Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2023	University of South Dakota	Stewart Carmen M	Director, Headstart	$83,787.88	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Goodfellow Kimberlie A	Testing Center Director	$83,779.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Leibiger Carol A		$83,775.25	University of South Dakota
2017	South Dakota State University	Hendricks Bernard D	Experiential Scheduler/Continuing Education Coordinator	$83,773.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Hendricks Bernard	Experiential Scheduler/Continuing Education Coordinator	$83,773.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Mollman Scott		$83,769.21	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Mollman Scott H	Professor	$83,769.18	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	Prigge William D	Professor	$83,763.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Harris Christopher T	Database/Systems Engineer	$83,749.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Miner Bryce	Project Manager	$83,749.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Andersen Patricia M	Director, Devereaux Library	$83,742.96	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota State University	Madigan Daniel G	Risk Management Coordinator	$83,740.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Northern State University	Miller Audrey		$83,738.96	Northern State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Koontz Ryan H	Integrated Mfg Specialist	$83,725.40	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota State University	O'neill Kari L	Program Manager-Extension Community Vitality	$83,725.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Malone Katherine	Associate Professor	$83,724.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Hager Lisa N	Associate Professor	$83,721.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Foland Kay L	Professor	$83,714.04	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Toronto Emily W	Professor	$83,714.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Hoppe Adam D	Associate Professor	$83,711.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Logue Cathy J	Coord, Student Prof Sup	$83,702.67	University of South Dakota
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Safarzadeh Mohammad Sadegh	Assistant Professor	$83,702.41	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota State University	Vondruska Judy A	Senior Lecturer	$83,690.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Thielbar Carissa M	Associate Coach-Women's Basketball	$83,680.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Anderson Laurie C	Professor	$83,675.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Anderson Laurie C	Dept Head/Dir Museum Geol	$83,675.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota State University	Elverson Cynthia A	Associate Professor	$83,664.00	South Dakota State University
2020	Lake Area Technical Institute	Henningsgaard Steven		$83,661.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2022	South Dakota State University	O'neil Jill A	Director-Grants & Contracts	$83,656.00	South Dakota State University
2020	Black Hills State University	Kelly William		$83,653.00	Black Hills State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Christian Michele A	University Archives & Special Collections Associate Librarian	$83,644.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Li Xu	Assistant Professor	$83,642.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Fischer Bradley A	Mts Business Advisor	$83,635.52	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Chen Suhao	Assistant Professor	$83,623.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	University of South Dakota	Trefz Marilyn S	Visiting Lecturer	$83,619.10	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota State University	Celik Wiltse Evren	Associate Professor	$83,616.00	South Dakota State University
2017	Lake Area Technical Institute	Wahl Scott		$83,611.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2021	University of South Dakota	Gnimpieba Zohim Etienne	Research Assistant Professor	$83,609.42	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Fitzgerald Kathleen A	Director Of University Housing	$83,600.98	University Center - Sioux Falls
2019	University of South Dakota	Jiang Chaoyang		$83,599.86	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Badahdah Abdallah M	Associate Professor	$83,586.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Cassanova Tallie		$83,582.80	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Cassanova Tallie R	Instructor/Bssw Prog Dir	$83,582.75	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Bishop Robert E	Head Coach-Baseball	$83,582.00	South Dakota State University
2022	Black Hills State University	Webber Kimberly		$83,576.00	Black Hills State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Abuatiq Alham	Associate Professor	$83,573.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Loftesness Angela M	Assistant To The Dean-Abs	$83,571.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Gutierrez Michael A	Department Head/Librarian	$83,571.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Wipf Darin J	Instructor	$83,567.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Mcnaughton Laura J		$83,566.00	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	Lounsbery Nicole B	Director Of Graduate School	$83,564.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Perry George	Professor/Extension Specialist-Beef Reproduction Management	$83,561.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Perry George A	Professor/Extension Specialist-Beef Reproduction Management	$83,561.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Briddick Hande	Professor	$83,557.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Newland Lisa A	Professor	$83,555.94	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Kaushik Radhey S	Department Head/Professor	$83,547.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Wang Jingbo	Assistant Professor	$83,542.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota State University	Nguyen Doang K	Assistant Professor	$83,540.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Ustunisik Gokce K	Assistant Professor	$83,536.15	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	University of South Dakota	Loof Travis J	Assistant Professor	$83,535.08	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Ciarcia Marco	Assistant Professor	$83,535.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Howe John M		$83,533.05	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Howe John M	Assoc Dean Of Student Services	$83,533.05	University of South Dakota
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Woldstad Jeffrey C	Department Head	$83,522.77	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Woldstad Jeffrey C	Professor	$83,522.77	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University of South Dakota	Wone Bernard W	Associate Professor	$83,520.63	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Wone Bernard W	Associate Professor	$83,520.63	University Center - Sioux Falls
2020	South Dakota State University	Kolady Deepthi E	Assistant Professor	$83,516.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Fischer Ann M	Programmer/Analyst	$83,514.42	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	Black Hills State University	Breske Joshua		$83,514.00	Black Hills State University
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Piper Adam K		$83,505.73	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Matejcik Frank J		$83,497.53	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	University of South Dakota	Lehmann Erin		$83,493.07	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Lucchesi Roxanne N	Professor	$83,493.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Kuebler Michelle M	Assistant Director-Admissions	$83,493.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Halliburton Linda B	Dir. Comm & Bus. Partners	$83,490.00	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Park Kunsoon	Associate Professor	$83,486.00	South Dakota State University
2017	Lake Area Technical Institute	Decker John		$83,484.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2025	South Dakota State University	Anderson Carla L	Coordinator	$83,475.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Schramm Lisa J	Asst Director-New Student Scho	$83,475.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Ullom Kristy M	Assistant To The Dean	$83,474.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Porter Theresa		$83,473.16	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Seo Junwon	Associate Professor	$83,461.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Baylor Mindy R		$83,455.01	University of South Dakota
2024	University of South Dakota	Vitt Joseph		$83,452.59	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Vitt Joseph E	Associate Professor	$83,452.56	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Nilson Wade A	Professor	$83,451.83	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Bowron Mark	Lecturer	$83,447.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Armstrong Haley	Assoc Prof/Director Of Bands	$83,438.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Karki David	Extension Field Specialist Iii - Agronomy	$83,436.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Arrick Denise M	Instructor	$83,431.34	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Arrick Denise M	Instructor	$83,431.34	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Arrick Denise M	Instructor	$83,431.34	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota State University	Isaac Ewhuiknebueze J	Assistant Director Of Enterprise Applications	$83,430.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Ackman John D	Professor/Director Of Theatre	$83,426.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Sorensen Lisa L		$83,416.87	University of South Dakota
2017	Western Dakota Tech	Watland Brian D		$83,407.20	Western Dakota Tech
2019	South Dakota State University	Caffe Melanie M	Assistant Professor	$83,405.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Sage Brittany A	Manager Of Retail Operations	$83,404.19	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota State University	Lamb Leann M	Instructor	$83,400.00	South Dakota State University