Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Hinker Paul J	Assistant Professor	$88,374.96	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	University of South Dakota	Fischbach Cheryl L	Lecturer/Coordinator Of Graduate Programs	$88,370.69	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	Cradduck Wendy S	Assistant Vice President For Information Technology	$88,364.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Nguyen Doang K	Assistant Professor	$88,359.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Nguyen Doang K	Assistant Professor	$88,359.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Bruno Nickolaus M	Asst Professor - 9	$88,358.99	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Christian Michele A	University Archives & Special Collections Associate Librarian	$88,350.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Wesner Chelsea A		$88,344.65	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Ozdemir Tugba	Assistant Professor	$88,339.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	University of South Dakota	Steele Nathaniel P	Dir, Grounds & Landscaping	$88,334.40	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	Doom Jeffrey J	Assistant Professor	$88,304.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Anthony Aaron	Dir, Acad & Student Support	$88,301.16	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Gunaje Jayarama B	Associate Professor	$88,297.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Gloege Laura A	Lecturer	$88,288.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Safarzadeh Mohammad Sadegh	Associate Professor	$88,259.94	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	University of South Dakota	Franken Craig T	Director, Operations & Mainten	$88,259.60	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Kuehl Rebecca A	Associate Academic Director/Professor	$88,259.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Levesque Crystal L	Associate Professor	$88,254.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Jensen Dean H		$88,245.67	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Goodman Douglas R	Associate Professor	$88,228.04	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University of South Dakota	Goodman Douglas R	Associate Professor	$88,228.04	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	St Pierre Benoit	Associate Professor	$88,215.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Anderson Kent	Sys Software Spec-Admin System	$88,213.09	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Anderson Kent	Sys Software Spec-Admin System	$88,213.09	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Anderson Kent	Sys Software Spec-Admin System	$88,213.09	University Center - Sioux Falls
2024	Western Dakota Tech	Hybertson Kristen A	Director Of Nursing	$88,208.99	Western Dakota Tech
2025	South Dakota State University	Fullerton Kevin T	Director Of Career Development	$88,196.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Xu Sutie	Assistant Professor	$88,183.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Mctaggart Robert J	Associate Professor/Assistant Department Head	$88,183.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Lunday Tamara L	Director-Student Health & Counseling	$88,179.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Feller Lisa M	Associate Professor	$88,177.84	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota State University	Sackreiter Kevin G	Director--Cetl/Assistant Professor	$88,175.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Milbrandt Robert M	Senior Mechanical Engineer	$88,170.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Carlson Brett	Assistant Professor	$88,165.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota State University	Heaton Timothy A	Chief Of Safety & Security	$88,160.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Wang Tong	Associate Professor/Extension Specialist-Advanced Production Economics	$88,159.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Black Hills State University	King Vincent	Professor, English	$88,154.00	Black Hills State University
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Li Liangping		$88,149.96	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Oster Lori A	Better Choices, Better Health South Dakota Program Director	$88,146.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Brockevelt Barbara L		$88,139.57	University of South Dakota
2023	Northern State University	Monson Lyncee		$88,139.52	Northern State University
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Geza Nisrani Mengistu	Assistant Professor	$88,138.78	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota State University	Garry Byron G	Associate Professor	$88,134.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Ciarcia Marco	Assistant Professor	$88,126.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Richards Erin	Director Of Financial Aid	$88,122.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Avoseh Mejai B	Professor	$88,117.77	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Avoseh Mejai B	Professor	$88,117.77	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	Kim Young Ae	Associate Professor/Program Coordinator	$88,108.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Romsa Bryan L	Associate Professor	$88,104.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Lustfield Rebecca		$88,098.36	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Lustfield Rebecca A	Evaluation & Assessment Spec	$88,098.35	University of South Dakota
2023	Northern State University	Bultema Skyles Darci		$88,095.04	Northern State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Moskowitz David V	Music Graduate Coordinator	$88,079.18	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	White George W	Professor	$88,074.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Stenvig Thomas E	Associate Professor/Phd Program Coordinator	$88,074.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Graham Christopher J	Associate Professor/Extension Specialist-Agronomist	$88,065.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Martin Thomas C	Instructor Op Mgmnt	$88,049.49	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	Holm Jeff M	Senior Associate Ad-Facilities & Operations	$88,049.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Berg-Poppe Patti J	Professor	$88,044.00	University of South Dakota
2018	South Dakota State University	Scaria Joy	Assistant Professor	$88,042.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Scaria Joy	Assistant Professor	$88,042.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Keefner Tamara		$88,035.32	University of South Dakota
2024	Northern State University	Brownfield Kristi		$88,033.10	Northern State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Zhao Long	Assistant Professor	$88,032.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2017	South Dakota State University	Ni Zhen	Assistant Professor	$88,028.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Yoon Hyeun Joong	Assistant Professor	$88,028.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Yoon Hyeun Joong	Assistant Professor	$88,028.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Ni Zhen	Assistant Professor	$88,028.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Kupershmidt Sabina	Associate Professor	$88,021.14	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Rohrbach Kendell K	Director-Card & Parking Services	$88,020.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Anderson Brent S	Sr. Software Engineer	$88,015.35	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota State University	Basu Saikat	Assistant Professor	$88,015.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Davis Alan	Professor	$88,013.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Black Hills State University	Colmenero-Chilberg Laura	Professor, Sociology	$88,013.00	Black Hills State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Davis Alan	Professor	$88,013.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Northern State University	Goetz Joanna		$88,012.35	Northern State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Chen Suhao	Assistant Professor	$88,010.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	University of South Dakota	Kolinski Marek		$88,000.01	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Sampson Casey L	Director Of Networking	$88,000.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Rients Jessica L	Director-Ag Shared Serv Ctr	$88,000.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Douglas Triny	Senior Composites Engineer	$88,000.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University of South Dakota	Friemel Taylor D	Assistant Professor	$88,000.00	University of South Dakota
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Tinker Zachary G		$88,000.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	University of South Dakota	Sealey Jesse V	Associate Professor	$88,000.00	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Burgess Richard	Assistant Professor	$88,000.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	South Dakota State University	Islam Mohammad Nurul	Assistant Professor/Coordinator Of Campus Core Mass Spectrometry Facility	$88,000.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Lalley Aaron	Professor Of Practice	$88,000.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota State University	Islam Mohammad Nurul	Assistant Professor And Coordinator	$88,000.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Lahren Vincent L	Admin Shared Svc Director	$88,000.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Strunk Connie L	Extension Field Specialist Iii-Plant Pathology	$87,997.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Black Hills State University	Gibson Gina	Professor, Digital Comm	$87,979.00	Black Hills State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Muehlbeier Brian K	Sr Construction Project Manage	$87,973.54	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Muehlbeier Brian K	Sr Construction Project Manage	$87,973.54	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Muehlbeier Brian K	Sr Construction Project Manage	$87,973.54	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University of South Dakota	Leibiger Carol A	Assoc Prof/Info Lit Coord	$87,971.20	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota State University	Theroux Shari M	Systems And Discovery Asst Lib	$87,964.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Keenan Sarah W	Assistant Professor	$87,962.48	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University of South Dakota	Mcfadden Lisa M	Assistant Professor	$87,959.55	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota State University	Parsons Ira L	Assistant Professor	$87,959.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Gu Zhengrong	Professor	$87,951.00	South Dakota State University