Year	Employer	Name	Title	Annual Wages	Source
2018	South Dakota State University	Rausch Dana	Research Associate Ii	$97,416.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Sander Joel F		$97,402.59	University of South Dakota
2019	University of South Dakota	Reynoldson Joseph C		$97,400.00	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Letcher Todd M	Associate Professor	$97,394.00	South Dakota State University
2023	Northern State University	Babcock Kaylee		$97,375.02	Northern State University
2022	South Dakota State University	Foster Neal R	Manager-Seed Cert Division	$97,373.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Hess Wendy N		$97,350.47	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Sweeney William J	Professor	$97,331.83	University of South Dakota
2021	University of South Dakota	Petty Mark T	Dean Of Enrollment	$97,327.93	University of South Dakota
2019	South Dakota State University	Halaweish Fathi T	Professor	$97,321.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Kupershmidt Sabina	Assistant Professor	$97,309.87	University of South Dakota
2023	University of South Dakota	Formisano Paul A	Director Of Writing	$97,306.31	University of South Dakota
2018	South Dakota State University	Fennell Anne	Professor	$97,305.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Fennell Anne Y	Professor	$97,305.00	South Dakota State University
2023	Northern State University	Kilian Peter		$97,296.85	Northern State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Moore Tyler S	Assistant Professor Of Law	$97,286.40	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Moore Tyler S	Assistant Professor Of Law	$97,286.40	University Center - Sioux Falls
2023	Northern State University	Krueger Paula		$97,285.50	Northern State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Roh Soon Hee	Professor	$97,274.34	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Roh Soon Hee	Professor	$97,274.34	University Center - Sioux Falls
2023	South Dakota State University	Kolady Deepthi E	Associate Professor	$97,250.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Fu Kaiqun	Assistant Professor	$97,248.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Katzenstein Kurt W	Associate Professor	$97,236.99	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	Black Hills State University	Siewert Daluss	Acting Dean - Cola	$97,234.00	Black Hills State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Brown Scott M	Senior Associate Athletic Director-Development	$97,225.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Carreon Garciduenas Maria D	Assistant Professor	$97,222.20	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	University of South Dakota	Stolle Barbara A	Sim Oversight/Instructor	$97,221.60	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Stolle Barbara A	Sim Oversight/Instructor	$97,221.60	University Center - Sioux Falls
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Geza Nisrani Mengistu	Associate Professor	$97,189.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota State University	Logue Brian A	Professor	$97,175.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Gonda Michael G	Professor	$97,159.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Groeneweg Ryan	Clinical & Behavior Svcs Mngr	$97,152.00	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	White George W	Professor	$97,150.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Tukkaraja Purushotham	Associate Professor	$97,142.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota State University	Krishnan Padmanaban	Professor	$97,122.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Hebert Karen R	Assistant Professor	$97,118.40	University of South Dakota
2020	South Dakota State University	Napton Darrell E	Professor Emeritus Of Geography & Geospatial Sciences	$97,114.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Napton Darrell E	Professor Emeritus Of Geography & Geospatial Sciences	$97,114.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Gilley David P	Associate Professor	$97,109.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota State University	Chong Yura	Controller	$97,100.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University of South Dakota	Sweeney Mark R	Professor	$97,064.74	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Sweeney Mark R	Professor	$97,064.74	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	South Dakota State University	Wang Tong	Associate Professor/Extension Specialist-Advanced Production Economics	$97,055.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Keay Myoung Gin	Assistant Professor Of Economics	$97,055.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Bakker Ruth E	Arc Manager & Attending Vet	$97,050.83	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota State University	Zhang Shouhong	Director Of Instructional Design	$97,001.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Peterson Janet M	Director Of Shared Services	$97,001.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Johansen Travis J		$97,000.00	University of South Dakota
2022	Black Hills State University	Reiner Nicol		$97,000.00	Black Hills State University
2021	Black Hills State University	Reiner Nicol		$97,000.00	Black Hills State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Heylens Kathleen A	Associate Athletic Director-Compliance/Senior Women's Administrator	$97,000.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Scott Brandon L	Research Asst Prof	$96,999.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	Northern State University	Russell Robert		$96,988.98	Northern State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Garry Byron G	Associate Professor	$96,985.00	South Dakota State University
