Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2020	University of South Dakota	Ganschow Darby D	Director, Auxiliary Services	$85,746.76	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Garry Byron G	Associate Professor	$85,744.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Siebert Matthew		$85,742.52	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Levesque Crystal L	Associate Professor	$85,740.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Cassady Beverly K	Assistant Clinical Professor	$85,728.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Siddiqui Mohammed A	Assistant Clinical Professor	$85,728.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Peterson Gregory R	Professor	$85,721.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Berninger Melissa		$85,718.96	University of South Dakota
2020	Lake Area Technical Institute	Bollinger Jennifer		$85,706.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2021	University of South Dakota	Jordan Brennan T	Professor	$85,703.21	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Guo Lin	Assistant Professor	$85,703.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	Black Hills State University	Coble Donald		$85,692.00	Black Hills State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Franken Derek S	Instructor	$85,688.48	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota State University	Nora Drum Jessica	Assistant Professor	$85,681.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Lucchesi Roxanne N	Professor	$85,666.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Carotta Christin L	Associate Professor	$85,665.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Glover Karl	Professor	$85,662.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Glover Karl D	Professor	$85,662.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Mcmaine John T	Griffith Chair-Ag & Water Resources/Director/Assistant Professor/Extn Specialist	$85,658.00	South Dakota State University
2019	Lake Area Technical Institute	Wahl Scott		$85,653.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Reihe Carla M	Manager, Business Relationship	$85,639.22	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Reihe Carla M	Manager, Business Relationship	$85,639.22	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Reihe Carla M	Manager, Business Relationship	$85,639.22	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University of South Dakota	Naber Allison J	Assistant Professor	$85,627.06	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Imre Gergely	Assistant Professor	$85,616.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Sweeney Mark R		$85,608.18	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Andersen Patricia M	Director, Devereaux Library	$85,604.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	University of South Dakota	Peterson Connor		$85,599.96	University of South Dakota
2024	University of South Dakota	Granaas Michael		$85,573.60	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Granaas Michael M	Associate Professor	$85,573.59	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Dewald Matthew L	Assistant Professor	$85,570.74	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Dewald Matthew L	Assistant Professor	$85,570.74	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Dewald Matthew L	Assistant Professor	$85,570.74	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Michael Semhar K	Associate Professor	$85,569.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Pawlovich Michael D	Assistant Professor	$85,568.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Banasiak John M		$85,567.54	University of South Dakota
2021	University of South Dakota	Anderson Linda L	Exec Dir Black Hills Playhouse	$85,558.97	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Carlson Lisa R	Student Success Center Dir	$85,557.96	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	University of South Dakota	Brouwer Kyle L	Associate Professor	$85,555.97	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Betz-Hamilton Axton E	Associate Professor	$85,554.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Lansink Stacie A	Lecturer/Mls Program Director	$85,554.00	South Dakota State University
2019	Lake Area Technical Institute	Strait Luann		$85,545.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2021	South Dakota State University	Daniels Ann M	Associate Professor/Extension Specialist-Family Life	$85,537.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Loof Travis		$85,535.12	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Brown Michael L	Professor	$85,535.00	South Dakota State University
2018	Lake Area Technical Institute	Kalahar Julie		$85,532.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2022	South Dakota State University	Jucht Craig A	Student Affairs Fiscal & Facility Officer	$85,532.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Kumar Sandeep	Associate Professor	$85,527.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Baggett Marie-Pierre E	Professor	$85,518.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Solanki Shyam	Assistant Professor	$85,518.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Solanki Shyam	Assistant Professor	$85,518.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Nagy Dianne L	Assistant Vice President For Research Development And Administration	$85,510.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Pollachi Navaneethaa K	Senior Research Engineer	$85,507.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	Northern State University	Burkett Roscoe		$85,506.50	Northern State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Siebert Matthew R	Director Of Marketing Technology & Solutions Architect	$85,502.47	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Healy Amber A	Director-University Store & Surplus Property Operations	$85,500.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Hong Haiping	Research Scientist Iv	$85,498.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Hong Haiping		$85,488.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota State University	Madsen Sara K	Senior Lecturer	$85,486.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Swartz Turner H	Assistant Professor - Dairy Production	$85,482.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Rice Rodney P	Professor	$85,480.45	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota State University	Fischbach Samantha R	Instructor	$85,455.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Roiger Trevor C	Clinical Associate Professor	$85,450.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	French Adam J		$85,438.65	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	Black Hills State University	Anderson Cynthia	Acting Dean, Cbns	$85,428.00	Black Hills State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Johnson Stephen K		$85,422.29	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Mcdaniel Rachel L	Assistant Professor/Water Resource Engineer	$85,415.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Mcdaniel Rachel L	Assistant Professor/Water Resource Engineer	$85,415.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Baiao Menezes Ana Clara	Assistant Professor In Ruminant Nutrition	$85,406.00	South Dakota State University
2023	Northern State University	Beckler Terry		$85,405.73	Northern State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Perry George A	Professor/Extension Specialist-Beef Reproduction Management	$85,401.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Mennenga Heidi A	Associate Professor/Ms-Nurse Educator Specialization Coordinator	$85,397.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Bauer Steven	Network Engineer	$85,395.96	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Day Jon	Database Systems Engineer	$85,395.96	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota State University	Nguyen Doang K	Assistant Professor	$85,392.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Ghabchi Rouzbeh	Associate Professor	$85,385.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Ciarcia Marco	Assistant Professor	$85,379.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Byamukama Emmanuel	Associate Professor/Extension Specialist-Plant Pathologist	$85,379.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Deng Ying		$85,377.18	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Seurer Leah M	Associate Professor	$85,372.74	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Hammond Carmen J	Assistant To The Vp/Dean	$85,364.54	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Mollman Sarah	Associate Dean For Research/Associate Professor	$85,345.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Zhang Shouhong	Instructional Design Team Manager	$85,338.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Zhang Shouhong	Instructional Design Team Manager	$85,338.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Mcfadden Lisa M		$85,332.08	University of South Dakota
2018	South Dakota State University	Brandt Kevin	Manager-Unss	$85,321.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Brandt Kevin L	Manager-Unss	$85,321.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Vandamme Casey R	Head Coach-Golf	$85,306.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Johnson Timmi		$85,303.44	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Johnson Timmi L	Health Science Librarian	$85,303.43	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Singh Arun	Assistant Professor	$85,300.00	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Kowalski Robert	Professor	$85,299.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Kowalski Robert	Department Head	$85,299.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	South Dakota State University	Garren-Grubbs Theresa D	Clinical Assistant Professor	$85,289.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Lehmann Clayton M	Professor	$85,285.97	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University of South Dakota	Lehmann Clayton M	Professor	$85,285.97	University of South Dakota
2020	Lake Area Technical Institute	Klein Gregory		$85,281.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2020	Black Hills State University	Coble Donald		$85,274.00	Black Hills State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Hook Jonelle		$85,265.92	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Stromer Allyson M	Lecturer	$85,258.00	South Dakota State University