Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2017	Western Dakota Tech	Loverich James S		$79,116.19	Western Dakota Tech
2020	South Dakota State University	Fuller Bordewyk Sherry L	Director Of Career Development	$79,110.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Winterboer Venita J	Lecturer	$79,107.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Kaewmanee Morakot	Imaging Engineer Ii	$79,106.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Johnson Michelle L	Director Eo/Title Ix Coordinator	$79,096.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Derynck Gregory D	Program Director	$79,089.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Stricherz Todd J	Director Of Nursing Student Services	$79,085.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Stricherz Todd	Director Of Nursing Student Services	$79,085.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Novak Mark J	Assistant Professor	$79,081.02	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Van Maanen Michelle M	Assistant Professor	$79,068.72	University Center - Sioux Falls
2024	University of South Dakota	Ladonski James		$79,063.72	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota State University	Murray Linde R	Tutoring & Trio Prog Director	$79,062.00	South Dakota State University
2022	Black Hills State University	Loose Richard		$79,061.00	Black Hills State University
2023	Northern State University	Roberts Kelsie		$79,055.28	Northern State University
2020	Black Hills State University	Siewert Daluss		$79,041.00	Black Hills State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Schaefer William J	Network Engineer	$79,040.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Schorn Timothy J	Assoc Prof/Coord Int'l Studies	$79,038.12	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Schorn Timothy J	Assoc Prof/Coord Int'l Studies	$79,038.12	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Schnee Richard W	Department Head	$79,035.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	Lake Area Technical Institute	Wiegman Anthony		$79,025.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2020	University of South Dakota	Bernstrauch Rodney L	It Development Manager	$79,023.08	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Kelly Kyle E	System Software Specialist	$79,023.08	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Wang Congzhou	Assistant Professor	$79,020.96	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	Mitchell Technical Institute	Benjamin Michael	Instructor	$79,020.92	Mitchell Technical Institute
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Brentlinger Ann M	Dir Of Marketing & Comm	$79,020.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2017	South Dakota State University	Subramanian Senthil	Associate Professor	$79,018.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Subramanian Senthil	Associate Professor	$79,018.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Janaswamy Srinivas	Assistant Professor	$79,007.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Mctaggart Robert J	Associate Professor	$79,004.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Olson Ryan T	Assistant Coach-Football	$79,000.00	South Dakota State University
2020	Mitchell Technical Institute	Hofer Jared	Financial Comptroller	$79,000.00	Mitchell Technical Institute
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Anderson Christopher V	Assistant Professor	$79,000.00	University Center - Sioux Falls
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Butterfield Brian	Lecturer	$79,000.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2018	South Dakota State University	Jucht Craig	Student Affairs Fiscal & Facility Officer	$79,000.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Vollan Beth M	Director Of Financial Aid & Scholarships	$79,000.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Donovan Joseph M	Instructor Emm	$79,000.00	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Johnke Megan T	Lecturer	$79,000.00	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Owens Daniel	Associate Professor	$79,000.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	University of South Dakota	Anderson Christopher V	Assistant Professor	$79,000.00	University of South Dakota
2017	South Dakota State University	Jucht Craig A	Student Affairs Fiscal & Facility Officer	$79,000.00	South Dakota State University
2024	University of South Dakota	Johnke Megan		$78,999.96	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Choudhary Neha	Instructor	$78,996.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2018	Mitchell Technical Institute	Versteeg David	Instructor	$78,992.50	Mitchell Technical Institute
2025	South Dakota State University	Howard Karla A	Assistant To The Provost	$78,987.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Lis Anthony S	Professor Emeritus	$78,977.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Oyen Jamie M	Senior Associate Ad	$78,963.80	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Galipeau James W	Instructor	$78,963.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Gislason Traci A	Instructor	$78,962.00	South Dakota State University
2019	Western Dakota Tech	Mcarthur Christi		$78,956.02	Western Dakota Tech
2020	Western Dakota Tech	Mcarthur Christi		$78,956.02	Western Dakota Tech
2024	South Dakota State University	Potts Dale E	Associate Professor	$78,952.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Ebbesen Kelli C	Faculty Advisor	$78,938.88	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Rients Jessica L	Director Of Ag Shared Service Center	$78,925.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Evans Colleen D	Dir., Stu.-Athlete Success Ctr	$78,920.92	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Mcknight Ryan M	Lecturer	$78,918.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Durham Brandice L	Dir, Strategic Planning	$78,910.52	University of South Dakota
2019	University of South Dakota	Lee Ahyoung		$78,906.67	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Li Xu	Assistant Professor	$78,904.00	South Dakota State University
2024	Northern State University	Long John		$78,902.04	Northern State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Wang Jingbo	Assistant Professor	$78,898.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Verley Patrick M	Instructor	$78,897.00	South Dakota State University
2020	Black Hills State University	Ahola Scott		$78,896.00	Black Hills State University
2024	Lake Area Technical Institute	O'brien Stephen		$78,893.00	Lake Area Technical Institute
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Lipatov Alexey	Assistant Professor -9	$78,888.91	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Larsen Ryan L	Head Women's Bb Coach	$78,888.43	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	University of South Dakota	Griffin Elisia		$78,872.76	University of South Dakota
2025	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Tibke Zane	Network Engineer	$78,872.52	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Glenn Eric M	Head Men's Bb Coach	$78,861.03	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Brentlinger Ann M		$78,860.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2024	University of South Dakota	Soto Y Caballero De Galicia Dayana		$78,852.56	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Zhang Cheng	Associate Professor	$78,843.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Zhang Cheng	Associate Professor	$78,843.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Zhang Cheng	Associate Professor	$78,843.00	South Dakota State University
2024	South Dakota State University	Smith Gregory V	Physical Plant Manager I	$78,830.48	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Yockey Karyl L		$78,826.85	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Wipf Darin J	Instructor	$78,826.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Wagner Heidi E	Distance Prog Coord/Lecturer	$78,812.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	Black Hills State University	Swenson Daniel	Professor, Math	$78,804.00	Black Hills State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Franken Derek S	Instructor	$78,803.45	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Franken Derek S	Instructor	$78,803.45	University Center - Sioux Falls
2023	South Dakota State University	Syhre Dawn A	Director Of Student Accounts	$78,800.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Ladonski Aimee J	Professional Development Specialist	$78,800.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota State University	Mathew Febina M	Associate Professor	$78,795.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Lafuente-Rodriguez Ramiro H	Associate Professor	$78,786.52	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Lafuente-Rodriguez Ramiro H	Associate Professor	$78,786.52	University Center - Sioux Falls
2020	University of South Dakota	Dejager-Loftus Danielle P	Fine Arts/Tech Lib/Assoc Prof	$78,776.09	University of South Dakota
2024	South Dakota State University	Vande Weerd Melissa J	Assistant To The Director Of Sdsu Aes	$78,771.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Vande Weerd Melissa J	Assistant To The Director-Aes	$78,771.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Walker Julie	Professor/Extension Specialist-Beef	$78,770.00	South Dakota State University
2025	South Dakota State University	Lamp Jamison S	University Events Coord	$78,761.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	West Michael	Associate Professor	$78,760.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota State University	Coulter Alison A	Assistant Professor	$78,758.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Scepaniak Amy J	Deaf Blind Coordinator	$78,753.68	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Scepaniak Amy J	Deaf Blind Coordinator	$78,753.68	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Scepaniak Amy J	Deaf Blind Coordinator	$78,753.68	University of South Dakota
2020	University of South Dakota	Warren Hailie A	Public Relations Officer	$78,750.00	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Burger Donald A	Associate Professor	$78,750.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Werkmeister Justin L	Director-Finance & Accountability	$78,748.00	South Dakota State University
2021	University of South Dakota	Vacek Shelie L	Associate Lib & Head Of Whsic	$78,742.56	University of South Dakota
2024	Western Dakota Tech	Wilde Fawn	Director Of West River Cte Consortium	$78,741.46	Western Dakota Tech