Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Tassler Darla J	Application/Business Project Manager	$83,036.16	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Tassler Darla J	Application/Business Project Manager	$83,036.16	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Tassler Darla J	Application/Business Project Manager	$83,036.16	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Baggett Marie-Pierre E	Professor	$83,032.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Black Hills State University	Deichert Nathan	Professor Psychology	$83,024.00	Black Hills State University
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Arneson-Meyer Lois L	Assistant Professor	$83,023.62	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	University of South Dakota	Turner Eleanor		$83,016.30	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Varilek Brandon M	Assistant Professor	$83,000.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Beutler Holly L	Financial & Data Specialist	$83,000.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Lecy Natalie J	Assistant Professor	$83,000.00	University Center - Sioux Falls
2023	South Dakota State University	Dehaven Rodney	Head Coach-Track & Field	$83,000.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Jensen Becky S	Health And Community Field Specialist Iii	$83,000.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Varilek Brandon M	Assistant Professor	$83,000.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Aderhold Heidi S	Education Specialist	$83,000.00	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Eining Nikki L	Pmhca Program Coordinator	$83,000.00	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Erickson Kassandra A	Clinical Assistant Professor	$83,000.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Melville Kathleen T	Program Director-Lucas P. Wintrode Center For Autism Support	$83,000.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Morgan Andrew J	Accreditation Project Manager	$83,000.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Lujan Zachary D	Assistant Coach-Football	$83,000.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Lecy Natalie J	Assistant Professor	$83,000.00	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Nguyen Phuong H	Assistant Professor	$83,000.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Carreira Bruinje Tony	Assistant Professor	$83,000.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Rider Audrey J	Extension Field Specialist Iii	$83,000.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Saboe-Wounded Head Lorna M	Extension Field Specialist Iii	$83,000.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Fekrmandi Hadi	Assistant Professor	$82,999.98	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Leedom Matthew J	Assistant Professor	$82,999.27	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Leedom Matthew J	Assistant Professor	$82,999.27	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Leedom Matthew J	Assistant Professor	$82,999.27	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota State University	Short Rachel A	Assistant Professor	$82,997.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Xu Sutie	Assistant Professor	$82,978.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Muehlbeier Brian K	Sr Construction Project Manage	$82,973.54	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Turner Eleanor R	Education Coordinator	$82,963.82	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota State University	Perkins Lora B	Associate Professor	$82,952.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Ray Annette L	Lecturer	$82,942.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Klaus Sabine	Curator	$82,933.25	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Klaus Sabine	Curator	$82,933.25	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Klaus Sabine	Curator	$82,933.25	University of South Dakota
2017	Mitchell Technical Institute	Benjamin Michael	Instructor	$82,932.00	Mitchell Technical Institute
2020	University of South Dakota	Pattison James S	Assistant Professor	$82,931.08	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Linke Kirsten N	Director - International Students & Scholars	$82,925.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Koehn Janet L	Director, Internal Audit	$82,916.53	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Graham Christopher J	Associate Professor/Extension Specialist-Agronomist	$82,913.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Funk Christopher H	Chief Aircraft Mechanic	$82,907.21	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Kosse Elijah J	Lecturer	$82,899.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Moskowitz David V	Professor	$82,895.22	University of South Dakota
2021	University of South Dakota	Williams Mandy J	Associate Professor	$82,893.80	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Williams Mandy J	Associate Professor	$82,893.80	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Stavish Rebecca L	Director, Litc And Lecturer	$82,893.74	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Stavish Rebecca L	Director, Litc And Lecturer	$82,893.74	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Stavish Rebecca L	Director, Litc And Lecturer	$82,893.74	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota State University	Cempellin Leda	Professor/Associate Director	$82,879.00	South Dakota State University
2023	Black Hills State University	Nelson Frederick	Dir Network & Computing Svs	$82,877.00	Black Hills State University
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Clabo Darren R	Fire Meteorologist/Res Sci Iii	$82,872.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Uzunlar Nuri	Professor	$82,871.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Uzunlar Nuri	Professor	$82,871.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Matejcik Frank J	Associate Professor - 9	$82,865.25	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota State University	Reineke Joshua J	Assistant Professor	$82,855.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Arneson-Meyer Lois L	Assistant Professor	$82,852.39	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Ecker Kolb Kellie L	Mts Bus Advisor Northeast Sd	$82,852.06	University Center - Sioux Falls
2023	South Dakota State University	Droke Elizabeth A	Associate Professor	$82,850.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Anderson Carla L	Coordinator-Student Services	$82,849.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Anderson Laurie C	Dept Head/Dir Museum Geol	$82,845.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Anderson Laurie C	Professor	$82,845.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	University of South Dakota	Bertsch Gregory G	Instructor	$82,832.28	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Law David A	Director Of Project Management & Engineering	$82,828.00	South Dakota State University
2023	Black Hills State University	Juhrend Albert	Professor, Theatre	$82,822.00	Black Hills State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Villar Kristi L	Assistant Coach-Softball	$82,820.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Letcher Amber E	Professor/Extension Specialist-Youth Development	$82,820.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Simaz Cameron A	Assistant Coach-Wrestling	$82,820.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Wingate Steven N	Professor	$82,816.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Subramanian Senthil	Professor	$82,810.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Hammell Joshua J	Res Sci Lii (Aml Lab Mgr)	$82,801.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	Lake Area Technical Institute	Iverson Mark		$82,794.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2023	Northern State University	Monaghan-Geernaert Pamela		$82,790.39	Northern State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Elliott Lisa M	Associate Professor/Extension Specialist-Commodity Marketing	$82,785.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Jenkins Corey A	Senior Assoc Ad Facility & Ops	$82,781.60	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Huber Leo J	Dir/Hd Coach, Wm's Track/Field	$82,781.60	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Feldhacker Mackenzie L	Assistant Professor	$82,780.20	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Buecking Heike	Professor/Department Head	$82,775.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Clapper Jeffrey A	Professor	$82,757.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Christofferson Cabot-Ann D	Research Scientist Iii	$82,755.96	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota State University	Georgalas Daniel J	Head Coach-Volleyball	$82,739.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Carlson Brett	Assistant Professor	$82,733.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	University of South Dakota	Tao Han-Zhi	Assistant Professor	$82,731.00	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Swartz Turner H	Assistant Professor	$82,731.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Lansink Stacie A	Lecturer/Mls Program Director	$82,719.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Nguyen Doang	Assistant Professor	$82,711.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Ciarcia Marco	Assistant Professor	$82,711.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Ciarcia Marco	Assistant Professor	$82,711.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Nguyen Doang K	Assistant Professor	$82,711.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Verley Patrick M	Instructor	$82,709.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Nielsen Roger	Research Scientist Iv	$82,688.36	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Nielsen Roger	Research Scientist Iv	$82,688.36	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota State University	Chakravarty Suvobrata	Associate Professor	$82,681.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Thramer Sadie L	Assistant Coach-Women's Basketball	$82,680.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Mcmaine John T	Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist-Water Management Engineer	$82,672.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Quanbeck Bailey		$82,669.91	University of South Dakota
2024	University of South Dakota	Russo Jaymi		$82,668.12	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Russo Jaymi N	Eval & Assess Specialist	$82,668.07	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Ragi Shankarachary	Assistant Professor	$82,665.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology