/Associate Professor	$88,602.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Betz-Hamilton Axton E	Associate Professor	$88,601.00	South Dakota State University
2017	Lake Area Technical Institute	Terronez Troy		$88,591.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Ragi Shankarachary	Assistant Professor	$88,587.80	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota State University	Perry George A	Professor/Extension Specialist-Beef Reproduction Management	$88,573.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Anthony Aaron		$88,556.16	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Welch Bridget K	Staff Research Scientist	$88,550.00	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Laplante Kathryn D	Instructor	$88,544.08	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Held Jeffrey E	Professor/Extension Specialist-Sheep	$88,542.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Leigh Larry M	Imaging Engineer Iii	$88,537.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Yordanova Albena Y	Senior Lecturer	$88,535.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Chandrasekher Gudiseva	Associate Professor	$88,535.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Berg Lora	Director-Marketing & Communications	$88,534.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Berg Lora J	Director-Marketing & Communications	$88,534.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Lalley Aaron J	Instructor	$88,529.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2018	Lake Area Technical Institute	Bellum Kimberly		$88,526.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Hall Robert A	Department Head	$88,523.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Thiyagarajan Magesh	Department Head	$88,520.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Thiyagarajan Magesh	Professor	$88,520.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Allard Ivy N	Senior Lecturer	$88,519.48	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	South Dakota State University	Weaver Eric M	Assistant Professor	$88,512.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Lake Area Technical Institute	Feininger Casey		$88,506.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Nilson Wade A	Professor	$88,501.97	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Nilson Wade A	Professor	$88,501.97	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Stone James J	Department Head	$88,500.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Campbell Grant R	Assistant Professor	$88,500.00	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Campbell Grant R	Assistant Professor	$88,500.00	University of South Dakota
2019	University of South Dakota	Wolfswinkel Sandra A		$88,500.00	University of South Dakota
2020	Mitchell Technical Institute	Heemstra John	Vice President	$88,500.00	Mitchell Technical Institute
2025	South Dakota State University	Westcott Jamie G	Internal Auditor	$88,500.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Emerson Ann		$88,497.80	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Dejager-Loftus Danielle P	Fine Arts/Tech Lib/Assoc Prof	$88,486.80	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Dejager-Loftus Danielle P	Fine Arts/Tech Lib/Assoc Prof	$88,486.80	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Dejager-Loftus Danielle P	Fine Arts/Tech Lib/Assoc Prof	$88,486.80	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Banasiak John M	Professor	$88,486.69	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University of South Dakota	Banasiak John M	Professor	$88,486.69	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	Zhou Yue	Assistant Professor	$88,484.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Woldstad Jeffrey C	Professor	$88,478.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Woldstad Jeffrey C	Department Head	$88,478.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Berkhout Jan	Professor	$88,473.24	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University of South Dakota	Berkhout Jan	Professor	$88,473.24	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Starmer Kristine N	Research Prject & Office Coord	$88,447.79	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2018	South Dakota State University	Hansen Timothy	Assistant Professor	$88,444.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Hansen Timothy M	Assistant Professor	$88,444.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Smirnova Alevtina L	Associate Professor	$88,435.07	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota State University	Coulter Alison A	Assistant Professor	$88,428.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	John Thalakkottor Joseph	Assistant Professor	$88,427.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota State University	Voss Jo	Associate Professor	$88,415.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Ye Zhi	Assistant Professor	$88,410.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Clapper Jeffrey A	Professor Emeritus	$88,408.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Sieverding Heidi	Research Scientist Iii	$88,402.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Sepion Daniel J	Asst Dean Stdnts/Dir Res Life	$88,389.45	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University of South Dakota	Ward Stephen K	Dir, Acad & Career Plan Center	$88,380.78	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Leschewski Andrea M	Associate Professor	$88,378.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Spear Debra J	Professor	$88,375.00	South Dakota State University