2020	University of South Dakota	Hulse Betty A	Associate Professor	$96,979.32	University of South Dakota
2017	South Dakota State University	Lockrem Michael L	Director-University Marketing, Image & Communications	$96,976.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Deibert Keith F		$96,970.47	University of South Dakota
2023	South Dakota State University	Blair Amanda D	Assistant Director Of West River Agricultural Center/Professor	$96,939.00	South Dakota State University
2020	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Mccormick Kelli A	Sr Lecturer	$96,930.17	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	South Dakota State University	Liu Yi	Associate Professor	$96,904.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota State University	Liu Yi	Associate Professor	$96,904.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Liu Yi	Associate Professor	$96,904.00	South Dakota State University
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Bruno Nickolaus M	Asst Professor -9	$96,900.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Brickey Andrea J		$96,881.03	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Stone James	Department Head	$96,872.50	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Romkes Albert	Associate Professor	$96,868.99	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Degen Cassandra M		$96,858.85	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2020	University of South Dakota	Dahlhoff Mark W	Pilot	$96,848.40	University of South Dakota
2021	South Dakota State University	Michna Gregory J	Associate Professor	$96,847.00	South Dakota State University
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Capehart William J	Associate Professor	$96,842.97	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Kowalski Robert T		$96,835.68	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Sobolev Vladimir L	Professor	$96,834.99	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Gilley David	Associate Professor	$96,823.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Gilley David P	Associate Professor	$96,822.99	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Rebenitsch Lisa	Assistant Professor	$96,819.00	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2022	South Dakota State University	Huh Yung M	Professor/Interim Department Head	$96,804.00	South Dakota State University
2019	University of South Dakota	Tiahrt Thomas W		$96,801.86	University of South Dakota
2022	South Dakota State University	Raina Komal	Associate Professor/Haarberg Chair In Cancer Research	$96,800.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Raina Komal	Associate Professor/Haarberg Chair In Cancer Research	$96,800.00	South Dakota State University
2023	Northern State University	Houge Timothy		$96,780.01	Northern State University
2021	South Dakota State University	Ball John	Professor	$96,778.00	South Dakota State University
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Johnson Ryan	Director Of Research Computing	$96,768.00	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Johnson Ryan	Director Of Research Computing	$96,768.00	University of South Dakota
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Johnson Ryan	Director Of Research Computing	$96,768.00	University Center - Sioux Falls
2022	University of South Dakota	Zheng Hong	Assistant Professor	$96,758.08	University of South Dakota
2022	University Center - Sioux Falls	Zheng Hong	Assistant Professor	$96,758.08	University Center - Sioux Falls
2021	University Center - Sioux Falls	Zheng Hong	Assistant Professor	$96,758.08	University Center - Sioux Falls
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Birrenkott Cassandra M	Assistant Professor	$96,751.15	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2023	University of South Dakota	Kassin Kathryn T	Assistant Professor	$96,750.02	University of South Dakota
2018	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Ash Jason T	Associate Professor	$96,736.74	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Hoover Randy C	Associate Professor	$96,727.80	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2017	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	Sani Rajesh K		$96,707.74	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
2019	South Dakota State University	Yarrow Gary L	Director-Environmental Health & Safety	$96,704.00	South Dakota State University
2023	South Dakota State University	Weber Emmeline E	Library Operations Manager	$96,670.00	South Dakota State University
2023	University of South Dakota	Turner Robert L	Chair, Modern Languages	$96,668.70	University of South Dakota
2017	South Dakota State University	Jin Hailong	Assistant Professor	$96,658.00	South Dakota State University
2017	South Dakota State University	Keay Myoung Gin	Assistant Professor Of Economics	$96,658.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Jin Hailong	Assistant Professor	$96,658.00	South Dakota State University
2018	South Dakota State University	Keay Myoung Gin	Assistant Professor Of Economics	$96,658.00	South Dakota State University
2021	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology	De Castro Daniel M	Asst Professor	$96,629.04	South Dakota School of Mines & Technology