Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2021	South Dakota State University	Jucht Craig A	Student Affairs Fiscal & Facility Officer	$82,660.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Park Kunsoon	Associate Professor	$82,659.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Schramm Lisa J	Assistant Director-New Student Scholarships	$82,658.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Jarchow Meghann E	Associate Professor	$82,653.67	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Michael Semhar K	Assistant Professor	$82,646.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Fischer Bradley A		$82,643.79	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Cutler Kay M	Professor	$82,638.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Kosiba Cassie	Sr Assoc Athl Dir Of Intrnl Op Sr Women's Adm	$82,619.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota State University	Daniels Ann M	Associate Professor/Extension Specialist-Family Life	$82,616.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Gamradt Kenneth A	Lecturer	$82,604.00	South Dakota State University
2019	Black Hills State University	Silva Elizabeth	Assoc Prof, Pe Pedagogy	$82,602.00	Black Hills State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Carter Michael	Research Scientist Iii	$82,600.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota State University	Brennan Brittany A	Assistant Professor	$82,596.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Lineweber Michelle	Dir Of Academic Affairs Ops	$82,590.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Mourlam Daniel J	Associate Professor	$82,582.47	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Mourlam Daniel J	Associate Professor	$82,582.47	University Center - Sioux Falls
2018	South Dakota State University	Lucchesi Roxanne	Professor	$82,579.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Lucchesi Roxanne N	Professor	$82,579.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Lake Area Technical Institute	Struckman Travis		$82,570.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2020	South Dakota State University	Lynch Wyeth H	Digital Initiatives Coordinator	$82,562.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Kovacs Peter	Assistant Professor	$82,561.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Graves Nicole A	Associate Professor	$82,560.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Crowe Don R	Professor	$82,554.00	South Dakota State University
2023	Black Hills State University	Webber Kimberly	Associate Director Of Camse	$82,500.00	Black Hills State University
2024	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Kinzer Marlin	Director	$82,500.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	University of South Dakota	Hebert Karen R	Assistant Professor	$82,500.00	University of South Dakota
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Larochelle Pierre M	Professor	$82,500.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Larochelle Pierre M	Department Head	$82,500.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	University of South Dakota	Halliburton Linda B		$82,500.00	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Madsen Sara K	Senior Lecturer	$82,496.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Tolman Elizabeth G	Professor	$82,482.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Tolman Elizabeth G	Professor	$82,482.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Vandamme Casey R	Head Coach-Golf	$82,482.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Tolman Elizabeth	Professor	$82,482.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Leschewski Andrea M	Assistant Professor	$82,477.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Seo Junwon	Associate Professor	$82,472.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Seo Junwon	Assistant Professor	$82,472.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Anderson Robert B	Assistant Professor - 9	$82,455.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	University of South Dakota	Hellwege Julia M	Associate Professor	$82,443.93	University of South Dakota
2018	South Dakota State University	Caffe Melanie	Assistant Professor	$82,440.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Caffe Melanie M	Assistant Professor	$82,440.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Sehgal Sunish Kumar	Assistant Professor	$82,436.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Venable Deborah J	Instructor	$82,436.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Sehgal Sunish Kumar	Assistant Professor	$82,436.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Walker Julie A	Professor/Extension Specialist-Beef	$82,432.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Steiner Sarah	Senior Analyst: Academic Reporting	$82,430.37	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2025	South Dakota State University	Behl Diana M	Associate Prof/Prog Coordinatr	$82,418.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Gesteland Tracelyn		$82,417.17	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Roh Soon Hee	Associate Professor	$82,416.10	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota State University	Anderson Gary A	Temporary Professor	$82,415.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Wang Tong	Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist-Advanced Production Economics	$82,413.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Wang Tong	Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist-Advanced Production Economics	$82,413.00	South Dakota State University
2019	Lake Area Technical Institute	Bollinger Jennifer		$82,410.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2017	South Dakota State University	Wedemeyer Frank L	Head Coach-Women's Soccer	$82,404.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Richards Erin	Director Of Financial Aid	$82,398.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	Lake Area Technical Institute	Heiser Wade		$82,395.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Uzunlar Nuri	Director	$82,391.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Uzunlar Nuri	Director	$82,391.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota State University	Elverson Cynthia A	Associate Professor	$82,389.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Lake Area Technical Institute	Foust Yvette		$82,384.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2024	Black Hills State University	Lamb Charles	Professor, Biology	$82,383.00	Black Hills State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Van Maanen Michelle M	Chair, Media & Journalism	$82,380.20	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Mchugh Jessica J	Assistant Professor	$82,379.06	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota State University	Varenhorst Adam J	Associate Professor/Extension Specialist-Field Crop Entomologist	$82,379.00	South Dakota State University
2020	Lake Area Technical Institute	Mushitz Corey		$82,374.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2021	South Dakota State University	Byamukama Emmanuel	Associate Professor/Extension Specialist-Plant Pathologist	$82,368.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Gaalswyk Colin J	Sr Mechanical Engineer	$82,341.00	South Dakota State University
2020	Lake Area Technical Institute	Mcdaniel Kelly		$82,337.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2017	South Dakota State University	Mcdaniel Rachel L	Assistant Professor/Water Resource Engineer	$82,333.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Mcdaniel Rachel	Assistant Professor/Water Resource Engineer	$82,333.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Kaewmanee Morakot	Imaging Engineering/Res Asc Ii	$82,332.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Smith Zachary K	Assistant Professor	$82,325.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Lucas Molitor Whitney M		$82,322.50	University of South Dakota
2022	University of South Dakota	Georgescu Catalin	Associate Professor	$82,316.03	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Georgescu Catalin	Associate Professor	$82,316.03	University Center - Sioux Falls
2019	South Dakota State University	Peterson Gregory R	Professor	$82,314.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Steinlicht Carrie L	Senior Lecturer	$82,313.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Olson Kenneth C	Professor/Extension Specialist-Beef	$82,309.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Jensen Dean H	Associate Professor	$82,305.99	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota State University	Jones Amy J	Director Of Campus Maintenance	$82,302.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Lake Area Technical Institute	Mcclemans Patrick		$82,293.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2023	South Dakota State University	Shelsta Corey L	Professor	$82,291.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Sereda Grigoriy A		$82,286.24	University of South Dakota
2018	South Dakota State University	Brennan Jameson	Ag Research Manager/Specialist	$82,283.22	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Winterboer Venita J	Lecturer	$82,280.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Furchner Cassie L	Dir Fin Ping & Budget Dvlpmt	$82,279.96	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	Black Hills State University	Kopplin Kyle	Assistant Professor, Economics	$82,277.88	Black Hills State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Ali Shaukat	Associate Professor	$82,270.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Lake Area Technical Institute	Green Thor		$82,263.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2021	University of South Dakota	Stolle Barbara A	Sim Oversight/Instructor	$82,261.15	University of South Dakota
2019	University of South Dakota	Freeman Harry S		$82,259.74	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Heglund Dan	Associate Professor	$82,257.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota State University	Wymer Greg M	Director-International Students & Scholars	$82,251.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Lebo Rachael A	Clinical Svs Lib/Assist Lib	$82,242.73	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Mirzakhani Nafchi Ali	Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist-Precision Agriculture Production	$82,229.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Ameen Gazala	Assistant Professor	$82,229.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Isaacson Mary J	Associate Professor	$82,223.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Card Michael A	Associate Professor	$82,221.73	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota State University	Martin Jeffrey M	Assistant Professor/Extension Specialist	$82,219.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Baggett Marie-Pierre E	Professor	$82,210.00	South Dakota State University