Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Jacobson Jeri	Head Women's Bb Coach	$87,943.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota State University	Tofte Elizabeth P	Associate Professor	$87,915.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Shore Jay	Associate Professor	$87,913.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Custis Tyler L		$87,902.05	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Celik Wiltse Evren	Professor	$87,889.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Lecy Natalie		$87,884.60	University of South Dakota
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Qiao Mengyu		$87,882.03	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota State University	Hatfield Gary D	Associate Professor	$87,873.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Black Hills State University	Webber Kimberly	Associate Director Of Camse	$87,872.00	Black Hills State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Tanner Timothy D	State 4H Program Director	$87,870.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Tazarv Mostafa	Associate Professor	$87,855.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Johnson John R	Grants Dev & Research Manager	$87,854.54	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Cempellin Leda	Associate Academic Director/Professor	$87,853.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Hong Zhongkui	Associate Professor	$87,849.20	University of South Dakota
2017	South Dakota State University	Graper David F	Professor/Extension Specialist-Commercial Horticulture	$87,848.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Graper David	Professor/Extension Specialist-Commercial Horticulture	$87,848.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Emerson Ann M	Asst Dir, Financial Aid	$87,847.76	University of South Dakota
2021	University of South Dakota	Holdhusen J D	Director, Choral Activities	$87,845.61	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota State University	Lindell Lisa R	Catalog Librarian/Professor	$87,845.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Wone Bernard W	Associate Professor	$87,840.01	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Wone Bernard W	Associate Professor	$87,840.01	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Bheemasetti Tejo	Assistant Professor	$87,832.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota State University	Ghabchi Rouzbeh	Associate Professor	$87,826.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Uzunlar Nuri	Professor	$87,825.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	University of South Dakota	Hanson Elizabeth		$87,821.52	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Syhre Dawn A	Director Of Student Accounts	$87,800.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Zhang Hankui	Assistant Professor	$87,774.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Sobolev Vladimir L	Professor	$87,768.01	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2018	South Dakota State University	Chandrasekher Gudiseva	Associate Professor	$87,768.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Roy Sayan	Assistant Professor	$87,765.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	Lake Area Technical Institute	Bretschneider Todd		$87,763.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2021	University of South Dakota	Sereda Grigoriy A	Professor	$87,726.81	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Hunter Karla M	Professor	$87,724.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Zhou Yue	Assistant Professor	$87,721.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Zhou Yue	Assistant Professor	$87,721.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Moradi Rekabdarkolaee Hossein	Assistant Professor	$87,714.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Foerster Becka J	Lecturer	$87,714.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Prigge William D	Professor	$87,712.02	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Hemphill Gary B	Beavers Charitable Trust Professor Of Practice In Heavy Construction	$87,701.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Enz Molly K	Professor	$87,685.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Mirzakhani Nafchi Ali	Assistant Professor/Extn Spec	$87,680.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Diel Diego	Assistant Professor	$87,677.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Diel Diego G	Assistant Professor	$87,677.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Heiberger Greg A	Associate Dean Of Academics & Student Success/Assistant Professor	$87,676.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Osterloh Kristopher R	Assistant Professor	$87,669.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Paudel Tula	Assistant Professor	$87,662.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	Black Hills State University	Breske Joshua	Head Football Coach	$87,637.00	Black Hills State University
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Jensen Dean H	Associate Professor	$87,633.80	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Hammell Joshua	Res Sci Iii Aml Lab Mgr	$87,621.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	University of South Dakota	Genna Raimondo		$87,620.09	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Kliche Donna V	Associate Professor	$87,617.03	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota State University	Wang Xiuqing	Professor	$87,617.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Gamradt Kenneth A	Lecturer	$87,615.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Schievelbein Danielle M	Assistant Professor	$87,609.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Ray Annette L	Lecturer	$87,608.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Derynck Gregory D	Program Director-Eng Ext	$87,607.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Mathew Febina M	Associate Professor	$87,607.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Beeler Scott	Research Scientist Iii	$87,605.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Kuebler Michelle M	Director Of Admissions Operations	$87,604.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Blair Amanda D	Professor/Extension Specialist-Meat Science	$87,586.00	South Dakota State University
2019	Black Hills State University	Alsup John	Professor, Math Education	$87,571.00	Black Hills State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Sun Yongchen	Associate Professor	$87,555.86	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Petersen Jacob	Research Scientist Iii	$87,555.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	South Dakota State University	Droke Elizabeth A	Associate Professor	$87,551.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Rozum Molly P	Assoc Prof/R.Nelson Distg Prof	$87,548.27	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota State University	Cowan Jenna	Senior Evaluation Specialist	$87,548.00	South Dakota State University
2017	Lake Area Technical Institute	Bellum Kimberly		$87,526.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2022	South Dakota State University	Cutler Kay M	Professor	$87,516.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Auger Donald L	Professor	$87,511.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Burger Donald A	Associate Professor	$87,506.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Corwin Luke A	Assistant Professor	$87,502.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota State University	Wei Lin	Associate Professor/Graduate Coordinator	$87,501.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Thiyagarajan Magesh	Professor	$87,500.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Thiyagarajan Magesh	Department Head	$87,500.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University of South Dakota	Chen Chien-Wen	Assistant Professor	$87,500.00	University of South Dakota
2021	University of South Dakota	Qin Luye	Assistant Professor	$87,500.00	University of South Dakota
2020	Mitchell Technical Institute	Grode-Hanks Carol	Vp Of Academics	$87,500.00	Mitchell Technical Institute
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Akowuah Francis E	Assistant Professor	$87,499.98	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota State University	Linke Kirsten N	Director-Intl Student & Schola	$87,498.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Vestal Sharon S	Associate Professor/Coordinator	$87,474.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Weinrich Trevor D	Mts Business Advisor	$87,465.00	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Fekrmandi Hadi	Assistant Professor	$87,455.97	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	University of South Dakota	Gray Susan K	Professor	$87,452.45	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Gray Susan K	Professor	$87,452.45	University Center - Sioux Falls
2018	Lake Area Technical Institute	Heller Dennis		$87,443.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2024	South Dakota State University	Fink Darci M	Associate Professor	$87,442.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Madsen Sara K	Senior Lecturer	$87,438.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Fox Elizabeth	Government Documents Librarian	$87,425.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Xu Lan	Professor	$87,419.00	South Dakota State University
2023	Northern State University	Ramey Peter		$87,414.48	Northern State University
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Carter Michael	Research Scientist Iii	$87,412.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Sher Mazhar	Assistant Professor	$87,398.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Gibson Jonathan	Associate Professor	$87,398.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Chang Young K	Assistant Professor/Precision Ag Automation Engineer	$87,398.00	South Dakota State University
2023	Northern State University	Hallstrom Peggy		$87,392.04	Northern State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Vlasman Travis L	Director Of Graduate Admission	$87,391.95	University of South Dakota
2018	South Dakota State University	Smart Alexander	Professor	$87,374.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Smart Alexander J	Professor	$87,374.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Abraham Ross P	Professor	$87,371.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Black Hills State University	Smith Brian	Professor, Biology	$87,369.00	Black Hills State University